Description
With the 'Gustav Mahler Fest Kassel', founded by the then General Music Director Adam Fischer, the city received another internationally important cultural attraction in addition to the art exhibition 'documenta'.
With the festival orchestra, an orchestra of its very own quality and characteristics was created. In addition to the concertmaster Rainer Hocke of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the oboe and clarinet groups of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra were formed, whose instruments have special characteristics and thus a specific sound.
The same applies to the horns, which play an important role in Mahler's music.