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remarkably intense and lively performances, which are deeply rooted in the score rather than amounting to nothing more than superficial pseudo-historical sound” (FonoForum). Alertness and agility distinguished the ensemble's concerts and recordings, “finely graded agogic nuances, precise assessment and moderate use of tonal space, controlled expressivity” (Berliner
Zeitung) renders them unmistakable. While preparing the musical scores, Hartmut Haenchen referred to a knowledge resource of more than 200 theoretical texts from the 16th to 18th centuries. However, this was not to recreate an
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and then his appointment as artistic director, this specialist modern music orchestra changed its profile to concentrate on early classical repertoire, in particular that of the composer it was named after and his contemporaries. The reason for this change was state regulation by the
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which the orchestra overcame every year without public funding, as all involved waived their artists’ fees. In 2014 the chamber orchestra looked back on 45 years of musical and contemporary history to celebrate a 34-year collaboration with
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with the support of the general manager of the
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Hartmut Haenchen „Werktreue und Interpretation“, Pfau-Verlag Saarbrücken 2013, 2. Auflage 2015, Band 1
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