Werner's Pastorellas likely inspired Joseph Haydn's use of Hungarian and other Central European folk elements in his music.
Recording & Production
The North German baroque ensemble la festa musicale, founded in 2014, is known for its creative, cross-disciplinary concert formats and top-class cooperation projects.
Performer Biography
Lajos Rovatkay, the leader and conductor, played a prominent role in establishing historically informed performance practice in Germany.
Compositional Technique
Werner's Pastorellas, composed for Christmas Eve, combine rustic pastoral music with the three-movement Venetian concerto genre.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Werner's music is seen as a highly individual and perfected version of the diverse sacred style of Antonio Caldara, a Venetian musician and Viennese deputy court Kapellmeister.
Compositional Technique
Werner's 'alla capella' movement 'O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Maria' is an artful contrapuntal paraphrase of Gregorian melody lines, representing an apotheosis of the 'stile antico'.
Composer Biography
Gregor Joseph Werner (1693-1766) was Kapellmeister at the Esterházy court from 1728, directly preceding Joseph Haydn.
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