History of Court Music in Southwest Germany in the 18th Century
Duration: 2006–2021
The primary goal of this research project is the comprehensive collection and analysis of archival and musical sources on the social and institutional history of court orchestras in southwestern Germany. Comparative institutional-historical inquiries in a pan-European context, as well as stylistic analyses of compositional practices in court and aristocratic ensembles, studies on their role in the historical development of the modern orchestra—taking into account innovations in 18th-century instrument making—as well as questions regarding historical performance practice constitute further focal points of the research.
From the wealth of surviving works, a selection of the most valuable and historically significant compositions is made and published in-house. These sheet music editions are intended for both scholars and practitioners, taking into account aspects of source criticism and historical performance practice in equal measure. Research findings are also presented through the exchange of information and collaboration with other research institutions, via international conferences and exhibitions, in encyclopedias and scholarly journals, as well as—in a popular science format—in lectures, radio broadcasts, newspaper articles, program booklets, and CD booklets.
Link to a video (external link), which presents a research project in which the “Southwest German Court Music” research center was involved and which was carried out in recent months by the orchestra Arte del mondo as part of the “Program for Orchestras Facing New Challenges” organized by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
2020
Wednesday, August 26, 2020, 7:00 p.m., at the Temple of Minerva in the Schwetzingen Palace Gardens
“Kleine Serenade,” a chamber music concert as part of the 2020 theme year “Infinitely Beautiful. Monuments for Eternity.” In collaboration with Schwetzingen Palace and Palace Gardens and the Schwetzingen Music School
Alongside various other chamber music ensembles, the so-called flute quartet gained increasing popularity in the second half of the 18th century. In southwestern Germany, the Electoral Palatinate’s concertmaster and court music director Carlo Giuseppe Toeschi was one of the first to compose works for this ensemble. But even after the heyday of the flute quartet in the 1770s and 1780s—and even at the beginning of the 19th century, when the flute quartet was losing popularity—there were still composers who turned their attention to this ensemble. Notably among them were Ferdinand Fränzl and Franz Danzi, sons of distinguished Mannheim court musicians, who had received an excellent musical education in the Electoral Palatinate court orchestra. In this program, the works of the three composers—which mark the heyday and, in a sense, the decline of the flute quartet—are presented side by side. Elector Carl Theodor, too, had taken great pleasure in participating as a flutist in such quartet performances during the summer in Schwetzingen.
Performers: Christoph Rox (flute), Christine Rox (violin), Olga Becker-Tkacz (viola), Mirjam Rox (cello). The chamber music concert will be hosted by Ms. Yevgine Dilanyan, a staff member of the research project.
Program notes (PDF)
Article in the Mannheimer Morgen from August 28, 2020, by Maria Herlo (PDF)
Virtual Exhibition
The “Bibliotheca Bipontina” exhibition, which was on display last year at the Bamberg State Library, is now available online, and we would like to bring this to your attention. In addition to numerous magnificent books from this private library of the Dukes of Pfalz-Zweibrücken, the collection includes a number of handwritten and printed music scores. The most notable item is arguably the printed score of the opera Iphigénie en Aulide by Christoph Willibald Gluck, featuring the composer’s signature on the title page. You can access this virtual exhibition here (external link).
2019
Thursday, October 24, 2019, 6:30 p.m., Schwetzingen Adult Education Center, Room 105
Lecture “Burning Imaginations” – The Collaboration Between Niccolò Jommelli and Mattia Verazi
by Dr. Sarah-Denise Fabian
In collaboration with the Schwetzingen Adult Education Center
Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart described the Württemberg chief conductor Niccolò Jommelli as having “burning imagination.” He was referring to Jommelli’s operas, which caused a sensation primarily through the incorporation of French elements into Italian opera seria and through spectacular performances. This is particularly true of Jommelli’s operas set to librettos by the Electoral Palatinate court poet Mattia Verazi. The lecture focused on this fruitful collaboration between the two artists.
Admission is free.
Wednesday, October 23, 2019, Guided Tour and Chamber Concert
“The Magical Sounds in the Paradise of Composers”
In collaboration with Schwetzingen Palace and Palace Gardens and Music School e. V. Schwetzingen
4:15 – 5:30 p.m.
Music History Tour
Meeting point for the city tour at Peter Lenk’s sculpture “Glücksschwein von Schwetzingen” at Schlossplatz
6:00 p.m., Schwetzingen Palace, Mozart Hall
Chamber concert featuring works by Ignaz Holzbauer, Christian Cannabich, Ludwig August Lebrun, and Wilhelm Cramer
“Whenever the Elector was in Schwetzingen, and his excellent orchestra followed him there, one felt one felt transported to a magical island where everything resounded and sang. [...] Indeed, from every corner and cottage of the little village, one could hear the magical sounds of his virtuosos, who excelled on all manner of instruments.” This is how euphorically the Swabian poet Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart described his impressions when he visited Schwetzingen in 1774 at the invitation of the Elector.
A walking tour through downtown Schwetzingen led to the places where the court musicians of Elector Carl Theodor lived and worked. Following the tour, a chamber concert featured works by those court musicians who were mentioned during the tour and who, as composers and virtuosos, contributed to the fame of the Mannheim Court.
The performers were: Christoph Rox (flute), Georg Lustig (oboe), Eckart David Schmidt (violin), Clémence Apffel-Gomez (viola), and Mirjam Rox (cello).
For more information, visit here.
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sites/default/files/documents/Dilanyan_Program_October_Concert_2019-3.pdf">Program text
Article in the Mannheimer Morgen from October 25, 2019, by Maria Herlo
data/Schwetzingen_2019_44_13_Mannheimer_Schule.pdf">Article in Schwetzinger Woche from October 30, 2019, by Eduard KoelblinSaturday, September 28, 2019, 9:30 a.m., Palais Hirsch, Schwetzingen
Conference “Objective Reports? – Leopold Mozart’s Notes on Court Orchestras in Southwestern Germany”
Even if no compositions by Leopold and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had survived, but only their letters and travel notes, anyone who studies European musical life in the second half of the 18th century would be familiar with these two musicians: Their reports, more than almost any other body of sources, provide extensive information about musicians and institutions in Europe’s musical centers.
To mark the 300th anniversary of Leopold Mozart’s birth, the research project on Southwest German Court Music organized a conference aimed at critically examining Leopold Mozart’s records on the court orchestras in southwestern Germany. The focus was on the royal residences in Mannheim/Schwetzingen, Stuttgart, Bruchsal, and Donaueschingen.
The city walking tour “Walks in the Paradise of Composers”
on Thursday, September 26, September 2019 at 5:00 p.m.
A walking tour through downtown Schwetzingen takes participants to the places where the court musicians of Elector Carl Theodor lived and worked. The meeting point is at Peter Links’ sculpture "Lucky Pig of Schwetzingen" on Schlossplatz.
Registration via Schwetzingen Tourist Information.
Wednesday, August 14, 7:00 p.m., at the Badhaus, Schwetzingen Palace
“Kleine Serenade,” a chamber music concert as part of the 2019 theme year “Pretty Good Friends. With Sword, Charm, and Wit: France and the German Southwest”
In collaboration with Schwetzingen Palace and Palace Gardens and the Schwetzingen Music School
In the second half of the 18th century, musicians from the Electoral Palatinate court orchestra regularly traveled to Paris to perform in public and have their works published. But the music of French composers was also occasionally performed in Mannheim and Schwetzingen—especially on the court theater stage.
Featuring flute quartets by Ignaz Fränzl, Carl Stamitz, François-Joseph Gossec, and Carlo Giuseppe Toeschi, the musicians Christoph Rox (flute), Olga Becker-Tkacz (violin), Anne Johnson-Zander (viola), and Mirjam Rox (cello) invited the audience on a musical journey through time, leading from Mannheim to Paris and ending in Schwetzingen, at the Badhaus. The chamber music concert was hosted by Ms. Yevgine Dilanyan, a staff member of the research project.
For more information, visit here.
https://www.hadw-bw.de/sites/default/files/documents/.
https://www.hadw-bw.deDilanyan_Badhausserenade2019_4.pdf">The text of the introduction
Article in the Mannheimer Morgen from August 15, 2019, by Janina Hardung
Saturday, June 29, 2019, 6:30 p.m., Hofgarten of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Serenade Concert “Of Friends and Rivals: The Young Mozart Among Mannheim Court Musicians”
This year’s serenade concert at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities featured flute quartets by Christian Cannabich, Georg Joseph Vogler, Jean Baptist Wendling, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as well as a duo for viola and cello by Carl Stamitz. The performers were Christoph Rox (flute), Eckart Schmidt (violin), Clémence Apffel-Gomez (viola), and Mirjam Rox (cello).
Free admission
>FlyerSunday, June 16, 2019, 2:00 p.m., Schönborn Hall, Bruchsal Palace
Lecture “The Glass Harmonica at the Courts of Southwest Germany” by Dr. Rüdiger Thom
As part of the lecture series marking the 250th birthday of glass harmonica virtuoso Marianne Kirchgessner
After Benjamin Franklin invented the glass harmonica in London in 1761, it would take several more years before this new instrument would be regarded not merely as a curiosity but as an integral part of musical life. However, this process did not take place in England but primarily in the German-speaking world: “Germany truly became the adopted home of the harmonica”, as musicologist Alec Hyatt King summarized. This development began at the courts of southwestern Germany. Here, —in some cases commissioned by the rulers—the first instruments in Germany were replicated; mass production began a little later. Here, instrumentalists learned how to play the instrument, composed music for it, and in turn passed on their knowledge to students. The central role of the region in the history of the glass harmonica was examined in more detail in this presentation.
Further information on the lecture series and the subsequent evening concert by the Vienna Glass Harmonica Duo can be found at here.
The city walking tour “Walks Through the Paradise of the Tonkünstler”
on Thursday, May 23, 2019, at 6:30 p.m.
A walking tour through downtown Schwetzingen took participants to the places where the court musicians of Elector Carl Theodor lived and worked. The meeting point was at Peter Link’s sculpture “Glücksschwein von Schwetzingen” on Schlossplatz.
Registration via Schwetzingen Tourist Information.
Monday, May 13, 2019, 7:30 p.m., Rittersaal, Baroque Palace of Mannheim
SWR Festival Academy II
Schwetzingen FestivalIn collaboration with the Schwetzingen Festival and the Villa Musica Rhineland-Palatinate State Foundation
The second concert of the Court MusicAcademy was held at a historic venue: The musical academies took place in the Knights’ Hall of Mannheim Palace during the winter months, a season marked by celebrations for the ruling couple’s name days and birthdays, as well as Carnival. This hall is inextricably linked to the high standard of orchestral culture in the Electoral Palatinatecourt music, about which an anonymous eyewitness raved: “It was a joy to see how one bow stroke followed another, rising and falling; a joy to hear how not a single note in the entire orchestra of more than 50 people went unnoticed … how forte and piano were performed in brotherly harmony, how the uniformly executed rise of the crescendo and fall of the diminuendo made the sensitive listener’s heart swell.” Conductor: Werner Ehrhardt.
The concert was broadcast on May 21, 2019, at 1:05 p.m. on SWR2 Midday Concert.
Sunday, May 12, 2019, 6:00 p.m., Mozart Hall, Schwetzingen Palace
Court Music Academy I of the SWSchwetzingen Festival
In collaboration with the Schwetzingen Festival and the Villa Musica Rhineland-Palatinate State Foundation
This year’s Schwetzingen Court Music Academy continued the tradition of the musical academies at the court of Elector Carl Theodor. These varied court concerts, in which the Elector himself occasionally performed as a soloist, were a regular feature of the court’s festival cycleor could also be scheduled on short notice, as Leopold Mozart reported from Salzburg in July 1763: “Yesterday, an academy was specially ordered for our sake … It lasted from 5 o’clock in the evening until 9 o’clock at night.”
The program featured works by court musicians of the Electoral Palatinate and their contemporaries. In addition to symphonies, the program included concertos, arias, ballet music, and chamber music, and a musical surprise awaited the audience during both intermissions. Musical direction: Werner Ehrhardt.
The introduction by Dr. Sarah-Denise Fabian will take place at 5 p.m. in the Jagdsaal.
Article in the Mannheimer Morgen from May 14, 2019
Saturday, May 11, 2019, 3:00 p.m., Palais Hirsch, Schwetzingen
In the Musicians’ Paradise: Walking Tour – Concert – Guided Tour
A walking tour through downtown Schwetzingen led participants to the places where Elector Carl Theodor’s court musicians lived and worked. Participants in this year’s Court Music Academy then invited guests to a short concert in the concert hall of Palais Hirsch. Afterward, staff members from the “Southwest German Court Music” research project of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities—also located in Palais Hirsch—provided insights into their work.
EFree admission
Article in the Mannheimer Morgen from May 13, 2019, by Hans-Günter Fischer
Sunday, April 28, 2019, 11 a.m., Karl-Wörn-Haus, Schwetzingen City Museum
“It’s Just a Village” – Schwetzingen Through the Eyes of Leopold Mozart, Exhibition Opening
To mark the 300th anniversary of Leopold Mozart’s birth, the Museum of the City of Schwetzingen opened the special exhibition “It’s Just a Village” – Schwetzingen Through the Eyes of Leopold Mozart
When Leopold Mozart stayed in Schwetzingen in the summer of 1763 during his first concert tour with his children Maria Anna and Wolfgang Amadeus, he wrote a letter to his friend and patron, Johann Lorenz Hagenauer, in which he not only reported on the music and musicians at court but also in detail the everyday life in Schwetzingen.
The mayor of Schwetzingen, René Pöltl; the director of the research project on Southwestern German Court Music at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Prof. Dr. Silke Leopold; and the museum director, Lars Maurer, opened the exhibition with their speeches.
The collaboration involves the Karl-Wörn-Haus, the Museum of the City of Schwetzingen (Lars Maurer), The Schwetzingen City Archives (Joachum Kresin), the Historical Institute at the University of Mannheim (Prof. Dr. Hiram Kümper), and the research project on Southwestern German court music (Dr. Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst) were involved.
The exhibition was open until July 28,
July 2019.Article in the Mannheimer Morgen from April 30, 2019, by Maria Herlo
The city tour “Walks in the Paradise of Composers”
on Thursday, April 25, 2019, at 3:00 p.m.
A walking tour through downtown Schwetzingen takes you to the places where the court musicians of Elector Carl Theodor lived and worked. The meeting point is at Peter Link’s sculpture “‘Lucky Pig of Schwetzingen’” on Schlossplatz.
Registration via Schwetzingen Tourist Information.
Sunday, February 24, 2019, 17 a.m., Concert Hall of the University of Music and Performing Arts, Stuttgart
Concert “Electra” by Christian Cannabich
The introduction by Dr. Sarah-Denise Fabian took place at 4:15 p.m.
Dr. Fabian spoke about Christian Cannabich’s “Electra" on the SWR2 radio program “Treffpunkt Klassik.”
You can listen to the recording of the program at here.
Thursday, February 14, 2019, 6:30 p.m., Palais Hirsch, Schwetzingen
Lecture “The Astronomer and the Blind Girl” by Dr. Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst
A lecture on the history of the glass harmonica to mark the 300th anniversary of Christian Mayer’s birth and the 250th anniversary of Marianne Kirchgessner’s
Like no other musical instrument, the glass harmonica, with its ethereal, almost ethereal sound, the sentimental spirit of the late 18th century. Although it was invented in London in 1761 by the American Benjamin Franklin, the instrument found a home primarily in Germany. Prominent composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Adolf Hasse, and Johann Gottlieb Naumann composed for the glass harmonica; the poet Jean Paul called it a “glass sanctuary of the muse of sound,” and Goethe is said to have heard in its sound the “heart’s blood of the world.” The lecture provided an introduction to the history of this now largely forgotten instrument and explained the important role that the courts in southwestern Germany played in its development.
Free admission
2018
Thursday, November 15, 2018, 6:00 p.m., Palais Hirsch, Schwetzingen
Lecture “Creator of a New Taste?” by Dr. Sarah-Denise Fabian
When Duke Carl Eugen of Württemberg invited him to his court, he was already an internationally celebrated star composer: Niccollò Jommelli (1714–1774). His operas made him famous throughout Europe. From 1754 to 1769, Jommelli served as chief conductor in Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg. The lecture focused on this phase of the life and work of this significant composer, who is no longer prominently represented in today’s musical landscapecomposer.
Free admission
Article in the Mannheimer Morgen from November 19 by Maria Herlo
Sunday, November 4, 2018, 5:00 p.m., Rittersaal, Mannheim Palace
“Music from the Residence” concert series
275 Years of the “Mannheim School”
A Musical Academy
Works by Johann and Carl Stamitz, Ignaz Holzbauer, Anton Fils, Wilhelm Cramer, and Antonio Salieri
Soloists: Yvonne Prentki (soprano), Sueye Park (violin), Nikolaus Friedrich(clarinet), Kurpfälzisches Chamber Orchestra, Conductor: James Lowe
Organizer: GMG in cooperation with the State Palaces and Gardens of Baden-Württemberg and in collaboration with the Research Project for Southwestern German Court Music of >Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Admission: 15 euros, reduced 10 euros
Ticket sales: online via Reservix, by phone (0621 14554), or at the box office (starting at 4:00 p.m.)
Unreserved seating
Saturday, October 20, 2018, Guided Tour and Concert
Mozart in the Paradise of Composers
In collaboration with the City of Schwetzingen and Musikschule e. V. Schwetzingen
4:15–5:30 p.m.
Music-historical walking tour “In the Paradise of Musicians”.
After the tour, light refreshments will be served.
6:00 p.m., Palais Hirsch, upper-floor concert hall
Chamber music concert “A Quartetto for the Indian Dutchman”:
The flute quartets of the young Mozart and the Mannheim court musicians. Free admission.
The staff of the Rüdiger Thomsen research project—Fürst and Sarah-Denise Fabian—invited guests to a music-historical tour through downtown Schwetzingen. The tour took participants to the places where the court musicians of Elector Carl Theodor lived and worked. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart also visited the Electoral Palatinate, first as a (child) prodigy and later as a young adult. He maintained particularly close ties with several prominent court musicians during his stay in Mannheim over 240 years ago. Detailed accounts of this can be found in the letters to his father, who remained in Salzburg; in these, Wolfgang Amadé also writes about his musician friends at court arranging commissions for him. “A quartetto for the Indian-Dutchman, for the true friend of humanity, is also nearly ready,” Mozart informed his father in a postscript dated December 20, 1777. By “quartetto,” he means a flute quartet—a chamber music form for flute and string trio that was frequently composed by the “Mannheimers” and was a popular chamber music form for flute and string trio at the time. This flute quartet, along with three other works edited specifically for the subsequent concert by Christian Cannabich, Carlo Giuseppe Toeschi, and Jean-Baptiste Wendling, were performed by the musicians Christoph Rox (flute), Covadonga Alonso (violin), Anne Johnson-Zander(viola), and Mirjam Rox (cello) were performed. The concert was moderated by Eva Dilanyan, a staff member of the research project.
Registration via http://www.schwetzingen.de/pb/schwetzingen,Lde/Startseite/Schwetzingen+erleben/Touristinformation.html">Schwetzingen Tourist Information.
Key information about the event can be found here.
Article in the Mannheimer Morgen from October 22 by Maria Herlo
The guided tour “Walks Through the Paradise of Composers”
on September 29 at 3:00 p.m.
Registration via Schwetzingen Tourist Information
The meeting point is at Peter Link’s sculpture “Glücksschwein von Schwetzingen” (Schwetzingen’s Lucky Pig) on Schlossplatz.
Sunday, September 9, 2018, 1–6 p.m., Palais Hirsch, Schwetzingen
Open Monument Day
As part of the organ walk, the research project hosted an open house.
For more information, please see the flyer and the flyer and the program.
program.hadw-bw.de/data/Orgelspaziergang2018SchwetzingerZeitung.tif">Article in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from September 10, 2018, by Maria Herlo
Saturday, September 8, September 2018, 10:30 a.m., SWR2
Treffpunkt Klassik extra
Dr. Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst was a guest on the SWR2 radio program "Treffpunkt Klassik extra."
For more information, see here.
Sunday, July 8, 2018, 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., Friedenskirche, Ludwigsburg
Don’t you know…. Music from the Ludwigsburg Court
6:00 p.m.: Introductory lecture by Sarah-Denise Fabian
7:00 p.m.: Concert featuring works by Breschianello, Duntz, and Holzbauer, conducted by Nikolai Ott
Wednesday, June 27, 2018, 6:15 p.m., Lecture Hall of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Orpheus in Swabia—Florian Deller’s “Orphée et Euridice” at the Court of Württemberg
A lecture by Dr. Sarah-Denise Fabian as part of the series: 15 Years of “Insights. For you.” [Part 2]
Ballet at the Württemberg court under Carl Eugen in the 18th century is associated above all with one name: Jean Georges Noverre. During his tenure in Stuttgart (1760–1767), the Duke granted him virtually unlimited freedom to implement his ballet reform—the concept of a new kind of dramatic narrative ballet. Music plays a central role in this, for, as Noverre himself stated
, music is to dance what words are to music. Today, however, the composers of this music are largely forgotten —one of them being the Württemberg court musician Florian Deller. He composed the music for numerous ballets based on Noverre’s reforms, with the score for *Orphée et Euridice* (1763) counting among his most significant works. This lecture now turned its attention explicitly to this music, examining in particular the question ofhow the program developed by Noverre around Orpheus and Eurydice is reflected in the musical composition.
Free admission
Activities of the research project in collaboration with the 2018 Schwetzingen Festival
Saturday, May 19, 2018, 7:00 p.m., additional performances on Monday, May 21 (6:00 p.m.) and
Tuesday, May 22 (7:00 p.m.), Schwetzingen Rococo Theater
Premiere: *La Fiera di Venezia*, a *drama giocoso* by Antonio Salieri (1750–1825), semi-staged performance
In collaboration with the Schwetzingen Festival and the L’arte del mondo Orchestra (Bayer Kultur)
With the opera buffa "La Fiera di Venezia," the young Antonio Salieri made a name for himself with Viennese audiences in early 1772. That same year, the opera was performed in Mannheim and later throughout Europe. Nearly 250 years after its premiere, Salieri’s opera returned to the Kurpfalz region, bringing a touch of Venetian flair to Schwetzingen. Conductor: Werner Ehrhardt.
The introductions by Prof. Dr. Silke Leopold took place on May 19 and 22 at 6:00 p.m. and on May 21 at 5:00 p.m. in the Chamber Music Hall.
Article in the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung from May 22, 2018, by Matthias Roth
Article in the Mannheimer Morgen from May 21, 2018, by Hans-Günter Fischer, photo by SWR/SSF/WITT
More walking tours and city tours »"Walks Through the Paradise of Composers" will take place on April 28, May 19, and September 29, each at 3:00 p.m.
Register via Schwetzingen Tourist Information
The meeting point is at Peter Link’s sculpture “Glücksschwein von Schwetzingen” on Schlossplatz
Saturday, May 5, 2018, 6:00 p.m., Rokokotheater Schwetzingen
SWR Schwetzingen Festival Court Music Academy, Closing Concert
In collaboration with the Schwetzingen Festival and the Villa Musica Rhineland-Palatinate State Foundation
As part of the Schwetzingen SWR Festival and in collaboration with the Research project, the sixth Court Music Academy took place on May 5, 2018. The program featured works by composers from the second half of the 18th century who operated at the intersection of tradition and innovation at the royal courts of southwestern Germany. This corresponded with the festival’s, “Transitions.” Compositions by Georg Joseph Vogler, Niccolò Jommelli, Johann Evangelist Brandl, Anton Fils, and Joseph Aloys Schmittbaur were performed by Camerata Villa Musica under the direction of Werner Ehrhardt.
The introduction by Dr. Sarah-Denise Fabian took place at 5 in the Chamber Music Hall.
https://hofmusik.hadw-bw.de/data/Einfuehrungsvortrag_Hofmusik_2018_Kopie.pdf
https://hofmusik.hadw-bw.de">Introductory lecture
Friday, May 4, 2018, 4:00 p.m., Palais Hirsch, Schwetzingen
In the Musicians’ Paradise: Walking Tour – Concert – Guided Tour
A walking tour through downtown Schwetzingen took participants to the places where the court musicians of Elector Carl Theodor lived and worked. Participants in this year’s Court Music Academy then invited the audience to a chamber music concert in the concert hall of the Palais Hirsch. Afterward, staff members from the “Southwest German Court Music” research project of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities—also located in the Palais Hirsch—provided insights into their work.
Free admission
The walking tour is already fully booked
Article in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from April 30, 2018, by Markus Mertens
Thursday, January 25, 2018, 6:00 p.m., Palais Hirsch, Schwetzingen
Lecture “Sons of Schwetzingen: Famous Children of Electoral Palatinate Court Musician Families”
Dr. Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst spoke about the children of court musicians born in Schwetzingen who received their early training at home and later pursued careers outside the Electoral Palatinate. Three of them—Franz Danzi, Franz Cramer, and Ferdinand Fränzl—were featured in the lecture.
Article in the Schwetzinger Woche from January 31, 2018
2017
Sunday, September 10, 2017, 1:00–6:00 p.m., Palais Hirsch, Schwetzingen
Open Monument Day
As part of the organ tour, the research project hosted an open house.
For more information, see here.
Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 7:00 p.m., Schwetzingen Palace, at the Badhaus
“Badhaus Serenade,” a chamber music concert in collaboration with Schwetzingen Palace and Palace Gardens and the Schwetzingen Music School
This year’s Badhaus Serenade featured flute quartets by renowned Mannheim court composers such as Christian Cannabich, Carlo Giuseppe Toeschi, and Ignaz Fränzl, as well as another flute quartet by Ernst Eichner. Before the concert, art historian Dr. Ralf Wagner gave an introduction to the nearby natural theater. The chamber music concert was introduced by staff member Eva (Yevgine) Dilany, who works on the research project.
Report in the Mannheimer Morgen from July 15, July 2017 by Maria Herlo
Article in the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung from July 15, 2017, by Marion Gottlob
Photo 1, https://www.hadw-bw.de/sites/default/files/documents/IMG_0398.pdf">Photo 2
June 17 and 18, 2017, Schwetzingen, Mannheim
Conference “The Stamitz Family and European Musician Migration in the 18th Century”
To mark the 300th anniversary of Johann Stamitz’s birth, the research project and the Mannheim State University of Music and Performing Arts organized a symposium in Schwetzingen on June 17 and 18, 2017, on the topic “The Stamitz Family and European Musician Migration in the 18th Century” (Chairs: Prof. Dr. Silke Leopold, Prof. Dr. Panja Mücke).
Following the symposium, Prof. Dr. Michael Werner (Paris) delivered a commemorative lecture at Mannheim Palace, where a celebratory concert featuring works by Johann Stamitz was subsequently held.
Sunday, May 14, 2017, Rococo Theater, Schwetzingen
SWR Court Music Academy, Schwetzingen Festival, Closing Concert
in collaboration with the Schwetzingen Festival and the Villa Musica Rhineland-Palatinate State Foundation
This year, the collaboration with the SWR Schwetzingen Festival continued. The concert by the Schwetzingen Court MusicAcademy took place on Sunday, May 14, 2017, at 6:00 p.m. at the Rococo Theater (Schwetzingen Palace). The program revolved around the theme “Musician Migration at the Electoral Palatinate Court,” featuring works by Johann Stamitz, Carl Joseph Toeschi, Franz Xaver Richter, and others. The Camerata Villa Musica performed under the direction of Werner Ehrhardt.
Listen to the interview on court music of the Electoral Palatinatelisten to
2016
September 14–17 September 2016, Mainz
XVIth International Congress of the Society for Music Research
At the XVIth International Congress of the Society for Music Research, which took place from September 14 to 17 September 2016 in Mainz, the research project presented its work on Thursday, September 15, 2016.
Saturday, September 10, 2016, 7:15–11:30 p.m., Palais Hirsch, Schwetzingen
Open Monument Night
The opening event for “Open Monument Day 2016” took place this year in Schwetzingen: on Saturday, September 10, 2016, with the “Night of Open Monuments.” The research project also opened its doors for the occasion: Under the theme “Court Music in Schwetzingen”, an introductory lecture and a concert featuring works by F. Danzi. Afterward, from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., visitors had the opportunity to take a guided tour of the research project, offering insights into the research work.
Saturday, July 9, 2016, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
At this year’s serenade concert hosted by the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the chamber choir of the Collegium Musicum at Heidelberg University, conducted by University Music Director Michael Sekulla, will perform works by Franz Danzi, Peter von Winter, Georg Joseph Abbé Vogler, and others. The concert will take place on July 9, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Academy’s Hofgarten.
Saturday, April 30, 2016, 3:00 p.m., Schwetzingen Palace, Rococo Theater
Gala concert marking the 1,250th anniversary of the city of Schwetzingen
Works by Ignaz Holzbauer, Christian Cannabich, Carl Stamitz, Georg Joseph Vogler, and Anton Dimler
Kurpfälzisches Chamber Orchestra
Cramer Quartet (Thierry Stöckel, Covadonga Alonso, Julien Heichelbech, Matthias Bergmann)
Conductor: Johannes Schlaefli
Event presented as part of the Schwetzingen SWR Festival in collaboration with the research project and the City of Schwetzingen
Sunday, May 29, 2016, 3:00 p.m., Schwetzingen Palace, Rococo Theater
Arcadia in Sound
Works by Ignaz Holzbauer, Christian Cannabich, Johann and Carl Stamitz
Fourth Court Music Academy as part of the Schwetzingen SWR Festival in collaboration with the research project
Conductor: Midori Seiler and Jaap ter Linden
Moderators: Prof. Dr. Silke Leopold
Information on the workshop’s terms and conditionsGerman version
2015
Saturday, May 23, 2015
3:00 p.m., Jagdsaal, Schwetzingen Palace
Instrument Special
Presentation of original instruments from the context of Electoral Palatinate court music
Panel discussion featuring, among others, Matthias Kohl and Midori Seiler; moderated by: Reinhard Ermen
Free admission
Event organized by the SWR2 Cultural Service as part of the Schwetzingen SWR Festival in collaboration with a research project
data/SSF_Plakat_Hofmusik_4.pdf">Event poster for the Schwetzingen SWR Festival
5:00 p.m., Chamber Music Hall, Schwetzingen Palace
“Nothing here is cheap except the wine”—and why Paris in the 18th century was nonetheless a place of longing for musicians from Germany
Lecture: Prof. Dr. Silke Leopold
Free admission
Keynote Lecture as part of the Schwetzingen SWR Festival
7:30 p.m., Rococo Theater, Schwetzingen Palace
Music in Dialogue – Mannheimers in Paris
Works by Carlo Giuseppe Toeschi, Georg Joseph Vogler, Anton Fils, Anton Stamitz, and Ignaz Holzbauer
Third Court Music Academy as part of the Schwetzingen SWR Festival in collaboration with the research project
https://hofmusik.hadw-bw.de/data/MM_27-5-2015_Kopie.pdf
https://hofmusik.hadw-bw.de/data/MM_27-5-2015_K">Article in Morgenweb from May 27, 2015, by Hans-Günter Fischer
Article in Schwetzinger Woche from May 28, 2015, by Angelika Bermann-Scherer
Article in Schwetzinger Woche from May 28, 2015, by Angelika Bermann-Schererdownload.swr.de/swr2/musik/konzerte/schwetzinger-festspiele/schwetzinger-hofmusik-academy-musik-im-dialog-mannheimer-in-paris-schwetzinger-swr-festspiele-20150531.19244s.mp3">Final concert available for listening (mp3)
Saturday, July 4, July 2015, 6:00 p.m., Heidelberg, Karlstraße 4, Hofgarten
Serenade Concert
Rediscovered String Quartets of the Mannheim School
Performed by the newly founded Cramer Quartet with Thierry Stöckel (first violin), Covadonga Alonso Villasenor (second violin), Julien Heichelbech (viola), and Matthias Bergmann (cello)
Free admission; open seating
An event organized by the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities in collaboration with the research project
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Review of the concert in Mannheimer Morgen on July 6, 2015
The quartet plays on the precious original instruments made by the electoral court violin makers Jacob Rauch and Mathias Gülich—that is, on original instruments from the immediate circle of Elector Carl Theodor’s famous court orchestra. The quartet’s name is derived from the violin virtuoso Wilhelm Cramer, who was one of Mannheim’s famous sons and one of the most gifted pupils of the Mannheim School. The 1759 Gülich violin may even have once belonged to the virtuoso himself (see the essays: Kohl/Pelker). The original instruments will be played in public for the first time during the serenade concert.
2014
Friday, January 31, 2014, 7:00 p.m., Schwetzingen, Palais Hirsch, Conference Room
Making Music Together—Brought to Life in Art. On the Iconography of Wittelsbach Court Concerts
Public Lecture: Dr. Annette Frese (Heidelberg)
Free admission
The evening lecture focuses on depictions of the Wittelsbachs making music. It spans the spectrum from individual portraits of the electoral couple Carl Theodor and Elisabeth Augusta in Mannheim to family gatherings of the Wittelsbachs in Bavaria. These occasions gave rise to joint court concerts and, like theatrical performances in the Baroque era, were a natural part of courtly entertainment and self-presentation. Captured in images, such depictions of multiple figures—portraits and group portraits—offered the opportunity to princely guests and visitors to witness an interplay among all participants that was grounded in familial harmony.
Article in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from February 3, 2014, by Maria Herlo
Saturday, March 1, 2014, Mannheim Baroque Palace, Rittersaal, 6:30 p.m.
Court Music of the Wittelsbachs
Works by Franz Xaver Richter, https://www.hadw-bw.de/forschung/research project/history of southwest German court music in the 18th century/court music musicians?musicianid=M000002">Georg Joseph Vogler, Christian Danner and Christian Danner and Christian Danner and https://Ernst Eichner
Soloists: Ernst Eichner
Soloists: Ernst Eichner
Soloists: Dorothea Stepp (violin), Tae-Min Hyun (piano)
Kurpfälzisches Chamber Orchestra, Conductor: Martin Brauß (Hanover)
The soloists are graduates of the Institute for the Early Promotion of Highly Gifted Musicians (IFF) in Hanover, IFF flyer
Vogler, Piano Concerto in C Major (Live Recording, 1st Movement)
Danner, Violin Concerto in F Major (Live Recording, 2nd and 3rd Movements)
Review in the Mannheimer Morgen from March 4, 2014, by Monika Lanzendörfer
Sunday, March 2, 2014, Mannheim, rem, Museum of World Cultures D 5, 10 a.m.–5:45 p.m.
Mannheim – Paris – Zweibrücken. Paths of Wittelsbach Court Music
Public academic conference chaired by Prof. Dr. Silke Leopold
Welcome address: Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Paul Kirchhof (President of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities)
Speakers: http://www.geschichte.uni-mainz.de/NeuereGeschichte/305.php>Prof. Dr. Matthias Schnettger (Mainz), Prof. Dr. Hans Ammerich (Speyer), Prof. Dr. Hans Ottomeyer (Ottobrunn), Prof. Dr. Hermann Kleber (Trier), Dr. Roland Würtz (Weisenheim am Berg), Dr. Hans Oskar Koch (Bobenheim/Roxheim), Prof. Dr. Herbert Schneider (Saarbrücken)
Flyer for the concert and conference
Thursday, May 22, 2014, 8:00 p.m., Rokokotheater, Schwetzingen
Schwetzingen SWR Festival (in collaboration with the research project)
“Leucippo” by Johann Adolph Hasse (Schwetzingen version from 1757)
Based on the Electoral Palatinate libretto and two handwritten copies of the score, Bärbel Pelker reconstructed the “Schwetzingen version” of the opera, which was first performed on June 15, 1757, at the Palace Theater in Schwetzingen to celebrate the birthday of the Electress’s sister, Princess Maria Franziska Dorothea Christine von Sulzbach.
Further information about the performance
Live recording of the opera from May 22, 2014, at the Schwetzingen Palace Theater
https://hofmusik.hadw-bw.de/data/
Friday, May 23 – Saturday, May 31, 2014, Foyer of the Rokokotheater, Schwetzingen
Exhibition on court music in the Electoral Palatinate
Key themes in light of the occasion: Court opera and court orchestra
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Saturday, May 31, 2014, 7:30 p.m., Rokokotheater, Schwetzingen
Schwetzingen SWR Festival – “Schwetzingen Court Music Academy” (in collaboration with the research project)
Concertissimo
Concertante symphonies by Ignaz Holzbauer, Carl Stamitz and Christian Cannabich
Conductor: Midori Seiler and Jaap ter Linden
Host: Markus Brock
Together with the festival and the faculty, Bärbel Pelker developed the program concept Concertissimo for the Court Music Academy. For this, she also prepared the sheet music for the concert symphonies by Ignaz Holzbauer, Christian Cannabich, and Carl Stamitz, which were performed again for the first time on May 31, 2014. Another program item, the opera sinfonia to Artaserse,, was a small tribute to Niccolò Jommelli (1714–1774) on the occasion of his 300th birthday.
Closing Concert with Participants of the Orchestra Workshop (Live Recording)
Interview with Midori Seiler in the Mannheimer Morgen on June 2, 2014, by Hans-Günter Fischer
Wednesday, December 31, 2014, 8:15 p.m., Christuskirche Mannheim
Festive New Year’s Eve Concert – Virtuoso Music from the Baroque and Classical Periods
including the world premiere of the Clarinet Concerto (B) by Anton Dimler
Soloist: Nikolaus Friedrich, Sinfonietta Mannheim, conducted by Johannes Michel
Review in Mannheimer Morgen on January 2, 2015, by Eckhard Britsch
2013
The main themes of the year were 250th anniversary of the Mozart siblings’ of the Mozart siblings and the Wittelsbach Year. In addition to its own events, which took place under the direction of Bärbel Pelker as part of the “Fascination with Court Music” event series, the research project also participated as a partner in several projects organized by municipal cultural institutions during this theme year.
April 26 – June 2 2013, Schwetzingen Palace, Südlicher Zirkel
“The orchestra is, without a doubt, the best in Germany”—the legendary court music of Elector Carl Theodor
Exhibition as part of the Schwetzingen SWR Festival
To mark the opening of the Schwetzingen SWR Festival, the research project is presenting a small special exhibition that will provide insights into the famous court music of Elector Carl Theodor. On the occasion of the new “Schwetzingen Court Music Academy,” the exhibition focuses specifically on the court orchestra, which, in the opinion of many contemporaries, was among the largest and finest ensembles in Europe. On display is a small selection of orchestral works, as well as the court composers of the Elector’s instrumental music and examples of 18th-century orchestra formations—including, for the first time, the concert formation of the legendary Electoral Court Orchestra.
Articles in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from April 26, 2013, by Katja Bauroth,
May 29, 2013 (about the Hofmusik Academy) by Katja Bauroth
https://hofmusik.hadSchwetzingen Week, June 5, 2013
May 26 – June 1, 2013, Schwetzingen Palace, Südlicher Zirkel
Sound Workshop: In the Footsteps of Jacob Stainer
Visitors are warmly invited to this public workshop to experience how violin-making students from Mittenwald carve the famous lion heads modeled after Jacob Stainer’s violins under the guidance of master violin maker Thomas Wörnle . Visitors will also have the opportunity to learn fascinating facts about the time-honored art of violin making at the renowned Mittenwald School.
To accompany this, the research project will, for the first time, display original instruments from the immediate circle of the legendary electoral court music.
Article in *Sonntag Aktuell* from May 26, 2013, by Katja Bauroth
Article in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from May 28, 2013, by Maria Herlo
Friday, May 31, 2013, 7:00 p.m., Schwetzingen Palace, Südlicher Zirkel
Sound Workshop: Historical Violin Making
Lecture by master violin maker Matthias Kohl from Heidelberg, with musical accompaniment by Hans-Joachim Berg and Christiane Schmidt, who will bring the original string instruments on display—crafted by the Elector’scourt instrument maker Mathias Gülich on display, accompanied by works by Carl Stamitz and Joseph Haydn.
Preview article in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from May 29, May 2013 by Katja Bauroth
Article in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from June 3, 2013, by Maria Herlo
Saturday, June 15, 2013, Schwetzingen, Palais Hirsch, conference room
Mozart Variations – Franz Danzi and the Veneration of Mozart in the Late 18th Century
Public academic conference chaired by Prof. Dr. Silke Leopold
Saturday, June 15, 2013, 7:00 p.m., Schwetzingen Palace, Jagdsaal
Franz Danzi – a tribute to the 250th anniversary of his birth
Concert by the Mannheim Court Quartets
Program:
Franz Danzi: Quartetto I in C major (from Op. 29)
W. A. Mozart: Quartet in G major (KV 156)
Franz Danzi: Quartetto III in D major (from Op. 29)
Franz Danzi: String Quartet (“Figaro Quartet”) in B-flat major (Op. VI, No. 2)
Sunday, June 16, 2013, 11 a.m., Schwetzingen, Palais Hirsch
The Myth of the Child Prodigy
Panel Discussion with Silke Leopold, Martin Brauß and Armin Brinzing
-bw.de/data/Schwetzinger_Zeitung_18-6-13_Kopie.pdf">Reports on the panel discussion and the two events from the previous day in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from June 18, 2013, by Werner Schilling and Johannes Sturm
Sunday, June 16, 2013, 8:00 p.m., Schwetzingen Palace, Mozart Hall
Child Prodigies – Virtuosities by Mozart and Danzi
Program:
Christian Cannabich: Symphony in B for Orchestra (world premiere)
W. A. Mozart: Concerto in G for Flute and Orchestra (KV 313, composed in Mannheim in 1778)
W. A. Mozart: “Jenamy” Concerto (formerly “Jeunehomme” Concerto) in E-flat major for piano and orchestra (K. 271, composed in Salzburg in 1777)
Franz Danzi: Concertante in B for clarinet, bassoon, and orchestra (Op. 47, composed in 1808)
Soloists: Matvey Demin (flute), Johannes Schultz (clarinet), Jusara Moser (bassoon),Elisabeth Brauß (piano)
Kurpfälzisches Chamber Orchestra, Conductor: Martin Brauß (Hanover)
The soloists are graduates of the Institute for the Early Promotion of Highly Gifted Musicians (IFF)
https://hofmusik.hadw-bw.de/data/HMTMH_IFF-Flyer_2012_Kopie.pdf
Preview of the “Wunderkind” weekend in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from June 14, 2013
Article in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from June 19, 2013, by Werner Schilling
Friday, June 21, June 2013, 7:00 p.m., Schwetzingen, Palais Hirsch, conference room
A Temple of the Muses Instead of Prostitution and a Beggar’s Staff—Venice’s Girls’ Conservatories, Using the Pietà as an Example
Public Lecture: Prof. Dr. Helen Geyer (Weimar)
The Ospedale della Pietà—one of the four major Venetian ospedali, was one of the city’s four women’s conservatories, which counted among the attractions for travelers and music lovers in
17th- and 18th-century Venice. It is associated with the name Antonio Vivaldi,
with the genre of the solo concerto, and with a unique symbiosis of architecture and music,
which was realized here in the second half of the 18th century.
The music was etched into the voices or fingers of the female musicians at all four conservatories
; they shaped tastes, fired the imagination of listeners, and established experimental and unconventional aesthetic standards. This was based on a rigorous training system
, but also on a unique constellation of external and structural circumstances.
After all, the poorest members of society were offered a magnificent opportunity here, although
only a small fraction actually made an impact “outside”; nevertheless, all other
residents of the Ospedali were offered unusual life opportunities and circumstances.
Sunday, July 14, 2013, 2–6 p.m., Schlossplatz Schwetzingen
City festival in honor of the Mozart family
2 p.m.: Arrival of the Mozart at Schlossplatz
2:30 p.m.: Unveiling of the plaques commemorating the Schwetzingen court musicians’ quarters and Mozart’s stays in the Electoral Palatinate at the “Rotes Haus” (Dreikönigstr. 6)
Bärbel Pelker wrote the plaque texts and identified the musicians’ lodgings based on the handwritten lodging lists from 1758 and 1762, which are preserved in the State Archives in Karlsruhe. The confirmed locations are marked on the revised building inventory map by Hermann Blank, which documents property ownership in Schwetzingen after 1748 (map, in: Hermann Blank/Wilhelm Heuss, Schwetzingen—A History of the City and Its Houses, Vol. 1, Schwetzingen 1979)
Arrival of the Mozart family in Schwetzingen in 2013
Unveiling of the plaque texts at the “Rothen Haus” (Dreikönigstraße 6) in Schwetzingen
Article in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from July 15, 2013, by Katja Bauroth
Article in the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung from July 15, 2013, by Stefan Kern
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Thursday, July 18, 2013, 8:00 p.m., Schwetzingen Palace, Mozart Hall
Electoral Festival Academy
Concerto Köln, Conductor and Soloist: Martin Sandhoff (flute)
Program:
Ignaz Holzbauer (1711–1783): Symphony No. 16 in F major for orchestra
Jean Baptist Wendling (1723–1797): Concerto in G Major for Flauto traverso and Orchestra
Christian Cannabich (1731–1798): Symphony in G Major for Orchestra (World Premiere)
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart (1756–1791): Symphony in E-flat Major, K. 16
Carlo Giuseppe Toeschi (1732–1788): Symphony in C Major for orchestra (world premiere)
Ignaz Fränzl (1736–1811): Symphony No. 5 in C major for orchestra
The sheet music for both world premieres is being produced as part of a research project exclusively for the concert (edited by Bärbel Pelker)
Preview in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from July 4, 2013
Review in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from July 20, July 2013 by Maria Herlo
Article in the Mannheimer Morgen from July 20, 2013, by Monika Lanzendörfer
Article in the Schwetzinger Woche from July 24, 2013, by Angelika Bergmann-Scherer
Photo of “Wolfgang” and “Nannerl”
Saturday, July 20, 2013, Schwetzingen Palace, Rococo Theater
JOIN IN!
Children’s Music Festival with the international children’s and youth Baroque orchestra “Die Telemänner”
Conductor: Steffi Bade-Bräuning
Workshop, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m., for children ages 10–17
Concert by “Die Telemänner”, 3:00–4:00 p.m.
Article in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from July 22, July 2013 by Maria Herlo
Article in the Schwetzinger Woche from July 24, 2013, by Angelika Bergmann-Scherer
LISTEN UP!
Musical tour with Dr. Ralf Wagner for children ages 8 and up as part of the Children’s Music Festival
PLAY ALONG!
12:00 PM–2:30 PM, Schwetzingen Palace, Meeting point: Foyer of the Rococo Theater
Includes attendance at the workshop and the concert by the “Telemänner”
Monday, September 30, 2013, 7:00 p.m., Schwetzingen, Palais Hirsch
The Myth of Mozart
Public lecture: Prof. Dr. Silke Leopold (Heidelberg)
As part of the 38th Schwetzingen Mozart Festival organized by the Mozartgesellschaft Schwetzingen e.V.
Article in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from October 2, 2013, by Maria Herlo
Friday, November 8, 2013, 7:00 p.m., Schwetzingen, Palais Hirsch, conference room
Electoress Therese Kunigunde of Bavaria—Musical Commitment in Exile, or: “Vivaldi? – Never heard of him!”
Public Lecture: Dr. Britta Kägler (Munich)
Article in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from November 11, 2013, by Maria Herlo
Friday, November 15, 2013, 7:00 p.m., Schwetzingen, Palais Hirsch, Conference Room
Electoress Elisabeth Augusta of the Palatinate – A Passion for Power and Music
Public slide presentation: Dr. Stefan Mörz (Ludwigshafen)
Article in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from November 19, 2013, by Maria Herlo
May 11, 2013
WDR 3: On the 250th birthday of the Schwetzingen composer Franz Danzi
Prof. Dr. Silke Leopold in conversation with Christian Schruff
2012
Autograph of the opera Rosamunde identified
In the course of preparing the performance materials for the world premiere of the German-language opera Rosamunde by Anton Schweitzer based on the libretto by Christoph Martin Wieland at this year’s Schwetzingen Festival, Bärbel Pelker was able to unequivocally identify the opera’s manuscript as the composer’s original manuscript.
Press Releases (Selection)
June 23, 2012, Palais Hirsch
Upper Rhine Harpsichord Tour with Roland Götz (harpsichord)
2011
December 2 and 3, 2011, Schwetzingen Palace
Princely Arcadia. Summer Residences in the 18th Century
International Academic Conference
Musical Accompaniment
December 2, 2011, 8:00 p.m., Mozart Hall, Schwetzingen Palace
Christmas at Court with the La Folia Baroque Orchestra
December 3, 2011, 8:00 p.m., Palace Chapel, Schwetzingen Palace
Electoral Palatinate Chamber Music with the ensemble flauto con bassi
Events as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site 2011