HYMN OF PRAISE AND JOY (by: Georgina Szeless, OÖ Volksblatt, 21st June 2022)

The Sinfonia Christkoenig concert was the reason why the Friedenskirche church in Linz was almost fully booked up last Sunday. Schubert’s  “Unfinished Symphony“ was enjoyable to listen to. Eduard Matscheko knows what to ask  for from his Sinfonia Christkoenig orchestra. His high-quality  creative work on the conductor’s stand guarantees a solid realisation of music and does not need any stagely gestures.  Ingo Ingensand must have known about that when he dedicated his latest composition to him. “Gioia“ (Joy) op. 16, stands for a harmonically and densely woven movement, not free from stylistical echos of classical and polytonal models, but skillfully processed (also in respect to instrumentation), which results in a very personal image of creativity.
Then the main work of the programme: Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s  second symphony, which has gone down in history as “Hymn of Praise“, op. 52.  It was a more than rare encounter, nevertheless  this weak work of a romantical classicist succeeded in achieving  great praise this time. Here  Mendelssohn’s symphonical style reaches utmost cocinnity, and it must have required a lot of love and mastership to make the dramatical scenes and  rich sounding chorales shine brilliantly without burying the lyrics of the psalms. Backing up the choir through the Viennese choir Choriandoli seemed superfluous. Markus Petsch‘ tenor solos relied on top volume whereas the sopranists Tabea Mitterbauer and Mara Mastalir from the Viennese Volksoper supplied  beautiful moments of duets.

Taking his home country to the stage

Together with its committed musicians the Sinfonia Christkönig Orchestra with its leader and founder Eduard Matscheko is organizing their 10th concert season in 2022/23. It has become an essential part of concert life in Linz. The fact that the patronage of the Vienna...

WITH MOZART INTO THE ANNIVERSARY YEAR (by: Michael Wruss, OÖ Nachrichten, 4th October 2022)

Last Sunday the Sinfonia Christkoönig Orchestra under Eduard Matscheko started its anniversary year - under the patronage of Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - with a Mozart programme. Motifs from works by Mozart, as seen through composer Claudia Federspiele‘s glasses...

BRILLIANT START OF THE SEASON (by: Paul Stepanek, OÖ Volksblatt, 4th October 2022)

Sinfonia Christkönig starts with a concert dedicated to Mozart Festive and expectant mood in the fully booked Chriskönig-church in Linz. Last Sunday the Sinfonia Christkönig Orchestra under Eduard Matscheko started the new season with a programme that was solely...

JOY, PEACE AND MUCH PRAISE OF GOD (by: Christian Schacherreiter, OÖ Nachrichten, 21st June 2022)

On hot summer days a church hall is not only a spiritually healing place. Those who were looking for a cool place  in the Friedenskirche in Linz last Sunday were refreshed by an attractive concert. Sinfonia and Chor Christkoenig under Eduard Matscheko presented a...

WITH INTRIGUING VERVE AND STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL SOUND (by Christine Grubauer, in: OÖ Volksblatt, 26th April 2022)

Last Sunday afternoon Ödön Racz, born in Budapest in 1981 and solo contrabassist  of  the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, guest-starred at the church concert of the Sinfonia Christkoenig orchestra. He has travelled widely both as member of the  Vienna Philharmonic...

GREAT REJOICING AT 10th ANNIVERSARY (by Christine Grubauer, in: OÖ Volksblatt, 5th October 2021)

Sinfonia Christkoenig under Eduard Matscheko with works by Balduin Sulzer. 10 year of Sinfonia Christkoenig under the patronage of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra – it is also 10 years of Eduard Matscheko, who – as conductor and driving force of this undertaking –...

IMPRESSIVE CONCERT EXPERIENCE IN LINZ (by Christa Grubauer, in: OÖ Volksblatt, 31th October 2020)

The fact that art and culture are possible even in challenging times was proved by the well-working network around the artistic activities and organizers of the Sinfonia Christkoenig orchestra under its untiring conductor Eduard Matscheko. Last Sunday, the...

WITH HEART AND ABANDON. BRILLLIANT WORLD PREMIERE BY SINFONIA CHRISTKÖNIG (by Karin Wagner, in OÖN, 15th October 2019)

The Sinfonia Christkoenig Orchestra under Eduard Matscheko is an orchestra that is truly worth hearing: the strings are a homogeneous and dynamically flexible body of sound, the woods excel  with wonderful tonal colours and good balance, the brass players are both...

SINFONIA CHRISTKÖNIG.BEAUTIFUL WORLD PERMIERE (by FD, in: Kronenzeitung, 15th October 2019)

In the Friedenskirche Eduard Matscheko and the Sinfonia Christkönig Orchestra surprised with a beautiful-sounding world premiere of composer Stiliana Popova. The „Visions“ for solo violin and orchestra represented aspects of our universe and the secret of being human....

SPLENDOR AND SPIRITUAL DEPTH OF BAROQUE MUSIC (by Christian Schacherreiter, in: OÖN, 18th June 2019)

The fact that "Sinfonia Christkönig“ has become a top brandname in the concert life of Linz is not only due to the mastership of conductor Eduard Matscheko and his musicians but also to people in the background who contribute essential organisatorial necessities....