L'arpa festante
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L'arpa festante is a German chamber orchestra, specializing in the revival and performance of unknown works, especially from the Baroque era. It was established in Munich in 1983 by Michi Gaigg, who also led the ensemble as concertmaster until 1995. The ensemble takes its name from Giovanni Battista Maccioni's dramatic cantata L'arpa festante (The Festive Harp) which was first performed in 1653, inaugurating what was to become the Bavarian State Opera.
L'arpa festante plays in varying ensembles of up to 40 players, often with choirs and soloists. Early music is played on period instruments in historically informed performances. The orchestra's focus is on revivals of less-known works of the Baroque in Southern Germany, music by members of the Bach family, and oratorios of the Baroque and Classical periods.
The orchestra played Bach's Mass in B minor with the Frankfurter Kantorei, conducted by Winfried Toll. They performed the work at the Cathedral of Trier with the cathedral choir, when Domkapellmeister Stephan Rommelspacher left after 13 years for a new position in Leipzig, and in St. Martin, Idstein.
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- Mattheson: Deutsche Arien - No. 2 Endlich muà man doch bedenken featuring L'arpa festante
- Mattheson: Deutsche Arien - No. 3 Ein hoher Geist featuring L'arpa festante
- Handel: 9 German Arias - No. 3 SüÃer Blumen Ambraflocken, HWV 204 featuring L'arpa festante
- Handel: 9 German Arias - No. 6 Meine Seele hört im Sehen, HWV 207 featuring L'arpa festante
- Zelenka: Laudate pueri, ZWV 81: I. Laudate pueri Dominum by Hans-Jörg Mammel
- Zelenka: Laudate pueri, ZWV 81: II. Quis sicut Dominus by Hans-Jörg Mammel
- Zelenka: Laudate pueri, ZWV 81: III. Amen by Hans-Jörg Mammel
- C.P.E. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in A Minor, Wq. 26 - II. Andante featuring L'arpa festante
- C.P.E. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in A Minor, Wq. 26 - I. Allegro assai featuring L'arpa festante
- W.F. Bach: Wohl dem, der den Herren fürchtet, F. 76 - II. Gottes süÃe Seelenlehre featuring Ralf Otto
- W.F. Bach: O Wunder, wer kann dieses fassen, F. 92 - VI. O liebes Kind featuring L'arpa festante
- W.F. Bach: Wohl dem, der den Herren fürchtet, F. 76 - I. Wohl dem, der den Herren fürchtet featuring L'arpa festante
- W.F. Bach: O Wunder, wer kann dieses fassen, F. 92 - V. Komm, du holdes Kind featuring Ralf Otto
- W.F. Bach: Ach, dass du den Himmel zerrissest, F. 93 - IV. Rüstet euch, erboste Feinde featuring Ralf Otto
- W.F. Bach: Ach, dass du den Himmel zerrissest, F. 93 - V. Schweig, arger Feind featuring L'arpa festante
- W.F. Bach: O Wunder, wer kann dieses fassen, F. 92 - IV. Du bist featuring Ralf Otto
- W.F. Bach: O Wunder, wer kann dieses fassen, F. 92 - III. Jesu, groÃer Himmelskönig featuring Ralf Otto
- W.F. Bach: Ach, dass du den Himmel zerrissest, F. 93 - III. Da alles sich erfreut featuring Ralf Otto
- Vejvanovský: Sonata tribus Quadrantibus
- W.F. Bach: O Wunder, wer kann dieses fassen, F. 92 - II. O Wunder featuring Ralf Otto
- W.F. Bach: Ach, dass du den Himmel zerrissest, F. 93 - II. Willkommen featuring L'arpa festante
- W.F. Bach: O Wunder, wer kann dieses fassen, F. 92 - I. Sinfonia by L'arpa festante
- W.F. Bach: Ach, dass du den Himmel zerrissest, F. 93 - I. Ach, dass du den Himmel zerrissest featuring Ralf Otto
- Handel: 9 German Arias - No. 4 SüÃe Stille, HWV 205 featuring L'arpa festante
