750 Years of Kitzbühel - Encore!

Updated 15.03.2022

Johannes Gasteiger, a musician from Kitzbühel, succeeded in realising a particularly exciting project idea in the course of the 750th anniversary.

Together with composer Christof Dienz, writer Christoph W. Bauer and director Thomas Gassner, Johannes Gasteiger developed a stage play with a story and a prominent cast, which will be performed from 1 to 3 April 2022 in the festival hall of the Kitzbühel Music School. The Tyrolean actor Harald Windisch will portray Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter, a baroque composer from Kitzbühel, while his wife Maria Barbara von Salla will be played by singer Anna Hauf. The docudrama will be accompanied musically by Die Knoedel.

The performance focuses on Aufschnaiter's life and his relationship with his wife. The baroque music of Aufschnaiter and the composed music of Dienz blend into a whole - they confront each other, they are superimposed, there are hard breaks and moments that flow into each other.

Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter

The baroque composer from Kitzbühel was born in 1664 and came from there via Vienna to Passau to work at the bishop's court as Kapellmeister and court composer. However, his marriage was unhappy, so that his wife, Maria Barbara von Salla, wrote a letter to the bishop asking him to annul the marriage, but to no avail.

Tickets are available in advance at all branches of the Sparkasse der Stadt Kitzbühel, with a discount for their customers, at Kitzbühel Tourismus and at www.oeticket.com with immediate effect.

First performance:

:: Friday, 01 April to Sunday, 03 April 2022 at 20:00:: Festival hall of the Landesmusikschule Kitzbühel

Performers:

:: Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter - Harald Windisch :: Maria Barbara von Salla - Anna Hauf :: Music - Christof Dienz :: Libretto - Christoph W. Bauer :: Direction - Thomas Gassner :: Idea - Johannes Gasteiger

Ensemble "Die Knoedel":

:: Catherine Aglibut - violin :: Margret Köll - triple harp :: Alexandra Dienz - double bass :: Walter Seebacher - clarinet, dulcimer :: Andreas Lackner - trumpet, glockenspiel :: Michael Öttl - guitar :: Charlie Fischer - timpani, haimophone :: Christof Dienz - composition, bassoon, zither

All information can be found at www.kitzbuehel.com or at www.750.kitzbuehel.at