CAMERATA SALZBURG:
50 EXCITING YEARS OF MUSIC
The guiding lights: Bernhard Paumgartner, Sándor Végh and Sir Roger Norrington
Musical spirit
‘The Camerata Academica of the Mozarteum Salzburg’, ‘The Camerata Academica Salzburg’, ‘The Camerata Salzburg’: three names, one orchestra, fifty exciting years of musical history. Musicians, conductors and audiences alike know and admire that special musical spirit that pervades the Camerata Salzburg’s performances: that sense of the individual in the whole, the sensitivity and responsibility of each individual for that whole. This philosophy, which guides the 36-member ensemble, goes back to Bernhard Paumgartner from Salzburg, the conductor and music teacher who formed a group of teachers and students from Salzburg’s music university, the Mozarteum, to perform in the 1951/52 season.
Debut in April 1952
The Camerata Academica of the Mozarteum Salzburg, as Paumgartner called his new ensemble, gave its first concert on 9 April 1952, in the Great Hall of the Mozarteum in Salzburg. When Bernhard Paumgartner died in 1971, there were many conductors very willing to work with the Cam- erata over a longer period. Under Antonio Janigro, who became leader of the Camerata in 1974, the orchestra introduced its first cycle of subscription performances in Salzburg. One of the soloists at the time was a musician who was later to play such a decisive role in the future of the orchestra: Sándor Végh.
Influence of Sándor Végh and Sir Roger Norrington
The first official concert under Sándor Végh took place on 11 November 1978, in Salzburg. Like Paumgartner, he also cultivated the individuality of the ensemble’s musicians. Végh died on 7 January, 1997, in his 85th year. In May of the same year Sir Roger Norrington declared his willingness to take over the artistic direction of the Camerata.
Working with soloists
Around this time the ensemble began to work more closely with soloists who – as the pianist Géza Anda once did – liked to conduct their orchestra themselves while staying with their instruments. Mitsuko Uchida, Murray Perahia, Thomas Zehetmair and Heinrich Schiff reintroduced this practice which had become a tradition with the Camerata; with Anne-Sophie Mutter as soloist and conductor the ensemble went on tour on a number of occasions.
Leonidas Kavakos a permanent guest
The violinist Leonidas Kavakos has been working regularly with the Camerata since 2000. A pupil of Sándor Végh’s, he is the orchestra’s Principal Guest Artist and performs with it both as soloist and conductor. If the high standards of the ensemble are to be maintained, it is vitally necessary that financial stability obtains. Two financial institutions have entered into a sponsorship agreement to help provide the Camerata with the required financial security. Under the slogan ‘Partnership for Welfare and Culture’, the s Insurance Company and the Salzburger Sparkasse bank are the partners on the one side, being responsible for material needs; partner on the other side is the Camerata Salzburg, and it is responsible for the artistic results. This form of cooperation serves the interests of both parties.
László Molnár
Alfred Hrdlicka,
Rhine Maidens III, 2001
CAMERATA SALZBURG
9 August 2002 7.30 p.m.,
Mozarteum
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony in D, K.196 & K.121
Concerto for Flute in G, K.313
Symphony No. 39 in E flat, K.543
Alexander Zemlinsky
Two Movements for String Quartet
Conductor Sir Roger Norrington
Wolfgang Breinschmid Flute
11 August 2002 7.30 p.m.,
Mozarteum
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony in C, K.208 & K.102
Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in D, K.314
Symphony No. 40 in G minor K. 550
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Lenta religiosa from the Symphonic Serenade
Conductor Sir Roger Norrington
Louise Pellerin Oboe
Tickets are available from
the Festival Ticket Office
for 9 August for € 75 and for 11 August also for € 105 and 135
15 August 2002 7.30 p.m.,
Mozarteum
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony in D K.111 & K.120
Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra in B flat K.191
Symphony No. 41 in C K.551
Egon Wellesz
Music for String Orchestra, op. 91
Conductor Sir Roger Norrington
David Petersen Bassoon
28 August 2002 7.30 p.m.,
Mozarteum
Franz Schreker
Chamber Symphony in A
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 24 in C minor K. 491
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 102 in B flat Hob 1:102
Conductor Bernhard Klee
Andreas Haefliger Piano
Tickets for both concerts are available from
the Festival Ticket Office
for € 75, 105 and 135.
Tickets are also available for the 28 August for € 40
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