Festive music by Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter,
Georg Muffat, Johann Joseph Fux and others.
Born in Kitzbühel, Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter was one of the grand masters of southern German-Austrian instrumental music of the period around 1700. He dedicated his collections of works to important personalities, including Emperor Leopold I and his son and successor Josef I. Some compositions have survived individually, including suites in the Lower Austrian Benedictine abbey of Seitenstetten, which were very modern for their time and varied in their instrumentation. In our twentieth court music project, we present a selection of Aufschnaiter’s instrumental music in combination with works by his contemporaries. Of course, his predecessor as Court Kapellmeister in Passau, the great Georg Muffat, is not to be missed, as is Johann Josef Fux, whose career has many parallels with that of Aufschnaiter. With our first purely instrumental project, we are continuing our long-term cooperation with the municipality of Kitzbühel and the Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter Research Centre based there. We are also combining our small anniversary with a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Institute of Musicology at the University of Innsbruck.
BONUS: 18.15 pre-concert After the concert Reception to mark the 100th anniversary of the Institute of Musicology at the University of Innsbruck