PROGRAM
Jesensko kopanje
Text: Zvonimir Milković
Musical arrangement: Božidar Potočnik, Bruno Bogdanić
Zorja je zorja
Musical arrangement: Božidar Potočnik
Čula jesam da se dragi ženi
Musical arrangement: Božidar Potočnik
Turopoljski svati
Text: Drago Bahun-Čarli
Musical arrangement: Božidar Potočnik
Pokupski svatovski drmeš – Orkestar Ansambla LADO
Musical arrangement: Božidar Potočnik
Oj djevojko moja
Musical arrangement: Božidar Potočnik
Ako ti je Marko žal
Musical arrangement: Božidar Potočnik
Pet je kumi v jedni kleti
Musical arrangement: Božidar Potočnik
Nekaj grmi z Otrovanca
Text: Drago Britvić
Musical arrangement: Božidar Potočnik
Sava je, Dunav je / Haj, haj, neka, neka
Musical arrangement: Božidar Potočnik
Grajino kolo – Orkestar Ansambla LADO
Musical arrangement: Božidar Potočnik
Bratec kosi
Musical arrangement: Božidar Potočnik
Vezovi i jorgovani
Text: Pajo Kanižaj
Musical arrangement:Božidar Potočnik
Kad se slegnu vode na livade
Text: Anto Gardaš
Musical arrangement: Božidar Potočnik
Podravski čardaš
Text: Miroslav Dolenec – Dravski
Musical arrangement: Božidar Potočnik
Poleg vode drave
Text: Dubravko Ivančan
Music: Živan Cvitković
Musical arrangement: Tomislav Uhlik
Grad se beli preko Balatina
Musical arrangement: Zlatko Potočnik
Malo Međimurje
Musical arrangement: Božidar Potočnik
*Ansambl LADO zadržava pravo izmjene programa
The vocal ensemble Ladarice was founded back in 1965 at the initiative of Božidar Potočnik, who informally gathered nine of the best female voices from the LADO Ensemble at the time. With them, he recorded about ten folk music arrangements for Radio Zagreb. A year later, brothers Božo and Zlatko Potočnik founded a female vocal ensemble initially called "Devet mladih" (Nine Youths), which was renamed Ladarice in 1968.
The resonant voices of the famous women of Ladarice, along with Božo and Zlatko Potočnik, were united by enthusiasm and love for collecting, arranging, and recording traditional materials and outstanding performances. Under Božo Potočnik's leadership, Ladarice recorded numerous folk songs, and with their vocal skills and Potočnik’s exceptional musical arrangements, they left a strong mark of quality and created a unique performance style that became a lasting brand of Croatian folk music. Božo Potočnik arranged folk songs and composed new pieces for various festivals, working in different musical styles for radio and television. All this resonated with primal beauty in Ladarice's performances. The famous women sang and represented a rich heritage with much love and musical and vocal skill, remaining the guardians of Croatian traditional culture to this day.
Some of today’s artists from the LADO Ensemble Orchestra had the opportunity to share the stage with the original Ladarice, and in this concert, they will share the stage with their successors, the current artists of the LADO Ensemble. In honor of the founder of the legendary nonet, this concert is dedicated to Božo Potočnik, who conducted Ladarice's concerts. This year, the honor belongs to Maestro Jurica Petar Petrač, who will conduct the contemporary Ladarice and the LADO Orchestra, providing the audience with a glimpse of the excitement of this artistic experience, writing new chapters about the Ladarice and a new history for the LADO Ensemble.
The LADO Ensemble of Croatian Folk Dances and Songs is a professional folklore ensemble founded 75 years ago with the mission of researching, collecting, artistically processing, and staging the most beautiful examples of Croatia's rich musical and dance traditions. Its top dancers, who are also exceptional singers, easily transform from a dance ensemble to a representative folk choir, and 14 excellent musicians play about eighty traditional and classical instruments. LADO possesses a unique collection of original folk costumes of exceptional value and beauty, making each concert a revue of original Croatian traditional attire, in addition to song and dance. This presentation of the amazing wealth and diversity of folk expression from such a small area as Croatia makes LADO unique worldwide. The ensemble's concerts worldwide receive unanimous enthusiasm from audiences and critical acclaim, regularly ranking among the best folkloric groups globally.
Dancer-singers: Magdalena Cvitan, Ana Drobina, Jana Franić, Nataša Gluić, Vlatka Hlišć, Tamara Horvat, Anita Huđek, Tea Jančinec, Doroteja Juratović, Klara Kašnar, Mateja Kovačević Kos, Lucija Lenardić, Petra Matutinović, Ina Milačić, Kristina Opačić Vrućina, Iva Piler, Ivana Prokop, Maja Putak, Sandra Sekula, Iva Sekula Šikić, Tea Stanišak
Musicians: Matej Baneković, Saša Dostičić, Branimir Grđan, Mario Hajsok, Goran Hlebec, Mladen Kosovec, Josip Križanić, Bartul Lakotić, Dalibor Paurić, Branimir Ranogajec, Mario Sorić, Mladen Trčak, Stjepan Večković
Others: Katarina Buha, Klara Slatinac