Welcome

Moritzburg Festival: 5 – 19 August 2012

Jan Vogler, Artistic Director

Dear Friends of Chamber Music,

“Time is a strange thing” sings the Marschallin in Richard Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier”, musing about the subjectivity of time. One year before we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Moritzburg Festival, the temptation to look back is increasingly attractive. It seems unbelievable to me that almost 20 years have passed since we held our first rehearsals amidst the idyllic scenery of the Moritzburg Castle.

We still enjoy every moment of the rehearsals and concerts in Moritzburg. We continue to be fascinated by the magnificent masterpieces of chamber music and the new views and concepts that our musicians from all over the world bring to the Festival. We are intrigued by the focused attention of our audience and the beauty of the natural surroundings.

This year’s Festival is inspired by French compositions. Connoisseurs and lovers of French music can never get enough of the ingenious timbres, impressionistic moods and rhythmic refinement of Parisian music.

I am very much looking forward to welcoming wonderful colleagues from all over the world, and especially to presenting three renowned composers in Moritzburg for the first time. Sofia Gubaidulina is admired worldwide for her works. Jörg Widmann and Olli Mustonen are outstanding performers and accomplished composers at the same time. What unites, distinguishes and motivates them? Please join us for a discussion of such questions with the artists at a Composer’s Talk and come listen to the composers playing their own works together with other Moritzburg artists.

What would be a better match for the ideals of the Moritzburg Festival than the motto of the French Revolution? None less than Beethoven was deeply impressed and inspired by the words that live forever in music: Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité!

I cordially thank all our sponsors, private and public patrons, and all those who have helped us, for their generous support. I wish you and all of us an exciting Festival and a marvellous summer full of great music.

Jan Vogler

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