Organization

Direction d'orchestre

Laurence Cummings

Chanteur

Alexandra Lowe

Soprano

Soloist

Orchestra

Academy of Ancient Music

Music for an Empress

Londres

Royaume-Uni

Barbican Centre

Milton Court Concert Hall

Cambridge

West Road Concert Hall

Public

Private

La Sofonisba

Symphony No. 48 in C Major, Hob. I:48 ("Maria Theresia")

Il Ruggiero

Alceste

Symphonie nº 7 de Mozart

Perché, se tanti siete

Valide

The Academy of Ancient Music travels to the Vienna of Empress Maria Theresa – where genius paid court, and music flourished in magnificent (and unexpected) new ways.

They called her the 'mother-in-law of Europe', but as monarch, war-leader, diplomat and patron of the arts, the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria was one or the most extraordinary rulers in European history. Tonight, the Academy of Ancient Music pays homage: recreating an era of splendour, innovation and music without limits.

Some of the names need no introduction – and Gluck, Haydn and the young Mozart were just some of the stars who shone around Maria Theresa’s throne. But just as the Empress herself defied convention, so the Academy of Ancient Music will explore some more neglected names too: Maria Teresa Agnesi and Marianna Martinez are composers of striking originality and inspiration who flourished during the reign of a truly exceptional woman.

English

Music for an Empress by Agnesi Pinottini, Haydn, Hasse, Gluck, Mozart, Martines, Du (2023/2023), Chef d'orchestre Laurence Cummings, Milton Court Concert Hall, Londres, Royaume-Uni

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