For the specific atmosphere of Oberon Michael Hofstetter
found it crucial that the performance was
played on the period instruments Weber composed
for. In Giessen, he worked with four natural horns,
natural trumpets, finely tuned trombones and not least
flutes made of wood instead of metal. This produced
an inexhaustible wealth of acoustic colours, enabling
us sensually to experience what might really be meant
by the concept of ‘German Romanticism’ on the musical
level.
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