Federico Maria Sardelli

A valuable insight into the musical culture of the second half of the eighteenth century: a journey through the German classicism that, under the guidance of Federico Maria Sardelli, starts from two illustrious sons of Johann Sebastian Bach: the first-born Wilhelm Friedemann, the most famous organist in Germany during his lifetime, and Carl Philipp Emanuel, fundamental reference for the formation of numerous musicians. Among them a sixteen year old Mozart who in 1771 composed a joyful Symphony no. 9, and Franz Joseph Haydn who in 1768, when he was deputy Kapellmeister at the court of Prince Paul Anton Esterházy, composed his Symphony no. 49, which an unknown hand wrote on the autograph score, in Italian, the subtitle "La Passione".

Program

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Symphony for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 trumpets and timpani in D major Wq. 176, H. 651

Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony in F minor Hob.I: 49, La Passione

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Symphony in B minor Wq. 182/5, H. 661

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Symphony in D major Fk. 64

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony in C major K. 73/75a

Artists

Conductor
Federico Maria Sardelli

Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

FEDERICO MARIA SARDELLI

In 1984 he founded the baroque orchestra Modo Antiquo with which he performs in concerts throughout Europe both as soloist and conductor.  Since 2006, he is the Principal Guest Conductor of the Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino, and works with numerous orchestras including the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Staatskapelle Hall. With a catalogue of over 40 recordings, he received two Grammy nominations for his album Vivaldi, Concerti per molti Stromenti and the Concerti Grossi, Op. VI of Corelli.  A member of the scientific committee of the Istituto Italiano Antonio Vivaldi at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice, in 2009 he was awarded the silver banner by the Region of Tuscany "for artistic eclecticism and evident cultural depth."  In June 2014 he conducted Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice for the 77th Festival Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. He is also a painter, engraver and satirist.