empty cell L'arpa festante
L'arpa festante is a German chamber orchestra specializing in the revival and performance of unknown works, particularly from the Baroque era. Founded in Munich in 1983 by Michi Gaigg, who led the ensemble as concertmaster until 1995, the group derives its name from Giovanni Battista Maccioni's dramatic cantata L'arpa festante, first performed in 1653 and considered the first opera entirely written and produced in Germany. The orchestra performs on period instruments, focusing on lesser-known works of Southern German Baroque, music by members of the Bach family, and oratorios from the Baroque and Classical periods. Their recordings include Marc-Antoine Charpentier's "Vêpres aux Jésuites" (1993) and Georg Matthias Monn's "6 Symphonies" (1996). The products available from the artist L'arpa festante include CDs.
