Vivaldis weit gereiste Werke

In the organizer's words:

with works by Antonio Vivaldi, Christoph Graupner, Johann Sebastian Bach and others

Vivaldi was never in Germany, but his works strongly influenced German composers. The Saxon State Library in Dresden has numerous copies that served as models for Johann Sebastian Bach, among others - an important source of inspiration for the St. Thomas cantor who never traveled to Italy. Vivaldi's music was also intensively received by the court in Darmstadt. Christoph Graupner, Kapellmeister in Darmstadt from 1709, had many of Vivaldi's works copied. His own compositions show clear influences, and Vivaldi's concertos enriched the repertoire of the court orchestra, whose musicians later shaped the Mannheim orchestra. Philip of Hesse-Darmstadt appointed Vivaldi court conductor in Mantua and commissioned, among other things, the opera "Tito Manlio", from which copies of arias ended up in the Darmstadt archives. Clemens Flick and his ensemble follow the traces of Vivaldi's influence in Germany.