Johann Zach: SYMPHONIES

On the 250th anniversary of the composer's death

250 years ago, the composer Johann Zach died. He received a thorough education in Prague in the 1730s and quickly established himself as a central figure in the musical life of the Bohemian metropolis. When Prague was beset by the turmoil of the Austrian War of Succession and occupied by allied Bavarian and Saxon troops, Zach left his Bohemian homeland and was appointed court conductor in Mainz as early as 1745. In 1756, he voluntarily quit his service and spent the last nearly twenty years of his life traveling constantly, giving music lessons and selling his compositions. He stayed multiple times in Tyrol, preferably at the Cistercian Abbey of Stams, where the largest collection of his compositions in the world is kept today. For the Mainz court, Zach already created numerous original symphonies, which are preserved in archives all over Europe. A selection of these compositions is presented by the well-experienced ensemble Suono d’Oro (formerly Barocksolisten München) under the artistic direction of Dorothea Seel.

Ensemble Suono d’Oro

Conductor: Dorothea Seel

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Image credit(s): Birgit Raitmayr