Concerto Köln

  • Chamber Orchestra

Germany and different countries

More than 30 years of world class performances characterised by a highly individual sound and a passion for the re-discovery of forgotten repertoire mark out Concerto Köln as one of today’s leading orchestras for Historically Informed Performance. With one foot firmly rooted in Köln’s musical life, the orchestra is a regular guest at important musical venues worldwide and stands for excellence in the interpretation of early music.

A highlight in 2023 is the US tour in March together with soprano Jeanine De Bique with a performance at the legendary Carnegie Hall in New York. The first joint album "Mirrors" was awarded numerous prizes (including Opus Klassik 2022) and proves that two congenial musical partners have found each other.

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Also in 2023, the Cologne ensemble will be a guest at the Handel Festivals in Göttingen and Halle as well as the Toujours Mozart Festival in Salzburg. At the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival, Concerto Köln will be able to demonstrate its expertise as an exciting opera orchestra in a production of George Frideric Handel's "Flavio". Together with its honorary conductor Kent Nagano, Concerto Köln presents a new classical-romantic programme at the Herrenchiemsee Festival in July.

Musical partners in 2023 are the soprano Julia Lezhneva, the tenor Daniel Behle, the grand seigneur of the baroque violin Giuliano Carmignola, the conductor Václav Luks, the pianist Tobias Koch, the clarinettist Martin Fröst and the recorder player Max Volbers.

Mayumi Hirasaki, Evgeny Sviridov and Shunske Sato as permanent concertmasters and soloists, together with Artistic Director Alexander Scherf, stand for the characteristic orientation of the self-managed orchestra.

The overwhelming response in the international press testifies that the performance of Wagner's "Das Rheingold" in November 2021 in the Cologne Philharmonie and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw under the baton of Kent Nagano can be considered a milestone in the history of interpretation.

The major scientific-artistic project with Wagner's "Ring" tetralogy in a historically informed reading will be continued in 2023 in cooperation with the Dresdner Musikfestspiele.

Concerto Köln interprets well-known repertoire in such a fresh and "striking" way (Die ZEIT), as if you were hearing it for the first time.

Since 2008, the ensemble has been closely associated with the Berlin Classics label, but also remains active for other labels. The discography now includes more than 75 often award-winning recordings, including the Grammy Award-winning recording of Mozart's "Le nozze di Figaro" with René Jacobs.

No art without enthusiastic sponsors: the Federal Ministry for Culture and Science in North-Rhine Westphalia, the Kunststiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, the Goethe-Institut, the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the Strecker Foundation support the ensemble in the realization of its musical projects and ideas.

Since 2009, there has also been a close partnership with MBL unique high end audio, which enables the orchestra to engage intensively with the sound and reproduction of its recordings.

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Season 2022/2023

For any changes please ask Weigold & Böhm.

Contacts

Concerts

  • Concerto Köln

    Köln, 8:00 pm

    Partner(s):

    Martin Fröst

    Program:

    Werke von Albinoni, Händel und Vivaldi

    Location:

    Philharmonie Köln

    Organizer:

    http://www.koelner-philharmonie.de/

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  • Concerto Köln

    Köln, 8:00 pm

    Orchestra:

    NDR Chor

    Conductor:

    Vaclav Luks

    Program:

    Händel: Belsazar (Oratorium in drei Sätzen) HWV 61

    Location:

    Philharmonie Köln

    Organizer:

    http://www.koelner-philharmonie.de/

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  • Concerto Köln

    Hannover, 6:00 pm

    Partner(s):

    Juan Sancho

    Conductor:

    Stephan MacLeod

    Program:

    Händel: Belsazar (Oratorium in drei Sätzen) HWV 61

    Location:

    Landesfunkhaus Niedersachsen - Großer Sendesaal

    Organizer:

    https://www.ndr.de/chor

    • Concerto Köln

  • Concerto Köln

    Salzburg, 7:30 pm

    Partner(s):

    Tehila Goldstein

    Program:

    Mozart: Sinfonie Nr. 55! B-Dur KV Anh. 214 (KV 45b) Mozart: Arien Auswahl Mozart: Sinfonie Nr. 25 g-Moll KV 183

    Location:

    Salzburger Residenz

    Organizer:

    https://www.internationalestiftung.de

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  • Concerto Köln

    Salzburg, 12:00 pm

    Partner(s):

    Zvi Meniker

    Program:

    Mozart: Sinfonie Nr. 55! B-Dur KV Anh. 214 (KV 45b) Mozart: Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 17 G-Dur KV 453

    Location:

    Salzburger Residenz

    Organizer:

    https://www.internationalestiftung.de

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  • Concerto Köln

    Göttingen, 5:00 pm

    Partner(s):

    Jeanine De Bique

    Program:

    Graun: Risolvere non oso aus der Oper Rodelinda Händel: Ritorna o caro aus der Oper Rodelinda HWV 19 Händel: Mi restano le lagrime Aire der Alcina aus der Oper Alcina Graun: L´empio rigor del fato aus der Oper Rodelinda Pause: Pause (Interval) Vinci: Sinfonia (1. Akt) aus der Oper Partenope g-Moll Händel: L´alma mia aus der Oper Agrippina Telemann: Rimembranza crudel, Arie der Agrippina aus der Oper Germanicus Händel: Che sento aus der Oper Giulio Cesare (2. Akt, 8. Szene) HWV 17 Händel: Se pietà di me son senti aus Giulio Cesare in Egitto Graun: Tra le porcelle assorto aus der Oper Cleopatra e Cesare

    Location:

    St. Johannis-Kirche

    Organizer:

    https://www.hndl.de

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  • Julia Lezhneva, Concerto Köln

    Halle, 7:30 pm

    Orchestra:

    Concerto Köln

    Program:

    Graun: Sinfonie für Streicher und B.c. B-Dur Mennicke 83 Henzel A. XII:27 Porpora: In caelo stelle clare fulgescant (Motette) Vivaldi: Concerto - für Streicher und B.c. G-Dur RV 120 Graun: Senza di te mio bene A-Dur Arie der Volumina aus der Oper Coriolano Graun: No, no, di Libia fra l´arene, Arie des Postumio aus Silla (Akt II Szene 6) c-moll WV B:I:27 Pause: PAUSE Vivaldi: Ouvertüre aus der Oper L´Olimpiade RV 725 Vivaldi: ´´Zeffiretti, che sussurrate´´ Arie der Ippolita aus Ercole sul Termodonte RV 749.21 (aus Foà 28) Händel: Un pensiero nemico di pace aus Il Trionfo el Tempo e del disiganno HWV 46a Vivaldi: Concerto für Blockflöte und Orchester F-Dur RV 433 10/1 La tempesta di mare Händel: Brilla nell´alma Arie der Rossane aus Alessandro HWV 21

    Location:

    Konzerthalle Ulrichskirche

    Organizer:

    https://www.haendel-festspiele.de/

  • Concerto Köln

    Dresden, 7:30 pm

    Program:

    Wagner: Das Rheingold

    Location:

    Kulturpalast Dresden

    Organizer:

    https://www.musikfestspiele.com

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Projects

  • Further dates upon request

    Concerto Köln (16-18 Musiker) – Jeanine De Bique (Sopran)

    Mirrors – Opernfiguren im Spiegel ihrer Komponisten

    Program:

    Händel - Ouvertüre aus Partenope HWV 27 Oper in drei Akten
    C.H. Graun - "Risolvere non oso" aus der Oper "Rodelinda"
    Händel - "Ritorna o caro" aus der Oper "Rodelinda" HWV 19
    Händel - Aus der Suite aus der Oper "Rodrigo" HWV 5: Ouverture, Gigue
    Händel - "Mi restano le lagrime" Aire der Alcina aus der Oper "Alcina"
    C.H. Graun - "L´empio rigor del fato" aus der Oper "Rodelinda"
    Vinci - Sinfonia (1. Akt) aus der Oper "Partenope" g-Moll
    Händel - "L´alma mia" aus der Oper "Agrippina"
    Telemann - "Rimembranza crudel", Arie der Agrippina aus der Oper "Germanicus"
    Händel - aus der Suite aus der Oper "Rodrigo" HWV 5: Sarabande, Matelot
    Händel -"Che sento" aus der Oper "Giulio Cesare" (2. Akt, 8. Szene) HWV 17
    Händel - "Se pietà di me son senti" aus Giulio Cesare in Egitto
    Händel - aus der Suite aus der Oper "Rodrigo" HWV 5:  Menuett, Bouré I, Bourée II, Passacaglia
    C.H. Graun - "Tra le porcelle assorto" aus der Oper "Cleopatra e Cesare"

    Contact:

  • Concerto Köln (ca. 95 Musiker) - Kent Nagano (Leitung) - Solisten (tbc)

    Großes Wagner-Forschungsprojekt!

    Program:

    Wagner - Das Rheingold

    Weitere Informationen auf Anfrage.

  • Further dates upon request

    Concerto Köln - Shunske Sato (Leitung & Violine)

    Belle Epoque / Serenaden für Salon und Konzertsaal

    Program:

    Elgar - Serenade for Strings op. 20
    Liszt - „Angelus - Prière aux Anges gardiens“ für Streicher
    Liszt - „Am Grabe Richard Wagners“ für Streicher und Harfe ad lib.
    Wagner - „In das Album der Fürstin Metternich“ Romanze WWV 94
    Debussy - „Danse sacrée et danse profane“ für Harfe und Streicher
    Tschaikowsky Serenade für Streicher C-Dur op. 48

    Contact:

  • Concerto Köln (16 Musiker) – Martin Fröst (Klarinette)

    Arrangements für Klarinette

    Program:

    Vivaldi - Sinfonia C-Dur RV 725 aus „L’Olimpiade“ und Ciaconna aus dem „Concerto di Parigi “C-Dur RV 114
    Vivaldi - Concerto Nr. 1 für Klarinette, Streicher und b.c. B-Dur „Sant’ Angelo“
    Händel - Concerto grosso D-Dur op. 6 Nr. 5
    Vivaldi - Sinfonia aus der Oper „Giustino“ C-Dur RV 717
    Vivaldi - "La Tortora“, nach der Arie „Veni, veni me sequere fida“ aus „Juditha Triumphans“ RV 644 für Klarinette (Chalumeau), Violoncello solo, Streicher und b.c. B-Dur
    Albinoni - Concerto a Cinque op. 5 Nr. 3 D-Dur
    Vivaldi - Concerto Nr. 2 für Klarinette, Streicher und b.c. d-Moll „La Fenice“

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  • Concerto Köln (10 Musiker) – Evgeny Sviridov (Leitung & Violine)

    Böhmen und Italien

    Program:

    Vivaldi - Concerto ripieno für Streicher und b.c. C-Dur RV 114
    Frantisek Ignác Tuma - Sonata IV a-Moll
    Franz Benda - Concerto für Violine und Orchester B-Dur LeeB 2.18
    Dall´ Abaco - Concerto a più Istrumenti Nr. 6 D-Dur op. 5
    Franz Benda - Sinfonia à 4 LeeB 1.7 G-Dur (Sammlung Engelhardt 280)
    Vivaldi - Concerto für Streicher und b.c. d-Moll RV 128
    Albinoni - Sonata III Nr. 5 A-Dur op. 2
    Vivaldi - Concerto für Violine, Streicher und B.c D-Dur RV 208 ´´Grosso Mogul´´

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