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Making music as a "harmony of free beings"
Historically speaking, it is a relatively recent development for musicians to come together on their own initiative to form an ensemble. So what does it sound like when the performers themselves define the artistic ideal? At the 2023 Heidelberger Frühling Musikfestival, you can experience this almost every day.
Ideals and idealistic teams of dedicated individuals form a common thread throughout the festival program: As part of the“Ligeti 100”focus, the Klangforum Wien, under the direction of Péter Eötvös and in a small ensemble format, will perform three of György Ligeti’s fascinating instrumental concertos. The Chamber Concerto for 13 Instruments rounds out the programme. Outstanding Hungarian virtuosos will perform the solo parts, each of which is compositionally integrated into extremely dynamically structured orchestral sections.
Het Collectief from Belgium is an elite formation that has made it its business to charge chamber versions of orchestral works with the expressive intensity of solo playing – resulting in even particularly colorful early works by Arnold Schoenberg or Anton Webern beginning to speak with the utmost urgency.
In Václav Luks' early music group Collegium 1704 and the progressive compact orchestras Kammerakademie Potsdam, Amsterdam Sinfonietta and Munich Chamber Orchestra, all participants together influence the interpretation. The rehearsal work resembles a workshop among enthusiasts – and this is audibly reflected in the vitality of the music-making.
Excellence among equals also exists in the concerts of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and the Aurora Orchestra from London, two top international associations in which economic and artistic concerns are shared by all.
In 2023, the Heidelberger Frühling will even feature its own “ideal ensemble”: The Festivalcampus-Ensemble is an orchestra of about 20 young instrumentalists who will perform the opening concert as well as chamber concerts on the Festivalcampus and neighborhood concerts in various ensembles.