SHARING THE LEAD

28 August 2022

Lucerne

Sunday 11:00 / KKL Lucerne

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Lucerne Festival

PROGRAMME
  • J. BOLOGNE, CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES Symphony in D Major
  • W. A. MOZART Sinfonia concertante, K. 364
  • W. A. MOZART Symphony No. 6, K. 425 (Linz)

  • Isabelle Faust violin
  • Antoine Tamestit viola
  • Matthew Truscott concertmaster & leader


ABOUT THIS CONCERT

Reflecting its internal structure, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra operates also musically in a democratic way. Starting with a concert at the Lucerne Festival, this tour mirrors that structure. Sharing the lead means passing around the musical focus, giving the score the full possibility of coming alive. The MCO, led by concertmaster Matthew Truscott, will meet with violinist Isabelle Faust, with whom they have been working together since 2008 and are strongly connected by the sense of chamber music playing they bring to ensembles of any size. Viola player Antoine Tamestit makes a first appearance with the MCO. In the program, the MCO will explore an interesting pairing of pieces by Joseph Bologne and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in a tour that passes several summer festivals in Lucerne, Villach, Eltville am Rhein, St. Ottilien and Helsinki.

When Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, was at the height of his fame in 1778 and acclaimed in Paris as a violin virtuoso and leader of the much-admired Orchestre de la Loge Olympique, Wolfgang Amadé Mozart was also staying in the French capital. And what is more, he even lived with the Chevalier under the same roof for a few weeks. The two must have at least run into each other, even if they did not know each other personally. Unfortunately, nothing regarding any encounter between them has been recorded. The Mahler Chamber Orchestra restages such a meeting of the minds, coupling the Chevalier’s terse D major Symphony with the Salzburg composer’s exuberant Linz Symphony. Isabelle Faust and Antoine Tamestit show how much inspiration Mozart took with him from the big city on the Seine with the charming Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola, which was written shortly after the Paris trip. It displays the fashion for concertante symphonies featuring several solo instruments that prevailed in France at the time.


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CONCERTS THIS TOUR

30 August 2022 Villach

Tuesday 19:30pm / Congress Center Villach

M. RAVEL / W. A. MOZART / H. I. F. BIBER

Isabelle Faust violin / Antoine Tamestit viola / Matthew Truscott concertmaster & leader



01 September 2022 St. Ottilien

Thursday 19:30pm / ERZABTEI ST. OTTILIEN

J. BOLOGNE, CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES / W. A. MOZART 

Isabelle Faust violin / Antoine Tamestit viola / Matthew Truscott concertmaster & leader



02 September 2022 Eltville am Rhein

Friday 20:00pm / Kloster Eberbach

J. BOLOGNE, CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES / H. I. F. BIBER / W. A. MOZART 

Isabelle Faust violin / Antoine Tamestit viola / Matthew Truscott concertmaster & leader



03 September 2022 Helsinki

Saturday 19:00pm / Helsinki Music Centre

M. RAVEL / H. I. F. BIBER / W. A. MOZART 

Isabelle Faust violin / Antoine Tamestit viola / Matthew Truscott concertmaster & leader