Many music enthusiasts are eagerly anticipating this highlight of Munich's autumn cultural calendar. The concert program of the Bavarian Palace Administration's Residenz Week offers a unique musical experience within historic settings. From October 6 to October 15, 2023, visitors can enjoy wonderful music during nine concerts in the Residenz's most magnificent halls, as well as in the New Schleissheim Palace. For all concert details and ticket information, please visit www.musik-residenzwoche.de. Information on the entire program is available at www.residenzwoche.de.

A Glimpse of the Concerts:

Friday, October 6, 2023, 8:00 PM

Kaisersaal, Residenz München

With Trumpets, Drums, and Cornets! Georg Muffat - Missa in labore requies

The Festival of Early Music during Residenz Week Munich kicks off with Augsburg Cathedral Choirboys and the Les Cornets Noirs ensemble performing Georg Muffat's splendid Mass setting, comprising 24 instrumental and vocal voices in five separate choirs. The program also features works by Bertali, Stadlmayr, and Rigatti.

Augsburg Cathedral Choirboys, Chamber Choir, and Boy Soloists · Les Cornets Noirs · Sören Richter, Tenor · Richard Resch, Tenor · Wiard Witholt, Bass · Joel Frederiksen, Bass · Stefan Steinemann, Director

Tickets: EUR75, EUR59, EUR39, EUR29 (Under 30: EUR10)

Saturday, October 7, 2023, 8:00 PM

Schwarzer Saal, Residenz München

Dreams and Imaginations: Poeticall Musicke - Songs from Around 1600 by Robert Jones & Tobias Hume

Closely related to the lute repertoire of the era, English music for the lyra viol imitates the playing of polyphonic music on a single instrument. The intimate poetry of the Elizabethan Golden Age is set to music in Robert Jones' Second Booke of Songs (London 1601), "set out to the lute and bass viol by tablature after the lyre fashion."

Anna-Lena Elbert, Soprano · Thomas C. Boysen, Lute · Angélique Mauillon, Baroque Harp · Friederike Heumann, Viola da gamba, Lyra Viol & Director

Tickets: EUR55, EUR39, EUR29, EUR19 (Under 30: EUR10)

Saturday, October 7, 2023, 10:00 PM

Alte Hofkapelle, Residenz München

"Die Prünlein Die Da Fliessen" - Songs, Chansons, and Dances from the Repertoire of the Munich Court Chapel

The Blockflötenconsort B-Five and countertenor Stefan Steinemann present an insight into the secular works of Ludwig Senfl and Orlando di Lasso, both court composers at the Munich Court Chapel during the 16th century. The program includes graceful chansons, cheerful songs, polyphonic instrumental pieces, and exuberant dances.

Blockflötenconsort B-Five: Markus Bartholomé · Katelijne Lanneau · Thomas List · Silja-Maaria Schütt · Mina Voet · Stefan Steinemann, Countertenor

Tickets: EUR55, EUR39, EUR29, EUR19 (Under 30: EUR10)

Thursday, October 12, 2023, 8:00 PM

Antiquarium, Residenz München

Ave Rosa Sine Spinis - Vocal Music by Ludwig Senfl and Heinrich Isaac

Singer Pur, the Opus Klassik award-winning vocal sextet, dedicates a program to Heinrich Isaac and his student Ludwig Senfl, outstanding musicians of the 15th/16th century, celebrated for "ars perfecta" and boundless creativity. The program includes motets and songs about roses without thorns, deep faith, earthly existence, life, and death.

Singer Pur: Claire Elizabeth Craig, Soprano · Christian Meister, Tenor · Marcel Hubner, Tenor · Manuel Warwitz, Tenor · Jakob Steiner, Baritone · Felix Meybier, Bass

Tickets: EUR75, EUR59, EUR39, EUR29 (Under 30: EUR10)

Friday, October 13, 2023, 8:00 PM

Schwarzer Saal, Residenz München

Il Gioco Della Cieca - Madrigals, Canzoni & Villanelle for Singing and Playing

The Swiss quintet Concerto di Margherita combines instrumental play on theorbo, viola da gamba, Baroque guitar, harp, and lute with the sound of their own voices to stage a fable about the (in)visibility of love. They will perform works by Italian composers from the 16th and 17th centuries, including Francesca Caccini, Sigismondo d'India, and Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger. This concert's central theme revolves around the confusions of lovers who, despite their connection, often grope in the dark like in a game of "Blind Man's Bluff."

Concerto di Margherita: Francesca Benetti, theorbo, Baroque[1] guitar, and voice · Giovanna Baviera, viols and voice · Jonatan Alvarado, vihuela, Baroque guitar, and voice · Tanja Vogrin, Baroque harp and voice · Rui Stähelin, theorbo, lute, and voice

Tickets: EUR75, EUR59, EUR39, EUR29 (Under 30: EUR10)

Saturday, October 14, 2023, 10:00 PM

Antiquarium, Residenz München

Cipriano de Rore and Orlando di Lasso - Meeting of Two Court Kapellmeisters

The sibylline prophecies, interpreted as pre-Christian prophecies since the Middle Ages, form the basis of Orlando di Lasso's collection "Prophetiae Sibyllarum," featuring twelve four-voice motets. With bold intervals and chromatic sequences, this collection ranks among the most fascinating works of the late Renaissance. In the magnificent Antiquarium of the Residenz, the motet cycle, in combination with Cipriano de Rore's "Missa Doulce Mémoire," unfolds its full splendor through the male ensemble of the Augsburg Cathedral Choirboys.

Male Ensemble of the Augsburg Cathedral Choirboys · Domkapellmeister Stefan Steinemann, organ, and conductor

Tickets: EUR55, EUR39, EUR29, EUR19 (Under 30: EUR10)

Sunday, October 15, 2023, 3:00 PM and 4:30 PM

Neues Schloss Schleißheim

Lust.Wandel - Concert(s) with Castle Tour

From intimate solo instruments to magnificent choral ensembles, the artists of the Concerto di Margherita ensemble, as well as soloists and ensembles from the Augsburg Cathedral Choirboys, will make the New Schleissheim Palace resonate. Secular and spiritual works from the southern German and Italian-speaking regions, dating from the golden era of the Munich Court Chapel in the 16th century to the time of Elector Max Emanuel, will be heard in the grandiose rooms. Art-historical guided tours offer exciting insights into the construction and history of the New Schleissheim Palace.

Augsburg Cathedral Choirboys · Concerto di Margherita ensemble · Domkapellmeister Stefan Steinemann, conductor

Tickets: EUR15, EUR10

Sunday, October 15, 2023, 7:00 PM

Antiquarium, Residenz München

Closing Concert - Musical Highlights Presented by the Stereotype Baroque Ensemble

Let yourself be enchanted in Munich's most beautiful concert hall with works by Handel, Vivaldi, Telemann, Porpora, Caldara, and Corelli!

Matija Chlupacek, recorder · Kirill Sharapov, violin · Sebastian Mosquera, theorbo · Günter Holzhausen, violone · Andrii Slota, harpsichord

Tickets: EUR39, EUR34, EUR29

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