• Miriways met with enthusiasm when rediscovered after 284 years in 2012. “That the score of Miriways...is such a...delight to hear owes...to the Austrian conductor Michi Gaigg and her L’Orfeo Baroque Orchestra...” (J. Gahre in Das Opernglas). Mir Wais was an Afghan tribal prince who led several revolts to liberate Kandahar from Persian rule, a very current political subject when staged in Hamburg in 1728, and now. Telemann’s music is colorful, lavishly instrumented, and richly Oriental in color.