Hofkapelle Munich

The Hofkapelle Munich is an orchestra based in Bavaria that has dedicated itself to the historical performance practice of musical works of the 17th and 18th centuries ( baroque music ). The orchestra has existed in its current form since 2009. The musicians play on instruments from the time of origin or corresponding replicas. The artistic director of the orchestra is the violinist and conductor Rüdiger Lotter .

Over the years the Hofkapelle München has worked with many well-known artists and choirs, including the conductors Reinhard Goebel and Alessandro de Marchi , the recorder player Dorothee Oberlinger , the viol player Hille Perl , the soprano Christiane Karg , the countertenors Lawrence Zazzo and Valer Sabadus or the mezzo-soprano Sophie Marin-Degor and the soprano Sunhae Im as well as the Tölzer Knabenchor and the Bavarian Radio Choir . One focus of the artistic work is the re-performance of works from Bavarian music history.

history

At the beginning of the 16th century, Ludwig Senfl united a music ensemble called Hofkapelle München. In 1556, Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria appointed Orlando di Lasso to head the court orchestra, which established the reputation as a top ensemble for the next 200 years. Agostino Steffani , Pietro Torri and Evaristo Dall'Abaco later worked at the Munich court. In 1777, after the heir to the throne, Elector Karl-Theodor (Charles II), the merger with the Mannheim court orchestra took place . Today's Bavarian State Orchestra developed from this . In remembrance of the Elector's court orchestra, the New Court Chapel in Munich was brought into being in 1992 under the direction of Christoph Hammer . In 2009 this ensemble was reorganized as the Munich Court Orchestra under the direction of the baroque violinist and conductor Rüdiger Lotter .

In cooperation with the Bavarian Theater Academy August Everding , the orchestra regularly accompanied productions of the 17th or 18th century until 2013, such as Reinhard Keiser's Fredegunda and WA Mozart's Così fan tutte in 2007, Henry Purcell's The Fairy-Queen and Antonio Vivaldi's Orlando furioso in 2009 . In 2011, Didone abbandonata by Johann Adolph Hasse was performed again in the Munich Prinzregententheater in collaboration with the Hasse-Gesellschaft München after 250 years. This production appeared in the theater of Versailles in March 2012.

Christoph Willibald Gluck , Antonio Sacchini : Le belle immagini. Hofkapelle Munich, Dir. Alessandro De Marchi . Sony Classical, 2014.
Johann Sebastian Bach : Six Brandenburg Concerts . Hofkapelle München Dir. Rüdiger Lotter , soloists: Dorothee Oberlinger , Hille Perl , Martin Sandhoff, Laura Vukobratovic, Florian Deuter, Olga Watts, Walter Rumer, among others recording from the Ascension Church / Munich. dhm (Sony music), 2013
Johann Adolph Hasse : Didone abbandonata. Hofkapelle Munich, Dir. Michael Hofstetter . Naxos, 2013.
Johann Adolph Hasse : Hasse reloaded. Hofkapelle Munich, Dir. Michael Hofstetter . Oehms Classics, 2012.
Arias from Didone abbandonata ( Hasse ), Arianna a Naxos ( Haydn ) and Lucrezia ( Handel ). Hofkapelle Munich, mezzo-soprano: Stefanie Irányi, cond. Michael Hofstetter . Oehms Classics

German Record Critics' Prize 2012
Echo Klassik 2015 - Soloist recording of the year (vocals / opera arias): Valer Sabadus / Hofkapelle Munich / Alessandro De Marchi - CW Gluck: Le belle immagini

^ History of the Bavarian State Orchestra - Website of the Bavarian State Opera. Retrieved May 31, 2015 .
↑ Didone abbandonata (Johann Adolf Hasse) at operabaroque.fr , accessed on May 30, 2015.
↑ schallplattenkritik.de. Retrieved May 31, 2015 .
↑ Echo Klassik 2015 at echoklassik.de. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 28, 2015 ; accessed on August 24, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2