Matthias Weckmann probably obtained the right to perform "the best works from Venice, Rome, Vienna, Munich, Dresden, etc." with his Collegium Musicum every Thursday in the Domrempter of St. Jacob's Church in Hamburg in connection with obtaining citizenship, according to Johann Mattheson in 1740. It was a kind of concert series for all social classes, featuring not only ambitious amateurs—judging by the technical challenges of the works—but also highly professional musicians.

In 1663, the Jakobi organist composed ten sonatas for this very Collegium Musicum for cornett, violin, trombone, dulcian, and organ, which served as a model for the founding of the Weckmann Consort with the aim of performing his sonatas and reviving the highly virtuosic playing techniques of historical instruments.

To mark its fifth anniversary, the Weckmann Consort now wishes to perform these challenging, rarely played sonatas in a five-part concert series combined with thebest worksfrom Venice, Rome, Vienna, Munich, and Dresden, bringing them to a diverse audience as in Weckmann's day.

Just as Weckmann broughtthe best thingsfrom Europe's metropolises to Hamburg, we want to bring the best things—newly discovered—to the concert hall.

Together with the Leer Choir, conducted by Christian Meyer, we will perform Heinrich Schütz's musical funeral service and Cavalli's Requiem.

Weckmann Consort

Lea Suter – organ and conductor
Juan González – baroque trombone
Will Illingworth – baroque trombone
Carla Linné – baroque violin
Josquin Piguet – cornett
Clemmens Schlemmer – dulcian
Daniel Seminara – theorbo

Further information: https://leasuter.com