Symphony & Opera at the Electoral Court of Mannheim

Das Neue Mannheimer Orchester is proud to present a great spectacle at the Utrecht Early Music Festival fringe – a giant orchestra concert featuring 40 musicians!

Venue TBA – with free admission (donations encouraged!)

Our concert is centered around one theme: the legendary Mannheim Court orchestra in the second half of the 18th century. We have selected a variety of instrumental and operatic works from composers who were associated with this orchestra, with the vast majority of pieces written for and premiered at the court in Mannheim. We would like to share this often-neglected but fantastic repertoire with today’s concert goers.

Programme

featuring Das Neue Mannheimer Orchester, under the direction of Anders Muskens on harpsichord with Clara Sawada as concertmaster

Christian Cannabich (1731-1798)
Symphony in D major (1778)
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro

Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)
Recitativo e Aria: “Perfida Cartismandua!” – “Fra L’orrore Di Tanto Spavento” from Carattaco
With Fee Suzanne de Ruiter, soprano

Tommaso Traetta (1727-1779)
Recitativo e Duetto: “Ah, mi palesa al meno” from Ifigenia in Tauride
With Korneel Van Neste, countertenor, and Rosalyn Stürzer, soprano

Niccolo Piccini(1728-1800)
Recitative e Aria: “Oh Dei … Nascesti alle pene” from Catone in Utica
With Tinka Pypker, soprano

Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)
Quartetto e Aria: “Quel silenzio” from Temistocle
With Heleen Bongenaar, soprano, May Kristin Svanholm Hegvold, soprano, Julie Krog Jensen, soprano, and Geert van der Kaaij, bass

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Recit. & Aria: “D’Oreste, d’Aiace” from Idomeneo
with Natalia Pérez, soprano