Philharmoniker Hamburg

The Philharmoniker Hamburg (until 2005/2006 Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg ) with its general music director Simone Young are the orchestra of the Hamburg State Opera. Its foundation date the Philharmonic on November 9, 1828 (founding of the Philharmonic Society, "Society for the performance of winter concerts ").

History

The orchestra, founded in 1828, was first called " Philharmonic Concert Society ". In 1896 he founded the "Association of Hamburg's music lovers " with the aim of state support funds for a non-seasonal, permanent Hamburg Symphony Orchestra provide. The " Philharmonic Society " used in the first years of its existence, the " Apollo Hall " in the rotation path 3-5 for their concerts ( near the present State Opera ). Josef Sittard reported in his "History of Music and Concert system in Hamburg - from the 14th century up to the present " (1890), that Clara Schumann, who was considered " a favorite of the Hamburger " in the period 1835-1881 the Philharmonic concerts occurred nineteen times, ie already the age of sixteen.

In 1934, the orchestra after chief conductor Karl Muck was retired after his last concert on 19 May 1933 merged with the Hamburg Opera Orchestra for " State Philharmonic Orchestra "; the line took Eugen Jochum ( until 1949 ).

Notable concerts

  • German premiere of the Symphony No. 5 by Tchaikovsky, which is dedicated by the composer to the Board of the Philharmonic Society (1889 )
  • Gustav Mahler conducts the Hamburg premiere of his Symphony No. 5 (1905 )
  • The first occurrence of the pianist Walter Gieseking and the twelve- year-old Yehudi Menuhin in Germany. Sergei Prokofiev and Igor Stravinsky guesting conducted the Philharmonic. (1922 )
  • A unique meeting of two celebrities of classical music there was in April 1973 in the Hamburg Music Hall: Carlos Kleiber conducted the Philharmonic State Orchestra in Beethoven's 5th Piano Concerto with Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli on the wing.

Chief Conductor

  • Max Fiedler (1904-1922)
  • Karl Muck (1922-1934)
  • Eugen Jochum (1934-1949)
  • Keilberth (1951-1961)
  • Wolfgang Sawallisch (1961-1973 - Honorary Conductor since 2004 and since the last concert as Music Director at May 28, 1973 Honorary Member of the orchestra )
  • Horst Stein (1973-1976)
  • Christoph von Dohnanyi (1977-1984)
  • Hans Zender (1984-1988)
  • Gerd Albrecht (1988-1997)
  • Ingo Metzmacher (1997-2005)
  • Simone Young ( since 2005)
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