Events

Franz Schubert:
Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major D 125
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major D 485
Symphony No. 6 in C major D 589 “Little C major”

L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Michi Gaigg, conductor

Celebrating its 25th anniversary L’Orfeo’s complete recording of Franz Schubert’s symphonies and the symphonic fragments will be released. The final recording sessions for this major project will take place at the end of April. The project includes a concert at the Schubertiade Hohenems.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in g minor K 183
Ludwig van Beethoven: “Primo amore, piacer del ciel” („Erste Liebe, Himmelslust“) WoO 92, Aria for Soprano and Orchestra
“Ah! Perfido” op. 65, Scene and Aria for Soprano and Orchestra
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major D 125

Martina Fender, soprano
L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Michi Gaigg, conductor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in g minor K 183
Ludwig van Beethoven: “Primo amore, piacer del ciel” („Erste Liebe, Himmelslust“) WoO 92, Aria for Soprano and Orchestra
“Ah! Perfido” op. 65, Scene and Aria for Soprano and Orchestra
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major D 125

Martina Fender, soprano
L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Michi Gaigg, conductor

Giuseppe Misliwecek, detto il Boemo: Sinfonia V B-flat major EvaM 10:B3 from: Six Overtures (London 1772)
Carl Stamitz: Simphonie concertante in E-flat major for violin, oboe, viola and bassoon, strings and 2 horns (Paris 1775)
Ludwig Lebrun: Concerto No. 1 in d minor for oboe and orchestra from: Six Concertos (Offenbach 1804)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphony in D major Wq 183,1 / H 663 with 12 obligato parts (1775/76)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 33 in B-flat major K 319 (Salzburg, 9 July 1779)

Carin van Heerden and Philipp Wagner, oboes
Julia Huber-Warzecha, violin
Lucas Schurig-Breuß, viola
Makiko Kurabayashi, bassoon
L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Michi Gaigg, conductor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart spent ten years, two months and eight days – all in all nearly a third of his lifetime – travelling. During these sojourns he met with countless, mainly older, colleagues. These encounters turned out to be never ending sources of inspiration for the rest of his life. The “musical souvenirs” which Mozart collected are included on our Grand Tour of pre-Classical Europe during the 1770s: from Milano to London, from Paris to Berlin. Other leading contributors include a Bohemian in Italy, two much-travelled composers from Mannheim and the Bach of the (late) 18th century.

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)

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 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:
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