Mozart, Sinfonia concertante in E flat major for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon, K.297b (Mozartwoche 2000)

The four soloists in this Sinfonia concertante are members of the Mozarteum Orchestra who also appear regularly as soloists and chamber musicians: Isabella Unterer studied in Munich and became a member of the Mozarteum Orchestra in 1996; she is solo oboist there. Reinhard Gutschy joined the Mozarteum Orchestra in 1980. The Vienna native studied clarinet at the Musikhochschule of his hometown. Wilhelm Schwaiger studied in Salzburg and has been solo horn player of the Mozarteum since 1986. Eduard Wimmer studied the bassoon at the Mozarteum and has been solo bassoonist there since 1974. The Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg has been the orchestra of the city and Land of Salzburg since 1958 and regularly concertizes at the Salzburg Festival and the Mozartwoche. The principal conductor is the Dutch-born Hubert Soudant, who led the Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de France in Paris from 1981 to 1983 and the Utrecht Symphony Orchestra from 1983 to 1986. In addition to his activities in Salzburg, Soudant is also the principal conductor of the Orchestra and Opéra des Pays de Loire in Nantes and Angers, France.