Zimmerman Artistic Opportunity Fund

In 2018 Tempesta co-director Richard Stone traveled to Kroměříž, where— in the 17th-century— an ambitious, arts-loving archbishop had transformed the sleepy Czech town into a hub of artistic activity attracting some of Italy and Central Europe’s leading composers. He brought back musical rediscoveries that Tempesta premiered in two concerts during the 2019-2020 season.

Four flute quartets and the Overture Grosso for double orchestra by Johann Gottlieb Janitsch (1708-1763) from the famed Berlin Sing-Academy collection by Jewish patroness Sara Levy, taken by the Red Army as spoils of war at the end of World War II and believed lost, until its rediscovery and repatriation to Berlin in 2001. Tempesta di Mare performed most of these works in their modern-day premieres on our series. The CD recording was released on Chandos Records in January 2018.

Orchestra performance presented in association with the Folger Consort of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington D.C. on October 12, 2017. The concert included Telemann’s rarely performed concerto-en-suite and the modern premiere of a set of new-found Entr’actes. We will also perform these same works on our tour to Dresden, Germany in March 2020.