Roland Böer

While in Wien preparing the debut of the opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was commissioned a serenade for the award of a peerage to Sigmund Haffner, the son of the mayor of Salzburg. From this work, completed in a few hectic days in July 1782, a few months later was born the euphoric Symphony no. 35. Alongside a rare and previous masterpiece of the brilliant Austrian composer, the scene music for Thamos, König in Ägypten, a drama by Tobias Philipp von Gebler, the program offers the Symphony no. 1 of Hans Werner Henze, founder in 1976 of the Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte di Montepulciano of which now Roland Böer is the Artistic and Musical Director.

Program

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony n. 35 in D major K 385 Haffner

Hans Werner Henze
Symphony  n. 1, version 1991

Interval

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Thamos, König in Ägypten K 345/336a for soloists, choir and orchestra
(scene music for Tobias Philipp von Gebler's drama)

Artists

Conductor
Roland Böer

Choir director
Lorenzo Fratini

Orchestra and Choir of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Baritone
Klaus Kuttler

Soprano
Eloisa Deriu

Alto
Elena Cavini

Tenor
Hiroki Watanabe

Bass
Egidio Massimo Naccarato