Maciej Radziwiłł (1749-1800) - Divertimento (sinfonia in D) à 6 voci

★ Follow music ► Composer: Maciej Radziwiłł (1749-1800) Work: Divertimento (sinfonia in D) à 6 voci Performers: Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia Drawing: Zygmunt Vogel (1764-1826) - View of Warsaw from the side of the Loreto church in the Praga district (1821) Image in high resolution: Further info: Listen free: --- Prince Maciej Radziwiłł (Warsaw, 10 November 1749 - Nieśwież, bur. 2 September 1800) Polish composer and librettist. Around 1780 he lived at Nieśwież, the house of Karol Radziwiłł, governor of Vilnius Province, who maintained a company of actors, musicians and dancers there and at his estates in Alba, Ołyka, Słuck, Biała and elsewhere. At Nieśwież Radziwiłł wrote the libretto (MS in PL-Wn) for J.D. Holland’s opera Agatka, czyli Przyjazd pana (‘Agatha, or The Master’s Arrival’), performed on 17 September 1784 during King Stanisław August’s visit to Nieśwież. He also wrote the libretto (MS in Zieliński Library, Płock) and presumably the music for the three-act opera Wójt osady albiańskiej (‘The Headman of the Settlers at Alba’). Radziwiłł became castellan of Vilnius Province in 1788 and moved to the town of Vilnius where he composed some instrumental and orchestral music.