Schweizer Klangpracht

On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the birth of Johann Melchior Glettle, Voces Suaves, in cooperation with Les Cornets Noirs and under the direction of Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, presents works by the Swiss composer Johann Melchior Gletle on the occasion of his 400th anniversary.

July 2026 marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of the Swiss composer Johann Melchior Gletle. The two Swiss ensembles Voces Suaves and Les Cornets Noirs, which are active throughout Europe, are taking this as an opportunity to present the music of Glettle, who comes from Bremgarten (AG) and trained with the Jesuits in Fribourg, to a wide audience in an attractive selection of programmes.

Mainly previously unknown works from various creative periods of Gletle will be heard, including from his first collection Expeditionis musicae classis (op. 1, 1667), Psalmi beves (op. 2, 1668), Missae concertatae (op. 3, 1670) and from the solo motets (op. 5, 1677). The two ensembles will perform with their maximum line-up of ten singers, five winds, five strings and basso continuo and will be conducted by Jörg-Andreas Bötticher on the organ.
Since only a few of Gletle's more than 250 (!) surviving pieces have been published so far, a lot of research had to be done for this project. At the centre of the programme is the 15-part Missa Regis Gloriae (1670), which was specially reconstructed by Martin Lubenow on the basis of the seven surviving original parts. In addition, smaller and medium-sized ensembles are heard, with a brilliant Magnificat in A major composed in one go.

For the first time in 400 years, this cross-section aims to illuminate and make audible the astonishingly Italian-looking, rhetorically exciting and melodically and harmonically extremely exciting quality of the music of the later Augsburg Cathedral Kapellmeister Gletle from its various facets.

Advance booking

Tickets available in advance and at the box office.