Repertoire Archive

Variable program

Every Saturday you can expect a special cultural hallmark in the Munich Residence troughout the year. The Residence Soloists are performing in the Court Chapel (Hofkapelle) The historical atmosphere of the court chapel in which also Mozart was performing concerts lets you get in touch with the music of old times. You will find weekly changing performances with masterpieces ranging from Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn and Mozart.

Please notice: In summertimes the old court chapel is cool and in wintertimes it can be cold! Please wear warm clothes. 

Mozart: Sonate C-Dur KV 330

Brahms: Sonate F-Moll op. 5

Chopin: Ballade F-Moll op. 49

This concert series serves as a tribute to Mozart, who gave a concert with his sister Nannerl in Nymphenburg Palace with Elector Maximilian III when he was seven years old and this went down in history.

Wechselndes Programm

Every Saturday and every Thursday you can expect a special cultural hallmark in the Munich Residence troughout the year. The Residence Soloists are performing in the Court Chapel (Hofkapelle) The historical atmosphere of the court chapel in which also Mozart was performing concerts lets you get in touch with the music of old times. You will find weekly changing performances with masterpieces ranging from Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn and Mozart.

Please notice: In summertimes the old court chapel is cool and in wintertimes it can be cold! Please wear warm clothes. 

Vivaldi: Concerto for Piccolo Flute Il Cardellino
Vivaldi: Flute Concerto La tempesta di mare
Vivaldi: Concerto for Piccolo Flute in C Major
Vivaldi: Spring & Summer from The Four Seasons
Mozart: Overture from The Magic Flute
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Suite
Gershwin: Summertime 
 

Janine Schöllhorn – flute, Marcelino Rojas– violin & Residence-Soloists

From Baroque Birds to Gershwin’s Jazz Dream

In the quiet halls of the Ospedale della Pietà for orphaned girls in Venice, music was created to reach far beyond its walls. Antonio Vivaldi composed his flute and piccolo concertos for the exceptionally talented young musicians of the institute—virtuosos who became both his performers and his experimental canvas. In the piccolo concerto Il Cardellino (The Goldfinch), the tiny instrument comes alive: it chirps, flutters, and trills as if a little bird were perched within the orchestra. Vivaldi does not treat nature as mere decoration—he makes it a sonic event.

In the flute concerto La tempesta di mare, nature erupts from the idyllic into the elemental. Rapid runs leap across registers, cascading waves of sound rise and fall, and the strings tremble under an imaginary wind. Here, the sea is not painted—it rages. In the piccolo concerto, the instrument itself becomes a marvel: soaring to extreme heights, moving at breathtaking speed, a performance at the very edge of possibility. Virtuosity is never an end in itself—it is the expression of overflowing energy.

With The Four Seasons, Vivaldi expands the view to the cyclical rhythms of nature. In Spring (La Primavera), the awakening of the world is heard: bird song threads through the violins, streams murmur in gentle figures. Vivaldi even published explanatory sonnets to accompany his concertos, anchoring the music firmly in imagery—the second movement depicts a sleeping shepherd under the watch of a viola, while a dog barks in the distance. Summer (L’Estate), by contrast, is heavy and oppressive. The heat shimmers in dense harmonies, fatigue spreads, and the finale erupts into a thunderstorm: lightning flashes, thunder rolls, nature unleashes itself with dramatic force.

Another gateway opens with Mozart’s overture to The Magic Flute. Three solemn chords stand like pillars in the room—serious, symbolic, imbued with Masonic gravitas. But soon everything is in motion: a lively fugato unfolds, clever, spirited, and full of theatrical tension. Mozart composed this overture under immense time pressure; it is said the sheets were still wet with ink at the premiere in 1791. Perhaps it is precisely this risk of the moment that one feels in every turn of the music.

The evening concludes with Summertime—the floating, haunting melody from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. It echoes tradition, spirituals, and folk songs, yet it is entirely new. Gershwin composes authenticity; he invents a musical memory. Perhaps that is the secret of the song: it feels as if it has always existed, waiting only to be recognized.

The result is a concert that weaves together nature and theater, Baroque delight, classical symbolism, and the dreamlike world of Romantic and American music.

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons – complete
Boccherini: Fandango & Madrid for Guitar and Strings
Albéniz: Asturias and other famous Spanish compositions for Guitar

Vladyslav Indyk - Guitar, Marcelino Rojas - Violin & Residence-Soloists

A Spanish-Italian Evening: Music Full of Sun and Passion

We begin in Baroque Venice, where the “Red Priest,” Antonio Vivaldi, made history with The Four Seasons. A master at making nature speak without a single word, Vivaldi pushed the violin to its expressive limits. The Four Seasons is more than a melody; it is an immersive experience that brings the renewal of nature directly into the concert hall.

Isaac Albéniz – Asturias
Although the title suggests the green north of Spain, this piece breathes the fiery soul of Andalusia. Originally composed for piano in 1892, it became an icon of Spanish music through its transcription for guitar—an instrument Albéniz often “tailored” his music for. He initially titled it simply Leyenda (Legend), a fitting name for a work that has since become one of the most globally recognized melodies in classical music.

Luigi Boccherini – La Musica Notturna delle Strade di Madrid
Imagine sitting at an open window on a warm summer night in 1780. Outside, the winding streets of Madrid come alive. Luigi Boccherini, the Italian virtuoso living in Spain, captures these fleeting moments in his String Quintet Op. 30 No. 6—a work so exclusive that he believed no one outside Spain could truly grasp its charm. This piece is more than chamber music; it is an acoustic painting, blurring the line between concert hall and street. Immerse yourself in a world of shadow, light, and the unbridled rhythm of old Spain.

His famous Fandango is a deliberate provocation of courtly etiquette: he brought the passionate, almost seductive street dance into chamber music, often crowned with the crisp rhythm of real castanets.

Variable program

Every Saturday you can expect a special cultural hallmark in the Munich Residence troughout the year. The Residence Soloists are performing in the Court Chapel (Hofkapelle) The historical atmosphere of the court chapel in which also Mozart was performing concerts lets you get in touch with the music of old times. You will find weekly changing performances with masterpieces ranging from Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn and Mozart.

Please notice: In summertimes the old court chapel is cool and in wintertimes it can be cold! Please wear warm clothes. 

Meisterwerke des Barock
mit Werken von Vivaldi, Veracini, Albinoni, Marcello und Telemann auf historischen Instrumenten

Residenz-Solisten

Masterpieces of the Baroque

This program celebrates the brilliance and expressive richness of the Baroque era, presenting works by some of its most distinguished composers—performed on historical instruments that recreate the authentic sound world of the 17th and early 18th centuries.
At the heart of the program stands the music of Antonio Vivaldi, whose concertos combine virtuosity, rhythmic vitality, and vivid musical imagery. His works reveal the full expressive potential of the violin and embody the energy and brilliance of the Italian Baroque style.
The program also features music by Francesco Maria Veracini, a celebrated violin virtuoso known for his technically demanding compositions and bold harmonic language. His works highlight the brilliance and expressive depth of the violin repertoire of the period.
From the lyrical elegance of Tomaso Albinoni come compositions that are admired for their graceful melodies and refined emotional expression, representing another facet of the Venetian Baroque tradition.
A further highlight is the music of Benedetto Marcello, whose works combine clarity of form with a distinctive melodic style. Marcello’s compositions reflect the intellectual and artistic sophistication of the Venetian musical world.
Completing the program are works by Georg Philipp Telemann, one of the most prolific composers of the Baroque era. His music is celebrated for its inventiveness, stylistic diversity, and ability to blend influences from across Europe.

Chopin: Sonate H-Moll op. 58

Mozart: Andante aus der Sonate D-Dur KV 576

Prokofiev: Sonate B-Dur op.83

This concert series serves as a tribute to Mozart, who gave a concert with his sister Nannerl in Nymphenburg Palace with Elector Maximilian III when he was seven years old and this went down in history.

Mozart: Symphony in A Major, KV 201
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Suite
Bruch: Violin Concerto in G Minor
Bellini: Oboe Concerto

Mon-Fu Lee – violin & Residence-Soloists

From Classical Clarity to Romantic Passion

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony in A Major, KV 201
With the A Major Symphony, Mozart steps forward in 1774, moving beyond mere decorative writing. No triumphant chord announces the beginning; instead, a quiet octave in the strings opens the work—a tentative gesture that gradually swells and illuminates the entire sound space. The music does not assert itself loudly; it convinces through inner tension. Between chamber-like transparency and symphonic vitality, a remarkable balance emerges for an eighteen-year-old. The radiant cheerfulness is almost Mediterranean in character, yet never superficial. In the intricate motivic development and the natural handling of form and proportion, one already senses the master who would define the Viennese Classical style.

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy – A Midsummer Night’s Dream Suite
A sparkling magic fills the air. Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream draws the listener into a world of fairies and nocturnal enchantment. The music breathes with lightness, yet never loses its form. Sprightly rhythms keep the scene moving, as if invisible creatures are dancing through the soundscape, while the occasional braying of an ass adds whimsical humor. Always present is a touch of Romantic irony, as if the music knows that every dream is fragile. One listens and realizes: this is no naive fairyland. It is a dream conscious of itself, already sensing at dawn that it will dissolve—and it is precisely in that awareness that its poetry unfolds.

Max Bruch – Violin Concerto in G Minor
The concerto does not begin with dazzling virtuosity, but with a question. The orchestra opens a shadowed space, and the violin enters like a singing voice. The first movement unfolds as a probing, dramatically tense prelude that flows seamlessly into the Adagio. Here, time seems to stand still. The violin sings with expansive, intimate, almost painfully beautiful lines. These are melodies that do not seek to impress, and yet overwhelm through their sincerity. The finale brooks no lingering; rhythmic energy erupts, igniting a fiery dance filled with technical brilliance and compelling motion. Late Romantic passion shines at its most intense—ardent, powerful, unrestrained.

Vincenzo Bellini – Oboe Concerto
Even in his Oboe Concerto, Bellini thinks in terms of song. Though he dominated the opera stage, this youthful work is shaped like a scene without words. The oboe appears as a primadonna, unfolding long, lyrical lines entirely in the spirit of bel canto. The strings accompany with elegant restraint, allowing space to breathe. In the finale, the music gains playful lightness; the soloist demonstrates agility while never losing the cantabile line. The concerto remains a charming, melodically rich homage to the Italian school and a vivid reminder that, even in instrumental music, the voice never falls silent.

Variable program

Every Saturday you can expect a special cultural hallmark in the Munich Residence troughout the year. The Residence Soloists are performing in the Court Chapel (Hofkapelle) The historical atmosphere of the court chapel in which also Mozart was performing concerts lets you get in touch with the music of old times. You will find weekly changing performances with masterpieces ranging from Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn and Mozart.

Please notice: In summertimes the old court chapel is cool and in wintertimes it can be cold! Please wear warm clothes.