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10May19:30La Confusione ed Il RincontroWels - Stadttheater Wels
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Franz Xaver Richter: Sinfonia in G minor BoeR 29 „Sinfonia con fuga“ for 2 oboes, 2 horns & strings Giovanni Benedetto Platti: Concerto in G major for oboe, strings & bc Franz
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Franz Xaver Richter:
Sinfonia in G minor BoeR 29 „Sinfonia con fuga“ for 2 oboes, 2 horns & strings
Giovanni Benedetto Platti:
Concerto in G major for oboe, strings & bc
Franz Xaver Richter:
Sinfonia in B flat major BoeR deest for strings
Sinfonia in F major op. 4 No. 2 BoeR 32 for 2 oboes, 2 horns & strings
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Concerto in D minor BWV 1043 for 2 violins, strings and bc
Franz Xaver Richter:
Sinfonia in G major op. 4 No. 6 BoeR 25 for 2 oboes, 2 horns and strings
Carin van Heerden, oboe
Julia Huber-Warzecha & Martin Jopp, violin
L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Michi Gaigg, conductor
The 18th century was a time of transition (not only in musical terms, but especially pronounced there) – from the Baroque to the Classical period, from contrapuntal-vertical to harmonic-horizontal thinking, from (predominantly) courtly to increasingly bourgeois music, from chamber and church to salon and concert hall. Born in 1709 in the Moravian town of Hollauschau, Franz Xaver Richter was a member of the first generation of the so-called “Mannheim School”, both by birth and by age, but during his artistic career, which he ended as Kapellmeister at Strasbourg Cathedral, he was considered more conservative than progressive. This may have been due to his particular penchant for the elevated art of fugue, which was to manifest itself in a large number of his works, including not only those for the church, but also numerous sonatas, string quartets, solo concertos and over 80 symphonies. That counterpoint – in accordance with the values of the time – was regarded as one of the greatest and most enduring achievements of Western musical art becomes clear at the latest when we take a closer look at some of the compositional details in the works of Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven that were considered particularly elaborate. Richter’s “Sinfonia con Fuga” is in no way inferior to these. Rather, like its sister works, it bears witness to a mastery that is unparalleled in terms of tension and inner drama and here enters into an eloquent dialogue with the gallant figurations and rococo-like ornamentation of a concerto by the Padua-born oboe virtuoso Giovanni Platti. There is also a moment of mutual movement away from and towards each other between the two protagonists of Bach’s famous Double Concerto or the Richter symphonic movements that conclude the two concerto sections and from which the title of this programme with the L’Orfeo Barockorchester is composed.
Time
Tuesday, 10. May 2022 19:30
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George Frideric Handel: Siroe, Re di Persia HWV 24 Opera in three acts Libretto by Pietro Metastasio, arranged by Nicola Francesco Haym First performance: London, Theater am Haymarket, 17 February 1728 Matthias
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George Frideric Handel:
Siroe, Re di Persia HWV 24
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Pietro Metastasio, arranged by Nicola Francesco Haym
First performance: London, Theater am Haymarket, 17 February 1728
Matthias Helm, baritone
Clint van der Linde, countertenor
Nicholas Hariades, countertenor
Amelie Müller, soprano
Annastina Malm, mezzosoprano
Philipp Kranjc, bass
L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Erich Traxler, musical direction
Kobie van Rensburg, direction, staging & video
In coproduction with donauFESTWOCHEN im Strudengau 2021
In 2019, the L’Orfeo Barockorchester was a guest at the Händel-Festspiele Halle for the last time: South African director Kobie van Rensburg brought the opera Atalanta by George Frideric Handel into the present using blue-screen technology and video animation, transporting the enthusiastic audience into imaginary worlds.
Three years later, Siroe, Re di Persia, a rarely heard work by the Halle-born master of baroque opera, now comes to the stage again in an innovative, multimedia form of Kobie van Rensburg’s production: betrayal, revenge, inheritance disputes and forbidden love at the Persian court – this explosive mixture is the theme of Pietro Metastasio’s libretto, which George Frideric Handel colourfully set to music for the Royal Academy of Music’s ninth season in 1728.
Time
Sunday, 5. June 2022 15:00
Organizer
Händel-Festspiele Halle
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George Frideric Handel: Siroe, Re di Persia HWV 24 Opera in three acts Libretto by Pietro Metastasio, arranged by Nicola Francesco Haym First performance: London, Theater am Haymarket, 17 February 1728 Matthias
Event Details
George Frideric Handel:
Siroe, Re di Persia HWV 24
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Pietro Metastasio, arranged by Nicola Francesco Haym
First performance: London, Theater am Haymarket, 17 February 1728
Matthias Helm, baritone
Clint van der Linde, countertenor
Nicholas Hariades, countertenor
Amelie Müller, soprano
Annastina Malm, mezzosoprano
Philipp Kranjc, bass
L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Erich Traxler, musical direction
Kobie van Rensburg, direction, staging & video
In coproduction with donauFESTWOCHEN im Strudengau 2021
In 2019, the L’Orfeo Barockorchester was a guest at the Händel-Festspiele Halle for the last time: South African director Kobie van Rensburg brought the opera Atalanta by George Frideric Handel into the present using blue-screen technology and video animation, transporting the enthusiastic audience into imaginary worlds.
Three years later, Siroe, Re di Persia, a rarely heard work by the Halle-born master of baroque opera, now comes to the stage again in an innovative, multimedia form of Kobie van Rensburg’s production: betrayal, revenge, inheritance disputes and forbidden love at the Persian court – this explosive mixture is the theme of Pietro Metastasio’s libretto, which George Frideric Handel colourfully set to music for the Royal Academy of Music’s ninth season in 1728.
Time
Monday, 6. June 2022 15:00
Organizer
Händel-Festspiele Halle
19June18:00Bach Pur!Brunnenthal bei Schärding - Barockkirche Brunnenthal
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No. 1 in C major BWV 1066 Concerto in F major for harpsichord, 2 recorders, strings und b.c. BWV 1057 Concerto in A major for
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Johann Sebastian Bach:
Orchestra Suite No. 1 in C major BWV 1066
Concerto in F major for harpsichord, 2 recorders, strings und b.c. BWV 1057
Concerto in A major for oboe d’amore, strings and b.c. BWV 1055a
Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068 (reconstructed early version for 2 oboes, strings and b.c.)
Carin van Heerden, recorder & oboe d’amore
Alexander Gergelyfi, harpsichord
L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Michi Gaigg, violin & direction
Time
Sunday, 19. June 2022 18:00
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Franz Schubert: Sinfonie No. 7 in B minor D 759 „Unfinished“ Sinfonie No. 8 in C major D 944 „Great C major“ L’Orfeo Barockorchester Michi Gaigg, Dirigentin
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Franz Schubert:
Sinfonie No. 7 in B minor D 759 „Unfinished“
Sinfonie No. 8 in C major D 944 „Great C major“
L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Michi Gaigg, Dirigentin
Time
Saturday, 30. July 2022 0:00
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Franz Schubert: Sinfonie No. 7 in B minor D 759 „Unfinished“ Sinfonie No. 8 in C major D 944 „Great C major“ L’Orfeo Barockorchester Michi Gaigg, Dirigentin
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Franz Schubert:
Sinfonie No. 7 in B minor D 759 „Unfinished“
Sinfonie No. 8 in C major D 944 „Great C major“
L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Michi Gaigg, Dirigentin
Time
Sunday, 31. July 2022 11:00