As court kapellmeister, the native Bavarian Johann Stadlmayr shaped the musical life at the Innsbruck court for several decades. Archduke Maximilian III, the Grand Master, took him into his service in 1607, and Archduke Leopold V and his wife Claudia de' Medici also bestowed their favor upon him, as did Archduke Ferdinand Karl in the end – they considered themselves fortunate to be able to keep such an outstanding and widely renowned composer at their court. For the Innsbruck Court Chapel and the specific possibilities at the Innsbruck court, Stadlmayr created sonorous works with colorful instrumentation. Particularly, the rich and finely differentiated brass instrumentation seems to have been a specificity of Innsbruck. The focus of our concert will be a concert mass and motets in which Stadlmayr experimented with the most diverse sound combinations.

BONUS 1: Fri, May 26, 2022, 5 PM, Ferdinandeum: Pre-concert with students from the University of Arts Graz under the direction of Susanne Scholz on replicas of Stainer instruments

BONUS 2: Use of original instruments by Jakob Stainer at the main concert

More information about the event series “Innsbruck Court Music”

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Image credit(s): Photo: TLM /Klemens Weisleitner, Reinhold Sigl