Henze: Konzertmusik, 3 Mozartsche Orgelsonaten, Il vitalino raddoppiato Ziyu He, Mozarteumorchester Salzburg & Lin Liao

• Hans Werner Henze (1926 - 2012): Konzertmusik:
• 1Henze: Konzertmusik: I. Sehr lebhaft03:57
• 2Henze: Konzertmusik: II. Sehr langsam05:18
• 3Henze: Konzertmusik: III. Lebhaft und drängend02:09
• Il Vitalino raddoppiato:
• 4Henze: Il Vitalino raddoppiato28:38
• Drei Mozartsche Orgelsonaten:
• 5Henze: Drei Mozartsche Orgelsonaten: I. Allegro (KV 336)04:51
• 6Henze: Drei Mozartsche Orgelsonaten: II. Andantino (KV 67)02:14
• 7Henze: Drei Mozartsche Orgelsonaten: III. Allegro (KV 328)05:17
• Total Runtime52:24

Info for Henze: Konzertmusik, 3 Mozartsche Orgelsonaten, Il vitalino raddoppiato

The Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg looks back on a history of over 180 years and enjoys a worldwide reputation for its lively and style-conscious Mozart interpretations. Together with the Berlin Classics label, the orchestra showcases the diversity and passion of the musicians from Mozart's birthplace in a series of six albums. Following the Mozart Serenades and the music of Richard Strauss, the third album is now being released as a tribute to Hans Werner Henze, one of the most famous composers of our time.

In this case, the orchestra will be conducted by the renowned Taiwanese conductor Lin Liao, who lives in Germany. She has already studied Hans Werner Henze in depth during her career and leads the orchestra with a distinct sense of sound and without a baton. The solo violin part is played by the young Austrian-Chinese violinist Ziyu He, who has attracted international attention within a very short space of time

The album begins with "Konzertmusik" for violin and small chamber orchestra. The 17 years old, Hans Werner Henze was clearly inspired by Hindemith and Shostakovich when he wrote this work. Its is a chain of obstacles. The premiere was prevented by Henze's call-up for military service, after which the work fell into neglect. In 2017, it was rediscovered in Kurt Stier's estate, but its planned premiere at the Salzburg Easter Festival in 2020 was prevented by the coronavirus pandemic. The first concert performance in front of an audience could only take place as part of a concert to mark the 10th anniversary of Hans Werner Henze's death in November 2022 in the Mozarteum Orchestra's Orchestra House. This is also where this first recording of the piece was created.

The second work on the new album Il Vitalino Raddoppiato for violin and orchestra was commissioned by the Salzburg Festival in 1977 and is based on a chaconne for violin and basso continuo attributed to the baroque composer and violinist Tomaso Antonio Vitali. Hans Werner Henze supplements the chaconne with numerous other variations and thus contributes his own musical language into the work. In the preface to the score, the composer reveals his personal affinity with this piece and describes it vividly.

The last work on the new album is Three Mozart Organ Sonatas for 14 players after. This is an orchestration of three church sonatas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, written to mark the 200th anniversary of Mozart's death. Hans Werner Henze originally composed the sonatas for the Scharoun Ensemble. The instrumentation consists of six woodwinds, six strings, harp and guitar. The viola d'amore, a popular instrument in 18th century chamber music, plays a special role. It has to be retuned several times during a performance of the organ sonatas due to the changing keys. This is probably one of the reasons why this work is rarely played in concerts. This is therefore a first recording with which the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg once again proves its unchallenged position as interpreters of the Mozart's style and also uses the organ sonatas for a departure into the music of the 20th century.

Ziyu He, violin
Mozarteumorchester Salzburg
Lin Liao, conductor

Ziyu He
The outstanding violinist Ziyu He was one of the youngest soloists ever to perform with the Vienna Philharmonic when he made his debut with this world-class orchestra under Adam Fischer at the Musikverein in 2017, aged just 18. The year before, he won both the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg and the Yehudi Menuhin Competition, and in 2014 he was the Eurovision Young Musician of the Year.

His orchestral appearances include concerts with the Mariinsky Orchestra St. Petersburg, the Macau Orchestra, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the RAI National Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra, Bochum Symphony Orchestra, China Philharmonic, Shanghai Philharmonic, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of the National Center for the Performing Arts, Georgian Philharmonic Orchestra, Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Orchestra della Toscana, Zagreb Philharmonic, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. He works with conductors such as Adam Fischer, Christopher Warren-Green, Choo Hoey, Tung-Chieh Chuang, David Brophy, Diego Matheuz, Guoyong Zhang, Howard Griffiths, Ilyich Rivas, Joji Hattori, Kazuki Yamada, Kerem Hasan, Kriistina Poska, Lu Jia, Michele Nitti, Nikoloz Rachveli, Pietari Inkinen, Riccardo Minasi, Steven Sloane, Valery Gergiev and regularly with Hans Graf.

In the 2021/22 season, Ziyu made his debut with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Lio Kuokman, and was again invited by Hans Graf to join the Singapore Symphony Orchestra for concerts and recordings. He has also performed with the Swiss Camerata and the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra under Howard Griffiths, and with the Sofia Philharmonic under Uros Lajovic. Highlights include concerts at the BBC Belfast Proms in the Park, his debut at the George Enescu Festival, as well as a concert and recordings of works by Hans Werner Henze with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg under Maestra Lin Liao, and solo recitals at the Vienna Konzerthaus in the "Great Talents" series.

As the violinist of the renowned Altenberg Trio, he plays regularly in the Brahmssaal of the Vienna Musikverein in the trio's popular concert series.

Ziyu He began learning the violin at the age of five in his native China with Xiangrong Zhang. At only 10 years old, he was invited by Paul Roczek to study with him in Salzburg at the Mozarteum University. He completed his master's degree there in summer 2021 and is currently continuing his postgraduate violin studies with Benjamin Schmid and Paul Roczek and his viola studies with Thomas Riebl.

Ziyu He plays a violin by Andrea Guarneri from 1688 and a Giuseppe Guadagnini viola, dated 1797, which were made available to him by generous private sponsors.

This album contains no booklet.