December 10, 2024 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Carl Theodor of the Palatinate. Under the reign of the art-loving elector, Mannheim developed into a cultural center with an impact that extended far beyond the borders of the state. The National Theatre Mannheim, the Electoral Palatinate Chamber Orchestra, the Mannheim Music School, the State University of Music and Performing Arts and the Pop Academy Baden-Württemberg are organizing a joint celebratory concert at the Opera House in Luisenpark as a central event for the city of Mannheim. Music by Johann and Carl Stamitz, Georg Joseph Vogler, Christian Cannabich and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as well as a world premiere by Sidney Corbett will be performed. For the final birthday shower, all the orchestras unite to form a large joint orchestra.

Johann Stamitz: Violin Concerto in D major with a cadenza by Alfredo de Vecchis (graduate of Prof. Sidney Corbett)
Prof. Marco Rizzi, violin
Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester
Conductor: Sebastián Camaño (Class of Prof. Stefan Blunier)

Carl Stamitz: Symphony in E flat major op. 13 No. 1
Arranged for wind orchestra by students of the class of Prof. Hermann Pallhuber
Wind instruments of the conservatory
Conductor: Prof. Hermann Pallhuber

Rap (probably on a text by Abbé Vogler)
Students of the Popakademie

Georg Joseph Vogler: Sinfonia in D minor (‘Paris Symphony’)
Orchestra of the Mannheim National Theatre
Conductor: Jānis Liepiņš

Christian Cannabich: Les fêtes du sérail
Orchestra of the Mannheim Music School and National Theatre
Conductor: Jan-Paul Reinke

Sidney Corbett: Giovanni Ascension Remix
Joint orchestra of the Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester and the music school, the National Theatre and the university
Estelle Kruger, Sopran | Rafael Helbig-Kostka, Tenor
Conductor: Jānis Liepiņš

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