Soirée à Dresda

In the charming surroundings of the Ledeburg Garden, we will hear works by composers popular at the Dresden court, who either worked there directly or whose music has often been uniquely preserved there. The collections of the Dresden court ensemble are a very special set of sources for music of the early 18th century, and we can also find here works by composers associated with the aristocratic ensembles in Bohemia that have not been preserved elsewhere. Alongside Antonio Vivaldi, Antonín Reichenauer and František Jiránek, who composed for Count Morzin's Prague ensemble, we will also hear works by Dresden-based Johann Georg Pisendel, and we cannot overlook Georg Philipp Telemann, who eventually exchanged an invitation to work at the Dresden court for a freer position as city music director in Frankfurt.

Virtuoso concertos and chamber pieces demonstrating the high quality of the court ensemble will be performed by Xenia Löffler (oboe) and the Collegium Marianum under the direction of Jana Semerádová.