Music-making in several spatially separated sound groups spread from Italy throughout Europe around 1600. One person who was always open to such innovations was the Munich court conductor Orlando di Lasso. He stayed in Innsbruck several times and cultivated friendly relations with the Innsbruck court conductor Alexander Utendal; his successor Jakob Regnart married a niece of Lasso. The music of the “divine Orlando” was extremely popular in Innsbruck; his posthumously published “Magnum opus musicum” with no fewer than 516 motets for up to twelve voices was available in Innsbruck, as were numerous other works by Lasso in prints and copies. We combine polychoral works by Lasso with works by composers from the Innsbruck court such as Paul Sartorius.
BONUS: 6.15 pm introductory talk on the architecture of the Court Church
Further information on the “Innsbruck Court Music” event series
