Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Mainz
The Philharmonic State Orchestra Mainz is the resident orchestra of the Staatstheater Mainz. In addition to the musical theater and ballet performances include symphonic and chamber concerts for youth activity. It is one of the three Symphony Orchestra of the Rhineland- Palatinate. Since September 2011, Hermann Bäumer has been chief conductor.
History
16th and 17th centuries
Under Elector Albrecht of Brandenburg, who resided in Mainz from 1514, the Electoral Mainz court chapel was first mentioned. The first detectable conductor Jan le Febure, began operations at the Mainzer Hof in 1601. In the following years, the musical aspect of many imperial coronations is occupied, so that the court orchestra Mainz early nationally famous nationally. So the orchestra played in 1612 for the coronation of Emperor Matthias. At the beginning of the 18th century Elector Lothar Franz von Schönborn began to make a secular reconstruction of the court orchestra. These included the expansion of the strings through woodwinds and horns. Elector of Schönborn was also the setting instruments introduced in the form of a decree of a court musician.
18th and 19th centuries
An orchestral strength of 35 members already occupied for the year 1777. The first permanent theater building was erected in Mainz in 1760. Elector Emmerich Joseph von Breidbach to Bürresheim allowed his musicians here explicitly the participation in opera performances. Thus, the orchestra was now an opera orchestra. A few years later, Elector Emmerich Joseph the Electoral Comedy House at the Great bleaching build. He subsidized the operation of gambling and in turn presented his orchestra at your disposal. In the first Musical Almanac of 1782, the Mainz court orchestra has been dubbed among the most prominent in Germany. The opera made in the following years, especially with Mozart's works a name. So Mozart's Don Giovanni was to experience in 1789 as a premiere in German language in Mainz. Mozart stayed several times in Mainz and gave concerts with the court orchestra. The opera experienced at the end of the 18th century in Mainz is a special time of flowering, and was considered one of the best in Germany. The strength of the court orchestra was remarkable 48 musicians for that time. Elector Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal had the theater now upgraded to the National Theatre. But a few years later, during the First Coalition War II, the comedy house was destroyed. The Elector ordered the conversion of his stables to the theater. It should be used in the next 40 years as a venue.
With the end of the Electorate of Mainz began in difficult times for the musicians. From orchestra only a small part in Mainz was still remained and formed now under new management, the theater orchestra. It was directly dependent on the success or failure of the ever-changing theater directors. But already 1804, founded the company " United Friends of Music ", and gave the concert business stable framework. Now it was to organize regular symphony concerts in the situation and this important musicians, such as, inter alia, Nicolo Paganini and Franz Liszt to win.
On September 21, 1833 raised in the now newly built theater at Gutenbergplatz (today's State Theatre ) for the first time the curtain. Played Webers9 "Jubilation Overture " and Mozart's " Titus ". The difficult situation of the orchestra finally stabilized through the acquisition by the city of Mainz in 1876. Under the umbrella of the city it was with 45 musicians locations no longer directly threatened by financial failures in the theater. Under the first urban conductor Emil Steinbach, Mainz stage was a leader in the interpretation of Richard Wagner's works. But also in the concert of his works were heard. So was on November 30, 1877 in Mainz, the first public performance of the concert version of Wagner's " Siegfried Idyll " will be held under Steinbach line. The world premiere of Hans Pfitzner's "Poor Henry " on March 24, 1895 led the composer himself
20th and 21st centuries
On December 21, 1906 began with the first performance of " Salome " and the time of intensive care of Richard Strauss `sche works. 1927 was " The Cunning Little Vixen " by Leos Janacek in Mainz its German premiere. The gala concert on the 100th anniversary of the theater on Gutenbergplatz to Hans Knappertsbusch. In the following years conductors were as, inter alia, Karl Schuricht, Erich Kleiber, Rudolf Kempe, Eugen Jochum, Karl Böhm guest. After the theater was partially destroyed during the air raids on Mainz in World War II, Karl Maria Zwissler began to regroup the orchestra. So the Gutenberg Festival 1947 brought back a first climax with a concert performance of Wagner's " Tristan and Isolde ". 1954 was followed by the concert performance of "The Ring of the Nibelung " by Richard Wagner. Besides our own forces made outstanding guest soloists performances almost legendary. The transformation of the theater state theater in 1990 brought the orchestra a further gain to 79 now firmly occupied posts with it.
In 2003, the state of Rhineland -Palatinate took over the orchestra with a reduced number of digits in its ownership.
Since 2011 Hermann Bäumer has been chief conductor of the Philharmonic State Orchestra Mainz.
Concert activities
The Philharmonic State Orchestra recorded the Mainz Mainz State Theatre and Ballet Mainz. About 11 musical theater productions and ballet productions are staged with the orchestra (about 100 performances ) per season. His concert tradition is continued annually by about 50 concerts. These include 9 symphony concerts, 4 concerts for young people, children's concerts, special concerts, as well as several chamber music concert series. The orchestra has its own youth work. In addition to the instruments of music education (children's youth concerts, rehearsal visits, school visits ), the Mainz orchestra characterizes mobile - orchestra through projects such as school culture, opera and Club.
CD productions
- Hans Rott: Symphony for String Orchestra A-flat major
- Hans Rott: String Quartet in C minor
- Hans Rott: Symphony No.1 in E major
- Friedrich Gernsheim: Symphony No.1 in G minor, Symphony No.3 in C minor
Orchestra mobile
- Peter and the Wolf, Op 76 Symphonic fairy tale for narrator and symphony orchestra by Sergei Prokofiev. Text by the composer. German text by Christoph Rueger.
- The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Text by Anne do Paço after the eponymous fairy tale by ETA Hoffmann.
- Ali and the magic jar, a fairy tale about the magical effect of music by Enjott Schneider.
Court conductor and Principal Conductor
The court conductor and chief conductor of the Philharmonic State Orchestra Mainz: