Nymphenburg Palace Concerts
The Nymphenburg Palace Concerts in the Hubertussaal have been an integral part of Munich's cultural scene since 2004 and combine Nymphenburg Palace with concert programs. Concerts ranging from chamber music to opera evenings and song cycles to musical readings are performed.
history
The baroque Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, where Ludwig II was born , is an impressive legacy of the Wittelsbach family with its ornate interior and extensive park. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Germany. The Stone Hall and the Hubertus Hall have a special meaning for the Nymphenburg Palace Concerts .
After the construction of Nymphenburg Palace, the cultural and social events took place in the stone hall (also known as the large hall or ballroom) of the palace, which after extensive renovation is only used as a museum today.
When this hall was felt to be no longer up-to-date, the court architect Johann Baptist Gunetzrhainer built it on behalf of Elector Maximilian III. Joseph (Bavaria) (1727–1777) opened another theater hall in the north wing of the palace in the middle of the 18th century instead of the older Comedi hall. Since 1757 this should then be used under the name "Hubertussaal" for cultural events, concerts and social events. The name goes back to a "Hubertus hunt" on November 3, 1757, on the occasion of which meals were held in this hall.
But now that the Stone Hall had been extensively redesigned from 1755 to 1757 by the elderly Johann Baptist Zimmermann with the help of his son Franz Michael Zimmermann under François de Cuvilliés the elder and is therefore still considered a masterpiece of courtly Munich Rococo, the lost Hubertussaal regained importance for two centuries. According to the sparse sources, it was only occasionally used for social and cultural events.
After the Second World War, the Stone Hall was used as a concert hall from 1949 to 1989, primarily on the initiative of the couple Eva and Tino Walz and the friends of the Residenz . Since a major renovation in the early 1990s, concerts are no longer allowed in the Stone Hall due to monument protection regulations.
The Hubertus Hall, which, after its rare use and use as a hunting museum in the 1930s, only served as a depot for works of art from Bavarian castles, was opened to the public again as a concert hall in 2003. After a renovation with a total cost of around 10 million euros by the Free State of Bavaria and with donations, the Hubertus Hall was made accessible again for concerts and social events.
The “Nymphenburg Palace Concerts” series was launched in 2004 in accordance with the wish of the Bavarian State Minister of Finance at that time, Kurt Faltlhauser , “that [...] many people would like to experience wonderful hours in these festive rooms” (press release from the Palace and Lake Administration) .
Since the premiere on March 19, 2004, young voices and instrumentalists from all over Europe have been given a performance forum here. But also established ensembles such as the Salzburg Concert Society, the Arcis Vocalists under the direction of Thomas Gropper or well-known singers such as B. Jan-Hendrik Rootering appear regularly at the Nymphenburg Palace Concerts in the Hubertus Hall.
program
The program selection for the concert series focuses on works from the late baroque to the end of the 19th century. The concert opera performances include works by Mozart , Giuseppe Verdi , Puccini and Gioachino Rossini . Readings of the novels (e.g. BA Dumas: Lady of the Camellias with Verdi: La traviata ; Merimee: Carmen with Bizet: Carmen ) are performed with the opera arias . Introductions before the concerts and moderations during the concerts aim to provide direct access to a wide audience.
The most frequently performed works are: W. A. Mozart's Serenade A Little Night Music KV 525 and A. Vivaldi's Violin Concerto The Four Seasons .
On February 14th, 2009 the 100th concert of the series “Nymphenburg Palace Concerts” took place. Until then, 35,000 concert-goers had experienced this concert series (33.74% of them from abroad according to the visitor statistics for the cultural summit of March 1, 2009).
Performed artists (selection)
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The young violinist Lena Neudauer was awarded the “TZ Rose” by the Munich newspaper “Tageszeitung” for her artistic achievement in the Nymphenburg Palace Concert “Spring Classical” on March 16, 2006.
See also
Web links
literature
- Press release from the Palaces and Lakes Administration of July 7, 2003
- Hubertus Hall
- Bavarian palace administration
- Nymphenburg Castle
- Walz, Tino: Downfall and New Beginning, Munich 2003