Tyrolean Christmas Concert 2024
in the hospital church
Josef Alois Holzmann (1762-1815): Pastoral Mass in F major and other Christmas pieces from around 1800 from Tyrol
Choir and orchestra of the St. Blasius Academy, Karlheinz Siessl
Around 1800, the parish organist Josef Alois Holzmann from Hall was considered the most important composer in Tyrol. His numerous works, primarily church music, enjoyed great popularity beyond the borders of the province for decades after his death. The particularly festive Christmas Mass in F major has been preserved in the music archive of the parish church of St Nicholas in the composer’s own handwriting. This work surpasses all of Holzmann’s other pastoral masses in terms of length and compositional demands. In this splendid and original Christmas mass setting, Holzmann lives up to his reputation as the “Tyrolean Mozart”. This composition is complemented by touching Christmas music by Holzmann and his contemporaries.
Prices
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Information and tickets from November at
akademie-st-blasius.at and at the
Ferdinandeum museum ticket office
Venue
Innsbruck Hospital Church
Maria-Theresien-Strasse 2
6020 Innsbruck
Further dates in this series
In co-operation with
of the St. Blasius Academy
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