Representatives of Italian church music will gather in Mainz Cathedral for the 9th Symphony Concert. Giovanni Gabrieli, born in 1554, was a Venetian church musician at St. Mark's Basilica in Venice and one of the most important musicians of the Venetian School at the transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque. His avant-garde work attracted musicians from all over Europe to Venice. His most famous student was the German Heinrich Schütz. He made early use of the basso continuo in his works, and his Sonata pian' e forte contains some of the earliest dynamic markings, i.e. markings for the specific use of volume in music. The works of the German Baroque, which culminated in the music of J.S. Bach, are based on this tradition, the roots of which lie in this very Venetian school under Giovanni Gabrieli.

9th Symphony Concert

Karsten Storck

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13 - 29 May, 2026

9th Symphony Concert · Staatstheater Mainz

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Messa di Gloria by Puccini

Staatstheater Mainz

Conductor in In ecclesiis by Gabrieli

Staatstheater Mainz

Conductor in Canzone a tre cori by Gabrieli

Staatstheater Mainz

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