FREIBURG BAROQUE ORCHESTRA & KRISTIAN BEZUIDENHOUT
SATURDAY 29 MARCH | 7PM
For more than three decades, Germany’s Freiburg Baroque Orchestra have been one of the leading period ensembles in the world. Performing over 100 concerts a year they come to Canberra for the very first time, presenting Mozart’s most popular works.
For more than three decades, Germany’s Freiburg Baroque Orchestra have been one of the leading period ensembles in the world. Performing over 100 concerts a year globally, they come to Canberra for the very first time, showcasing some of Mozart’s greatest and most popular works. With Australian born keyboard legend Kristian Bezuidenhout as the soloist for the tour, we are promised an unforgettable, poignant and world-class evening.
Opening with J.C Bach’s (son of the great J.S Bach’s) dramatic and energetic Symphony No. 6, we will be spoilt to an evening of Mozart’s most loved and exceptional works.
Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, spell bounds with its expressive depth and wit which has seen it become one of the most favoured piano concertos written by the young genius. Composed in 1777, it was one of his first concertos written specifically for a public performance rather than for the court. This concerto reflects not only his mastery of form but also his evolving understanding of the soloist-orchestra relationship which was to catapult the genre of piano concerto into a new era – passing the baton to the young Beethoven and beyond.
Performed by legendary FBO leader of 30 years Gottfried von der Goltz, we are treated to Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major. Known for its innovative qualities and emotional depth, the concerto is one of the high points of the composer’s early maturity and an acme of the entire violin repertoire.
The programme will close with the dramatic intensity and unforgettable melodies of Mozart’s great Symphony No. 40 in g minor – a masterpiece that captures the essence of human emotion and leaves us with no doubt as to why Mozart is regarded as the pinnacle of classical composition.
PROGRAMME
J.C BACH Symphony in G minor Op.6 No.6
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 9 in E♭ major, “Jeunehomme” K. 271 (30′)
– INTERVAL –
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 “Turkish”
MOZART Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV. 550
Saturday, 29 March, 7pm
Snow Concert Hall
Canberra Grammer School
40 Monaro Crescent, Red Hill
ACT 2603
FREIBURG BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
ABOUT
Passion, joy of playing, authenticity – these are the musical cornerstones of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra (FBO). For more than three decades, the FBO has been one of the leading period sound ensembles worldwide, with over 100 concerts a year at home and abroad.
The orchestra was founded by a group of graduates of the Freiburg University of Music with the aim of playing baroque and classical music in a historically informed manner. International engagements soon followed and the FBO quickly became one of the most sought-after ensembles in the early music scene. This success is documented in more than 130 recordings, some of which have won awards.
In addition to its own subscription series in Freiburg, Stuttgart and Berlin, the FBO performs in leading venues around the world, including the Lincoln Center in New York, the Elbphilharmonie, the Musikverein in Vienna and the Philharmonie de Paris. The FBO is also a popular guest at international festivals such as the Salzburg Festival, the Rheingau Music Festival, the Gstaad Menuhin Festival and others.
The musical responsibility of the orchestra lies with Cecilia Bernardini and Gottfried von der Goltz, who lead the ensemble from the violin. In the spirit of historically informed performance practice, the FBO usually performs without a conductor. For selected programs, e.g. for opera productions or romantic symphonies, the orchestra works with renowned conductors such as Pablo Heras-Casado, René Jacobs and Sir Simon Rattle. The FBO has a close musical friendship with Kristian Bezuidenhout, Isabelle Faust, Dorothee Mields, with Vox Luminis, the Zurich Sing-Akademie and the RIAS Chamber Choir Berlin.
In the 2024/25 season, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra will once again focus more on the music of the Baroque and Classical periods. Under the direction of René Jacobs, Mozart’s Idomeneo will be performed at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and at the Teatro Real in Madrid, among others; Handel’s Tamerlano will be performed in concert at the Palau de la Música, for example. Together with the Belgian vocal ensemble Vox Luminis, the orchestra will go on a tour of Spain and Belgium with Bach’s St. John Passion. In the concert programs Grand Tour and Viva Vivaldi!, the musicians of the FBO can present their solo side.
