Events

Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture in a minor TWV 55:a1 (from: Six Ouvertures à 4 ou 6, Hamburg 1736)
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in F major for flauto dolce, strings and b.c. RV 433 “La Tempesta di Mare”
Jean-Philippe Rameau: « pour les divinités des mers »
Suite from Hippolyte et Aricie (1733, 42, 57 and 67 / Naïs, 1749)

Carin van Heerden, recorder
L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Michi Gaigg, direction

Paris 1733. The performance of a tragédie en musique in five acts, depicting the love story of Hippolyte, the son of Theseus, and Aricia, the daughter of a hostile royal family, heralded a new phase in the life of Jean-Philippe Rameau. All of a sudden the 50-year old Rameau from Dijon was the talk of town and was consequently celebrated as the most significant opera composer of his day. His work Hippolyte et Aricie was repeatedly performed in 1742 and 1757. New dances were included in the later versions, performed as an orchestral suite in this programme. Storms at sea, menacing sea monsters and the appearance of sea gods are topics set to exquisite music.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 9 in E-flat major “Jeunehomme” K 271
Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major K 364
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major “The Hague” K 22
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 27 in B-flat major K 595

Arthur Schoonderwoerd, fortepiano
L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Julian Christoph Tölle, conductor

Prominent names of today’s Early Music scene, L’Orfeo Barockorchester and fortepiano specialist Arthur Schoonderwoerd, join forces. Already at the last fränkischer sommer they delivered exciting interpretations to the music of past centuries. Conducted by the festival’s artistic director, Julian Tölle, this time they interpret two of Mozart’s greatest piano concertos.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 9 in E-flat major “Jeunehomme” K 271
Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major K 364
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major “The Hague” K 22
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 27 in B-flat major K 595

Arthur Schoonderwoerd, fortepiano
L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Julian Christoph Tölle, conductor

Prominent names of today’s Early Music scene, L’Orfeo Barockorchester and fortepiano specialist Arthur Schoonderwoerd, join forces. Already at the last fränkischer sommer they delivered exciting interpretations to the music of past centuries. Conducted by the festival’s artistic director, Julian Tölle, this time they interpret two of Mozart’s greatest piano concertos.

George Frideric Handel:
Arias from Theodora, Saul, Josua, Alexander Balus, Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, Susanna and Salomon
Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 4 and „Alexander’s Feast“
Overtures from Susanna and Alexander Balus

Franz Vitzthum, countertenor
L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Julian Christoph Tölle, conductor

„A great success. Fireworks…“ – Nürnberger Nachrichten (30.1.2020)
„Breathtaking…“ – Der Neue Tag (26.3.2020)
„Handel flying high…“ – Neue Musik Zeitung (04/2020)

George Frideric Handel:
Arias from Theodora, Saul, Josua, Alexander Balus, Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, Susanna and Salomon
Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 4 and „Alexander’s Feast“
Overtures from Susanna and Alexander Balus

Franz Vitzthum, countertenor
L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Julian Christoph Tölle, conductor

„A great success. Fireworks…“ – Nürnberger Nachrichten (30.1.2020)
„Breathtaking…“ – Der Neue Tag (26.3.2020)
„Handel flying high…“ – Neue Musik Zeitung (04/2020)

Opening the donauFESTWOCHEN im strudengau 2021:

Georg Philipp Telemann: March in F major (for the price shooting of the Francfort canonry) TWV 50:43, for 2 corni da caccia, 3 oboes and bassoon
Ouverture á 5 in F major TWV 44:12, for 2 oboes, 2 corni da caccia and a thorough bass
Menuet in C major TWV 40:110, for two corni da caccia without a bass from Der getreue Music-Meister (1728/29)
Suite in F major TWV 44:13, for 2 oboes, 2 corni da caccia and bassoon
Johann Mattheson: Trio in g minor op.1 no. 3 (1708), for 3 recorders
Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch: Suite in c minor from Compositioni musicali per il cembalo, Hamburg (c. 1735), for Harpsichord solo
Reinhard Keiser: Ouverture à 4 in D major for 3 oboes and bassoon

L’Orfeo Bläserensemble:
Carin van Heerden, Philipp Wagner and Anabel Röser, oboe and recorder
Stephan Katte and Jens Pribbernow, natural horn
Makiko Kurabayashi, bassoon
Alexander Gergelyfi, harpsichord

„Spick and span“ is how the hautboy players were described as they preceded the Frankfurt artilleries in 1716. Apparently they played a march by Georg Philipp Telemann especially composed for the occasion. These regimental hautboy players didn’t only play during military parades though but also entertained their audiences with the finest art music for 2 oboes, 2 horns and bassoon. The programme otherwise focuses on works from Telemann’s Hamburg period. In Hamburg he enjoyed a high reputation and was exceedingly active. Works by his Hamburg colleagues Reinhard Keiser, Johann Mattheson and Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch are also included.

Johann Sebastian Bach:
Orchestra Suite No. 1 in C major BWV 1066
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050, for traverso, violin, harpsichord, strings and b.c.
Concerto in a minor for Violin, Strings and B.c. BWV 1041
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047, for trumpet, recorder, oboe, strings and b.c.

Benjamin Herzl, violin
L´Orfeo Barockorchester
Michi Gaigg, direction

Johann Sebastian Bach:
Orchestra Suite No. 1 in C major BWV 1066
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050, for traverso, violin, harpsichord, strings and b.c.
Concerto in a minor for Violin, Strings and B.c. BWV 1041
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047, for trumpet, recorder, oboe, strings and b.c.

Benjamin Herzl, violin
L´Orfeo Barockorchester
Michi Gaigg, direction

Johann Sebastian Bach:
Orchestra Suite No. 1 in C major BWV 1066
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050, for traverso, violin, harpsichord, strings and b.c.
Concerto in A major for oboe d’amore, strings and b.c. BWV 1055a
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047, for trumpet, recorder, oboe, strings and b.c.

Carin van Heerden, oboe d’amore
L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Michi Gaigg, direction

Georg Philipp Telemann: March in F major (for the price shooting of the Francfort canonry) TWV 50:43, for 2 corni da caccia, 3 oboes and bassoon
Ouverture á 5 in F major TWV 44:12, for 2 oboes, 2 corni da caccia and a thorough bass
Menuet in C major TWV 40:110, for two corni da caccia without a bass from Der getreue Music-Meister (1728/29)
Suite in F major TWV 44:13, for 2 oboes, 2 corni da caccia and bassoon
Johann Mattheson: Trio in g minor op.1 no. 3 (1708), for 3 recorders
Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch: Suite in c minor from Compositioni musicali per il cembalo, Hamburg (c. 1735), for Harpsichord solo
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach:March in F major H 637 no. 1, for 2 corni da caccia, 2 oboes and bassoon
Georg Friedrich Handel: Aria in F major HWV 411, for 2 corni da caccia, 2 oboes and bass
Reinhard Keiser: Ouverture à 4 in D major for 3 oboes and bassoon

L’Orfeo Bläserensemble:
Carin van Heerden, Philipp Wagner and Anabel Röser, oboe and recorder
Stephan Katte and Jens Pribbernow, natural horn
Makiko Kurabayashi, bassoon
Alexander Gergelyfi, harpsichord

„Spick and span“ is how the hautboy players were described as they preceded the Frankfurt artilleries in 1716. Apparently they played a march by Georg Philipp Telemann especially composed for the occasion. These regimental hautboy players didn’t only play during military parades though but also entertained their audiences with the finest art music for 2 oboes, 2 horns and bassoon. The programme otherwise focuses on works from Telemann’s Hamburg period. In Hamburg he enjoyed a high reputation and was exceedingly active. Works by his Hamburg colleagues Reinhard Keiser, Johann Mattheson, Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach are also included – along with George Frederic Handel, with whom Telemann was in regular correspondence.

George Frideric Handel: Siroe, re di Persia HWV 24
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Pietro Metastasio
First performance: London, Haymarket Theatre, 17 February 1728

Matthias Helm, baritone (Cosroe)
Clint van der Linde, countertenor (Siroe)
Nicholas Hariades, countertenor (Medarse)
Annastina Malm, soprano (Emira)
Amelie Müller. soprano (Laodice)
Philipp Kranjc, bass (Arasse)

L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Erich Traxler, musical direction
Kobie van Rensburg, stage direction and video production

In co-production with Händel-Festspiele Halle 2022

George Frideric Handel: Siroe, re di Persia HWV 24
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Pietro Metastasio
First performance: London, Haymarket Theatre, 17 February 1728

Matthias Helm, baritone (Cosroe)
Clint van der Linde, countertenor (Siroe)
Nicholas Hariades, countertenor (Medarse)
Annastina Malm, soprano (Emira)
Amelie Müller. soprano (Laodice)
Philipp Kranjc, bass (Arasse)

L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Erich Traxler, musical direction
Kobie van Rensburg, stage direction and video production

In co-production with Händel-Festspiel Halle 2022

George Frideric Handel: Siroe, re di Persia HWV 24
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Pietro Metastasio
First performance: London, Haymarket Theatre, 17 February 1728

Matthias Helm, baritone (Cosroe)
Clint van der Linde, countertenor (Siroe)
Nicholas Hariades, countertenor (Medarse)
Annastina Malm, soprano (Emira)
Amelie Müller. soprano (Laodice)
Philipp Kranjc, bass (Arasse)

L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Erich Traxler, musical direction
Kobie van Rensburg, stage direction and video production

In co-production with Händel-Festspiele Halle 2022

George Frideric Handel: Siroe, re di Persia HWV 24
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Pietro Metastasio
First performance: London, Haymarket Theatre, 17 February 1728

Matthias Helm, baritone (Cosroe)
Clint van der Linde, countertenor (Siroe)
Nicholas Hariades, countertenor (Medarse)
Annastina Malm, soprano (Emira)
Amelie Müller. soprano (Laodice)
Philipp Kranjc, bass (Arasse)

L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Erich Traxler, musical direction
Kobie van Rensburg, stage direction and video production

In co-production with Händel-Festspiele Halle 2022

George Frideric Handel: Siroe, re di Persia HWV 24
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Pietro Metastasio
First performance: London, Haymarket Theatre, 17 February 1728

Matthias Helm, baritone (Cosroe)
Clint van der Linde, countertenor (Siroe)
Nicholas Hariades, countertenor (Medarse)
Annastina Malm, soprano (Emira)
Amelie Müller. soprano (Laodice)
Philipp Kranjc, bass (Arasse)

L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Erich Traxler, musical direction
Kobie van Rensburg, stage direction and video production

In co-production with Händel-Festspiele Halle 2022

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade in E-flat major K 375 for wind octet
Josef Mysliveček: Quintet No. 2 in G major for 2 oboes, 2 horns and bassoon
Johann Christian Bach: Wind Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major for 2 clarinets, 2 horns and two bassoons

L’Orfeo Bläserensemble
Carin van Heerden, oboe & direction

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade in E-flat major K 375 for wind octet
Josef Mysliveček: Quintet No. 2 in G major for 2 oboes, 2 horns and bassoon
Johann Christian Bach: Wind Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major for 2 clarinets, 2 horns and two bassoons

L’Orfeo Bläserensemble
Carin van Heerden, oboe & direction

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Vesperae solennes de Confessore K 339
Requiem in d minor K 626

Soloists N. N.
cappella nova Graz
Domkantorei St. Pölten
L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Otto Kargl, conductor

George Frideric Handel: Saul HWV 53
Oratorio in three parts
Text by Charles Jennens and Abraham Cowley

Elsa Benoit, soprano
Elisabeth Breuer, soprano
Berenike Tölle, soprano
Franz Vitzthum, alto
Tilman Lichdi, tenor
Andreas Wolf, bass
Martin Ellrodt, narrator
FAU-Kammerchor
L‘Orfeo Barockorchester
Julian Christoph Tölle, conductor

A firework of Baroque emotions will be unleashed when internationally acclaimed soloists join the ranks of L‘Orfeo Barockorchester and the FAU Kammerchor, conducted by Julian Tölle, to start the Festival Fränkischer Sommer 2021.

Recitation instead of recitative!
Martin Ellrodt grippingly tells a timeless story about power, betrayal, love, delusions of grandeur, but also of hope: Saul, one of the tragic figures from the Old Testament, is perpetrator and victim at the same time. He is Israel’s first king and by insisting on his power he neglects the signs of the times: he finds himself hopelessly entangled in intrigues of murderous jealousy, his own fear of God, feelings of guilt and issues of state policies.

George Frideric Handel: Saul HWV 53
Oratorio in three parts
Text by Charles Jennens and Abraham Cowley

Elsa Benoit, soprano
Elisabeth Breuer, soprano
Berenike Tölle, soprano
Franz Vitzthum, alto
Tilman Lichdi, tenor
Andreas Wolf, bass
Martin Ellrodt, narrator
FAU-Kammerchor
L‘Orfeo Barockorchester
Julian Christoph Tölle, conductor

A firework of Baroque emotions will be unleashed when internationally acclaimed soloists join the ranks of L‘Orfeo Barockorchester and the FAU Kammerchor, conducted by Julian Tölle, to start the Festival Fränkischer Sommer 2021.

Recitation instead of recitative!
Martin Ellrodt grippingly tells a timeless story about power, betrayal, love, delusions of grandeur, but also of hope: Saul, one of the tragic figures from the Old Testament, is perpetrator and victim at the same time. He is Israel’s first king and by insisting on his power he neglects the signs of the times: he finds himself hopelessly entangled in intrigues of murderous jealousy, his own fear of God, feelings of guilt and issues of state policies.

George Frideric Handel: The Messiah HWV 56
Oratorio in three parts
Text of the Old and New Testament (presumably compiled by Charles Jennens)

Soloists N.N.
Sollner Kantorei
L’Orfeo Barockorchester
KMD Ernst Hagerer, conductor

George Frideric Handel: The Messiah HWV 56
Oratorio in three parts
Text of the Old and New Testament (presumably compiled by Charles Jennens)

Soloists N.N.
Sollner Kantorei
L’Orfeo Barockorchester
KMD Ernst Hagerer, conductor

Joseph Haydn: The Creation Hob. XXI:2
Oratorio in three parts
Text by Gottfried van Swieten
sung in German

Elisabeth Wimmer, soprano
Johannes Bamberger, tenor
Stefan Zenkl, bass
Chorus sine nomine
L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Johannes Hiemetsberger, direction

The oratorio “The Creation” represents not only a crucial point in Joseph Haydn‘s compositional output, but at the same time, marks the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the oratorio. At the turn of the 19th century, Haydn broke with the traditional dominance of the arias, giving the chorus a distinctly greater significance. This opened the way for a new kind of choral oratorio which became one of the standard features of developing bourgeois concert life.

Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio BWV 248
Cantatas I-III

Maria Ladurner, soprano
Alois Mühlbacher, alto
Virgil Hartinger, tenor
Markus Volbert, bass
Collegium Vocale Salzburg
L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Michi Gaigg, conductor