The Musikkollegium Winterthur under the direction of Douglas Boyd now juxtaposes its recording of the incidental music to "Rosamunde" with the last works of Franz Schubert's symphonic oeuvre. Dualism Beethoven was always the measure of all things for Schubert. He wanted to achieve his role model, but also set himself apart from him.

It was not easy for Schubert to realize his intention. He had written the first five symphonies with youthful recklessness. By the sixth, he found the tension between musical imagination and formal compositional norms so burdensome that from then on he only put fragments on paper.

It was not until the late autumn of 1822 that he completed two symphonic movements, which he regarded as milestones on the way to his actual goal: he donated the "Unfinished" to the Musikverein Graz, which had made him an honorary member. Poetry Franz Schubert's "great" C major Symphony was officially dated 1828. Robert Schumann praised the work to the skies after its premiere in 1839. "These are human voices, all of the instruments are witty beyond measure - and then this heavenly length ..." He thus provides the key words for Schubert's symphonies that are still valid today.

Tradition The Musikkollegium has been active in Winterthur since 1629. This makes the orchestra one of the most traditional musical institutions in Europe. Today, the orchestra gives around 70 concerts per season, around 40 of them in Winterthur as part of its own concert series in the Stadthaus Winterthur, built by Gottfried Semper. Increasingly, the ensemble is also a guest at major concert series abroad. Due to its size of 50 musicians, the Musikkollegium Winterthur's repertoire focuses on works from the classical and early romantic periods alongside those of the 20th and 21st centuries. Douglas Boyd has been chief conductor of the Musikkollegium Winterthur since 2009.