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Joseph Haydn was already a European celebrity when he was commissioned by the cathedral chapter in Cádiz, Spain, to write devotional music about the last words of Jesus. In the chronology of Haydn's major works, the score, completed in 1787, stands between the Paris symphonies (1785/86) and the first series of the London symphonies (1791/92). Seven meditative movements are followed by a musical-programmatic description of the earthquake at the death of Jesus, which already foreshadows the storm and thunderstorm music of the later oratorio "The Seasons".

Program and cast

Joseph Haydn: The last seven words of our Savior on the Cross - in the version for string quartet dedicated to the Archbishop of Cádiz

 

Artists
Residence Soloists

Photo gallery

Munich Residence

The Munich Residence served as the seat of government and residence of the Bavarian dukes, electors and kings from 1508 to 1918. What began in 1385 as a castle in the north-eastern corner of the city (the Neuveste, or new citadel), was transformed by the rulers over the centuries into a magnificent palace, its buildings and gardens extending further and further into the town.


The rooms and art collections spanning a period that begins with the Renaissance, and extends via the early Baroque and Rococo epochs to Neoclassicism, bear witness to the discriminating taste and the political ambition of the Wittelsbach dynasty.

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