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   June, 1 2003

EKHOF – Festival 2003
All about Baroque brass-music

The Ekhof-Theater at Schloss Friedenstein invites you to its annual cultural summer highlight.
Only here you can experience a theater which used to be part of the culture at court 300 years ago. Creaking floor-boards, an open change of scenery with a machinery, unique in Europe. Costumes and light from the Baroque period. All that can be seen at Schloss Friedenstein in Gotha.

This years festival has the motto: “Brass music in the Baroque period” Players of wind instruments have always been a symbol of the rulers. Every sovereign who could afford it had his own brass music ensemble. During the Baroque period, trumpeters were paid exclusively and had the rank of an officer.
You get to hear music from famous composers like Händel, Teleman, and Bach as well as music from less famous composers like Molter, Hertel,Zelenka, and Agrell.

The first two weekends are about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. “La finta semplice” was the first full-length opera of 12 year old Mozart. Human feelings interpreted by a child that goes through puberty. A subtle young lady plays with the feelings of two elder aunts to get their niece married. She uses every cliche and bluntly takes advantage of it. (Terms: July 4,5,11,12,18 and 19 at 8.00 pm)
There are concerts every sunday afternoon. On July 6, 2003 you can listen to the Ensemble ....

 June, 1 2002

EKHOF-Festival 2002
Musical excursions through the Baroque period

Every summer there is a cultural highlight at the Ekhof-Theater inside Schloß Friedenstein in Gotha. Only here you can experience a theater which used to be part of the culture at court 300 years ago. Creaking floor-boards, an open change of scenery with a machinery, unique in Europe. Costumes and light like in the Baroque period.

This years festival has the motto: " Musical excursions through the Baroque period". A musical journey through different countries and epoques shows different styles of music from "Frühbarock" to "Hochbarock".

The first two weekends are marked by Georg Philipp Telemann and Don Quichotte. You get to see the ballet opera "Don Quichotte der Löwenritter", produced in 2001. Don Quichotte and Sancho Pansa have to go through several adventures. The stage of the theater turns into a Spanish landscape. Ballet dancers and actors fascinate the audience by bringing the old times to life.
On both Sundays after this opera you can enjoy .....

April, 1 2002

The Ekhof-Festival 2002 in Gotha

The two corner towers of Schloß Friedenstein in the city of Gothar can be seen from afar. Friedenstein was built by Herzog I. von Sachsen Gotha on top of the ruins of Burg Grimmenstein. It is the most famous castle of the early Baroque period in Germany, with a valuable art collection and an historic theater. The Baroque Ekhof Theater has an original wooden stage technique; it is the best preserved one of the 17th century. In 1681, Friedrich I. von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg made the plans for this theater. He disliked the narrowness of his fathers Court. .....

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