Il Gusto Barocco

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il Gusto Barocco is an orchestra specialising in early music and historical performance practice with its headquarters in Stuttgart. [1]

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History

The Baroque Orchestra was founded in 2008 by Jörg Halubek and is made up of young freelance musicians. The repertoire focuses on the music of the 17th and 18th centuries and includes all genres from concerto to opera and church music. Depending on the work and genre, the ensemble performs in chamber music instrumentation to large orchestration. [2] The common background of studying at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis shapes the ensemble's approach to early music. Some members are active in teaching and research. [3]

The ensemble is supported by the non-profit association il Gusto Barocco e. V.. The board of trustees is chaired by Member of the German Bundestag Stefan Kaufmann. [4]

Since 2020, il gusto Barocco has presented its own event format with the Stuttgart series, which presents baroque opera, chamber music and organ music with renowned guests such as Leyla Schaigeh, Suzanne Jerosme, Florian Götz, and Filippo Mineccia. In the second year, the series of events was condensed into the Baroque Festival Week. Each year the focus is on a new opera discovery: in 2020 G.F. Handel's opera "Poro" was performed in the version "Cleofida - Queen of India" [5] adapted by Georg Philipp Telemann for the Hamburg "Gänsemarktoper". This was followed in 2021 by "Muzio Scevola", an opera commissioned by the Royal Academy of Music from the London-based composers Filippo Amadei, Giovanni Bononcini, and George Frideric Handel, with a newly composed prologue by Thomas Leininger. [6]

In recent years, the ensemble has attracted attention with musical theatre productions in Stuttgart and at the Nationaltheater Mannheim, among others. [7] Numerous radio recordings were made.

Performances

Recordings

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References

  1. ↑ Deutscher Musikrat (ed.). "il Gusto Barocco – Stuttgarter Barockorchester" . Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "The Ensemble" . Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "MusikerInnen" . Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Kuratorium" . Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "Oper von G.F. Händel in einer Fassung von G.P. Telemann" . Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  6. ↑ "Bach mit spielerischer Eleganz". 2021-09-06. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  7. ↑ "Nationaltheater Mannheim – Jörg Halubek" . Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "Tisbe (in Stuttgart)" (in German). Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  9. ↑ Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgart Germany. "Schülerprojekt in S-Ost: Schüler spielen mit Profimusikern den Messias" . Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  10. ↑ SWR2. "Uraufführung nach 300 Jahren" . Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "Mannheimer Monteverdi-Zyklus" (in German). Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  12. ↑ "il Gusto Barocco - Orchester der Bachwoche Ansbach 2019" . Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  13. ↑ "Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello: Tisbe (2 CDs) – jpc" . Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  14. ↑ "Johann David Heinichen: Flavio Crispo (Oper in 3 Akten) (3 CDs) – jpc" . Retrieved 22 March 2021.
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