Hamburg Bach Orchestra
The Hamburg Bach Orchestra , a primarily a performance of works by Johann Sebastian Bach widmendes Orchestra in Hamburg , was in 1957 by Robert Stehli founded.
In Hamburg it gave concerts regularly in the music hall , and guest tours took the Hamburg Bach Orchestra to West Germany as well as Great Britain and Scandinavia . In 1960 the orchestra was merged with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra and the Hamburg Chamber Orchestra . This new establishment, led by Robert Stehli and Gabor Ötvös, initially operated as the United Hamburg Orchestra , later it was renamed the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra .
The name Hamburg Chamber Orchestra was continued in a smaller line-up. For the Bach year 1985 the Hamburg Bach Orchestra was revived. The conductor was Axel Bergstedt . He shifted the focus of the performances of cantatas and oratorios from the Baroque period . The orchestra had its heyday from 1987 to 1993 , when the Dutch violinist Radboud Oomens was concertmaster. Due to financial difficulties, the performances became less frequent in the 1990s. Bergstedt resigned in 1998 , and the conductor Clemens Bergemann , appointed by the Hamburg Bach Society , put the orchestra on hold and brought the concert choir of the Hamburg Bach Orchestra together with the Hamburg Philharmonia Choir.