Mullenbach, “An die Königin der Nacht” for Orchestra (Mozartwoche 1998)

"An die Königin der Nacht" was commissioned by the International Mozarteum Foundation and written in 1997. It was given its world premiere on 23 January 1998 at the opening concert of the 1998 Salzburg "Mozartwoche" by the Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg under Hubert Soudant. Alexander Mullenbach was born in Luxembourg in 1949. As with so many composers of today, the composer's work catalogue mirrors a strong interest in the music of earlier eras. The relationship to the past is clearly evoked in the titles of pieces such as the violin works "Für Orlando di Lasso" (1993) and "Capriccio per Niccolò Paganini" (1994), for example. In other pieces, one notices a strong affinity to Johann Sebastian Bach, Romantic music and the French impressionists.