lautten compagney: »Auf der Suche nach der besten Welt«

In the organizer's words:

Where do you live with confidence? Where is the best world? Georg Philipp Telemann poses these questions in his cantata "Die Landlust". In the Baroque period, life in the countryside in contrast to the city or the royal court was already a popular theme in operas, musical comedies and cantatas. Telemann himself owned a large garden on the outskirts of Hamburg and discussed flowers and plants with Handel. In "Moral Cantatas" or in texts by Barthold Heinrich Brockes, many composers dealt with the questions of meaning of their time. Handel's famous "Nine German Arias" still bear witness to these ideas today. Even today - in the face of climate change, the coal phase-out and renewable energies - we are still thinking about alternative models of living. The lautten compagney combines baroque music with a look back that provides inspiration for the future.