Duet: Encounters with soloists

 

Musical greats performed with the WKO. Every rehearsal with eminent musicians was like a master course for the ensemble. In 1965, the WKO embarked upon a string of successes by playing with Maurice André – someone who, like Anne-Sophie Mutter, Martha Argerich, James Galway, Julia Fischer, Mstislav Rostropovich and many others – would frequently return.

 

The WKO gave the people of Heilbronn the exclusive feeling of being the first to glimpse the future of music, including the likes of Rudolf Buchbinder, Frank Peter Zimmermann and Tabea Zimmermann. Even Christoph Eschenbach and Justus Frantz, already well-known pianists, would enjoy a rapid rise 'after Heilbronn'. And for many years, the ARD music competition heralded some genuine discoveries among the prizewinners.

 

New horizons: 50th anniversary of the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra of Heilbronn

Counterpoint: Foundation on 6 November 1960

Opus 1: Debut concert on 13 January 1961

Stringendo: 'Württemberg' Chamber Orchestra of Heilbronn

Unisono: World-travellers yet close to home

Duet: Encounters with soloists

A tempo: Faerber's 'search for authenticity'

Maestro: Founder, inspiration, guiding father, trustee, European

Forte: A new era starts in 2002 with Ruben Gazarian

Tutti: Social popularity

Vivace: Tradition and new musical worlds

Overture: Chronology of the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra of Heilbronn