Date/Time
Date(s) - 28/Mar/2019
Genre - Chamber orchestra
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Bogdan Božović, soloist and artistic leader
In a programme of J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048, Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Sandeep Bhagwati: ‘Vistar’ (world premiere) and Brahms: Symphony for Strings No. 2 in G major, Op. 111
In association with Goethe Institute, Max Mueller Bhavan, Pune
Since more than 70 years Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra has a unique tradition as cultural ambassador of Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg and Germany. It is widely regarded as one of the finest chamber orchestras, famous for its colourful and virtuoso sound. It plays around 90 concerts a year all over the world together with the most famous artistic partners. SCO looks back on a long India-tradition: The orchestra will be in 2019 for the fifth time in India. The concert program includes a variety of classical masterpieces: Under the direction of concertmaster Bogdan Božović the SCO will play works of German composers Bach and Brahms as well as the world premiere of ‘Vistar’, a commissioned work of the renowned Indian composer Sandeep Bhagwati. In Bangalore and Mumbai SCO will play this piece together with musicians from India.
Founded by Karl Münchinger in 1945, the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra has held a prominent position in the international orchestral world for some seven decades. Münchinger, who was principal conductor of the orchestra for over 40 years, was able to attract a small group of élite players in the early days to realise his vision of a completely new and exemplary way of interpreting works by Johann Sebastian Bach and the Viennese classicists.
Dennis Russell Davies, who was principal conductor from 1995 to 2006, re-defined the orchestra’s artistic priorities to enhance the orchestra’s versatility. Under his directorship the orchestra was able to distinguish itself, both in the concert hall as well as in the recording studio with repertoire from the 20th and 21st centuries including specially commissioned compositions, particularly from the composers Phillip Glass and GiyaKancheli. With Davies, a complete edition of all 107 symphonies by Joseph Haydn was recorded live for Sony BMG in a unique series of concerts sponsored by Daimler Benz, extending over an eleven-year period ending in 2009. A recording of works by Bartók and Lutosławski appeared on the ECM label in 2012 conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, who remains associated with the orchestra as conductor laureate.
Since 2006, Michael Hofstetter, the internationally renowned specialist for authentic performing practice, has been the orchestra’s principal conductor. Further commissioned works by composers such as Siegfried Matthus, Helmut Oehring and MilkoKelemen have been added to the orchestra’s already extensive contemporary repertoire during Hofstetter’s chief conductorship. In 2012 the firm Audite issued a CD devoted entirely to works by Moritz Eggert with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra led by Michael Hofstetter.
The internationally famous violist Wolfram Christ was appointed principal guest conductor at the beginning of the 2009-10 concert season. Following a highly successful South American tour in the spring of 2012, Christ conducted his first recording sessions with the orchestra in January 2013. The CD of the Hamburg Symphonies by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach will appear on the Hänssler Classic label. Thus continues the long, illustrious recording tradition of the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, begun in Geneva in 1949 for the Decca company. Up until the present day the discography of the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra comprises several hundred published recordings.
Innumerable concert performances around the globe and participation in the top international music festivals have been the hallmark of the high quality and the outstanding reputation of the ensemble.
The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra is supported by the Land Baden-Württemberg, the City of Stuttgart and the company Robert Bosch GmbH.
Venue: Susie Sorabji Auditorium
St. Helena’s School, Pune Camp
