Amalia Aubert recommends two orchestral concerts with Christoph Eschenbach on the podium to all those who enjoy Viennese classical music. The programme on October 21 and 22 features two Haydn symphonies framing Mozart's Piano Concerto K. 488 with soloist Tom Borrow. In the Mozart matinee on Sunday morning, our solo violist will also accompany families with children aged 6 and up through Haydn's "London" Symphony. We wanted to know from her: Do you prefer Mozart or Haydn?

"Everyone loves Mozart because he was so brilliant. You wonder, where does he get those melodies - straight from God?" Haydn I feel closer to, he's more human. He could sing beautifully, became a singing boy and slowly worked his way up in the world. Then, in the Esterhazys' castle, he worked with his orchestra for a long time and was able to see what the musicians did well, what went down well with the audience. He was a team worker and you can feel that, I think. I also like his cheerfulness, this wit that is part of his nature: there is no piece where there is not something different or "cross", where there is no surprise. Nevertheless, he set standards, especially in his string quartets, which I love very much. The nice thing is: in our concert, you don't have to choose between Mozart or Haydn. We play both, and both are great!"

Our principal clarinettist Julius Ockert is particularly looking forward to playing Johannes Brahms' magnificent Clarinet Quintet with four string colleagues in a chamber music concert on October 13: "It is one of the three most beautiful, if not the most beautiful piece of chamber music for clarinet. We don't have many works for string quartet and clarinet: there is Mozart's famous Clarinet Quintet, and the second great one is Brahms'. With him, incredibly beautiful timbres come out, because the instruments mix quite wonderfully. The way Brahms wrote the piece leaves nothing to be desired: There are cantilena passages, folk melodies and dreamlike harmonies. You can really dive in, it's so easy with this music!"