Freiburger Barockorchester
Freiburger Barockorchester is a German Baroque orchestra founded in 1987, with the mission statement: "to enliven the world of Baroque music with new sounds".
History
The orchestra is based in Freiburg im Breisgau. In addition to Baroque music, it has performed works by composers such as Beethoven, Schubert and Weber, and contemporary music.The orchestra gave its first concert in 1987 and began touring abroad with a performance in Amsterdam in 1989. The first tour to America in 1995. Violinists Gottfried von der Goltz and Petra Müllejans from among their own numbers are the regular musical directors. The orchestra performs a quarter of its concerts with guest conductors such as Ivor Bolton, René Jacobs, Philippe Herreweghe, Pablo Heras-Casado and Trevor Pinnock.
Awards
The Freiburger Barockorchester was awarded the 2012 [Echo Klassik Awards] as "Ensemble of the Year ".Selected discography
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Concerto in D for flute; Sinfonia in D minor; Concerto in E minor for Cembalo; Concerto in E-flat for Two Cembalos. Performed by Karl Kaiser and Michael Behringer and Robert Hill, directed by Gottfried von der Goltz
- Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice. Performed by Bernarda Fink, Veronica Cangemi, and María Cristina Kiehr with the RIAS Kammerchor, directed by René Jacobs
- Joseph Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 6–8. Performed by the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Arias from Lucio Silla; Die Zauberflöte; Il rè pastore; Mitridate, rè di Ponto; Die Entführung aus dem Serail; La clemenza di Tito; Zaide. Performed by Sandrine Piau directed by Gottfried von der Goltz
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 17 & 22 with soloist Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano
- Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto – Symphony No. 5 & The Hebrides. Performed by Isabelle Faust and Pablo Heras-Casado conducting