Servus Salzburg

Interpreters

Thomas Zehetmair . Direction and solo violinist
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Programme

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Symphony No. 10 in B minor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219

Thomas Zehetmair
Passacaglia, Burlesque and Chorale
(or an alternative piece)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201

“From the baptismal register of the Cathedral Parish of Salzburg (… ) it is hereby attested that Joannes Chrysost. Wolfgangus Theophilus, the legitimate son of the noble Leopold Mozart, court musician, and Maria Anna Pertlin, his wife, was born on 27 January 1756 (…) at 8 o’clock in the evening (…)…” (Mozart’s baptismal certificate)

Salzburg and Mozart! It is like lightning and thunder, major and minor; one cannot be conceived without the other. From Salzburg, Wolfgang Amadeus sets off into the distance, to Italy, to Mannheim and Paris, returning each time enriched by countless priceless experiences. With a flying pen, as if inspired from above, he penned the A major symphony of 1774. It is not only because of the Alla Turca finale that the Violin Concerto in A major gets under your skin; it is Mozart’s greatest and last, from 1775. At that time, he was still serving as a highly gifted concertmaster in the employ of Prince-Archbishop Colloredo. (In 1781, he then left for Vienna without so much as a farewell, but that is another story.) The solo part is played by the world-class violinist and Mozart specialist, SKO principal conductor and native of Salzburg, Thomas Zehetmair. His string work ‘Passacaglia, Burlesque and Chorale’ premiered in autumn 2025 and is already firmly established in the concert programmes. The SKO concert opens with a string work by a child prodigy following in Mozart’s footsteps, Felix Mendelssohn.