Repertoire Archive

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Mozart: Serenade Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Rossini: String Serenade in C Major & “Aria of Figaro”
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 6

Simon Zhu *- violin & Residenz Soloists

* 1.Pricewinner Premio Paganini Genoa 2023

Following this achievement, he performed for King Charles III on the famous “Cannone” by Guarneri del Gesù.

A summer festival concert at Schleißheim Palace: the evening air lies gently over the baroque façades, the sky stretches wide above the garden parterre, and even before the first note is played, the scene itself seems to breathe music. In this radiant setting, Antonio Vivaldi’s Le quattro stagioni unfolds.

When Vivaldi published these concertos in 1725, he created more than agreeable Baroque music—he designed a living theater of nature. In Spring, the violins chirp like excited birds, streams murmur in flowing lines, everything seems to bloom. Yet the idyll is not without interruption: a brief thunderstorm sweeps through, tremolos flashing like lightning across the orchestra. In the second movement, the shepherd rests, dreamily sketched by the solo violin, while the viola with dry, repeated notes imitates the “barking dog”—a charming detail that sharpens the imagery with a wink.

Summer lays a heavy weight on the shoulders. In the accompanying sonnets, Vivaldi explains: the cuckoo calls, the turtledove responds, a gentle wind stirs. Beneath the surface, tension grows. Finally, the storm breaks, unleashed and dramatic, as if the heavens themselves discharge over the palace gardens.

Autumn celebrates the harvest. Dance rhythms stomp, wine flows freely, the violins laugh. Merriment and good wine lull the peasants to sleep. During the hunt, gunshots ring out while the fleeing game is musically depicted in fast runs by the solo violin.

Winter finally cuts sharply through the summer warmth of this evening. The strings make the teeth chatter, rapid repetitions freeze the air. Footsteps crunch on ice, skaters glide—and fall. Yet even here, there is beauty in frost, a clear, sparkling transparency.

A change of scene: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik begins, seemingly made for such an open-air evening. Perhaps originally composed for a summer gathering, it now epitomizes classical cheerfulness. The themes are radiant, the elegance effortless. That a movement of the serenade is lost makes it a fragment—but one that feels complete.

Italian temperament enters with Gioachino Rossini. His string serenade bursts with energy, and in the “Aria of Figaro” from The Barber of Seville, the music races along in breathless tempo. Wit, virtuosity, and exuberant joy combine into a musical firework that sets even the palace walls vibrating.

On this summer evening at Schleißheim Palace, a panorama of the seasons and moods unfolds—nature, theater, and musical storytelling blending into a vivid, unforgettable experience.

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. 

Classical masterpieces from Mozart to Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy and Ravel.

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.

A truly special boat trip

Departure 6:30 PM - Starnberg Arrival 10:00 PM - Starnberg

Enjoy a sparkling wine reception and a delicious 3-course meal including beverages.

Menu

Appetizer:
Vitello Tonnato, 1 prawn, antipasti, bruschetta, melon with prosciutto, smoked salmon

Main Course:
Veal shoulder, Schilcher wine sauce, fresh market vegetables, potato gratin

Vegetarian:
Cannelloni with ricotta and spinach filling, tomato sauce, basil

Dessert:
Quark strudel with vanilla sauce

Vegetarian and special allergen-free menus are available upon request up to one month prior to departure.

The team of Bavaria Klassik welcomes his guests on board of the luxury ship MS Starnberg on the Starnberger lake. Be King for a day and discover the ancient stories of the lake and the palaces. 

MS STARNBERG offers you the possibility to celebrate like the Bavarian kings.

In the middle of the evening is the „royal water music“ which takes place in the excellent acoustics of the salon on the main deck. The residence soloists with members of the Munich members of a philharmonic orchestra play masterpieces of composers like Vivaldi, Händel, Corelli and Mozart, musician, which have already been beloved and promoted by the royal family.

You will be welcome with a secco glass and will enjoy a 3 courses dinner(drinks included)

At the end you can enjoy fireworks over the sea! Come on board!

Vegetarian menu only on pre-order ! Special allergenfree Menus on request until one month before departure.

Departure: 18:30 Starnberg Arrival: 22:00 Starnberg

Variable program

Every Thursday and 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. 

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.