Wiener Flötenuhr Explained

The Wiener Flötenuhr or Viennese Musical Clock is a prize given by the Mozart Society of Vienna (German: Mozartgemeinde Wien) for notable recordings of works by Mozart.

History

The Musical Clock was designed by the sculptor Fritz Tiefenthaler for the first award ceremony in 1969. It is a relief gilt iron plate with a historical music box. The left side reads "Schallplattenpreis Flötenuhr", or "Record prize Musical clock", and the right reads "Mozartgemeinde Wien", or "Mozart Society of Vienna". It was originally presented annually, but for several years has only been presented every second year. The suggestion for the design was made by the then honorary chairman of the Mozart Society, inspired by Mozart's late compositions for music boxes and mechanical organs (for example, K. 594 and 608). Until 1982, the record company was awarded a replica of the Viennese Musical Clock, while the artist was given a certificate on which was shown the Leipzig musical clock, which was the model for the Viennese version. Since the late 1980s, the tradition of awarding a replica of the clock has been dispensed with for financial reasons. From the 1990s, the artists have been rewarded directly. As part of a long-standing tradition, each prize is presented in a 'winner's concert'. Today, the original Viennese musical clock, along with the archives of the Mozart Society, reside in the Vienna City and State archives.

Recipients of the Wiener Flötenuhr

1970s and 1980s

Source:^[1]

• Vienna Philharmonic
• Camerata Salzburg
• Dresdner Staatskapelle
• Academy of St Martin in the Fields
• London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Nikolaus Harnoncourt
• Czech Philharmonic
• Pavel Štěpán
• Karl Böhm
• Jana Jonášová^[2]
• Neville Marriner
• Bernhard Klee
• Edda Moser
• Peter Schreier
• Maurizio Pollini
• Jörg Demus
• Amadeus Quartet
• Polish Chamber Orchestra^[3]
• Alban Berg Quartett
• Küchl Quartett

1989–present, new format

Source:^[4]

• András Schiff, 1989
• Roland Batik and the Artis-Quartett, 1991
• Thomas Zehetmair, 1992
• Ensemble Wien, 1993
• Wolfgang Schulz and Hansjörg Schellenberger, 1995
• Alban Berg Quartet, 1996
• Ruth Ziesak, 1997
• Bo Skovhus, 1998
• Margarethe Babinsky, 1999
• Anton Scharinger, 2001
• Edith Lienbacher, 2003^[5]
• Barbara Moser / Joanna Madroszkiewicz, 2005
• Haydn Trio Eisenstadt, 2007^[6]
• Bertrand de Billy, 2009^[7]
• Michael Schade, 2011^[8]
• Wiener Sängerknaben, 2013^[9]
• Luca Pisaroni, 2015^[10]
• Kristian Bezuidenhout, 2019^[11]

External links

• Mozartgemeinde Wien website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prizes and Awards . Mozartgemeinde Wien . German . 26 August 2018.
2. Web site: Jana Jonášová . Národní divadlo . 6 April 2022 . cs . 11 May 2022.
3. Web site: Polish Chamber Orchestra . Sinfonia Varsovia . 6 December 2021 . pl . 11 May 2022.
4. Web site: Alle Preisträger – Mozartgemeinde Wien . Mozartgemeinde Wien – Willkommen auf der Website der Mozartgemeinde Wien . de . 11 May 2022.
5. Web site: 'Viennese Musical Clock 2003' Edith Lienbacher . 26 May 2004 . 20 December 2012.
6. Web site: Mozartgemeinde Wien: Konzert und "Wiener Flötenuhr" . OTS.at . 12 November 2007 . de . 11 May 2022.
7. Web site: Award for "Viennese Musical Clock": Concert of the Vienna Mozart Society . 7 January 2010 . 20 December 2012.
8. Web site: 'Viennese Musical Clock' for Kämmersänger Michael Schade . 22 August 2011 . 20 December 2012.
9. Web site: Nachrichten . Salzburger . Protest gegen Streichung des Musikpreises "Wiener Flötenuhr" . SN.at . 14 November 2017 . de . 11 May 2022.
10. Web site: Archivmeldung: Musikpreis "Wiener Flötenuhr" 2015 geht an Luca Pisaroni . Presseservice der Stadt Wien . 13 November 2015 . 11 May 2022.
11. Web site: Kristian Bezuidenhout, Pianist . Theater Basel . 11 May 2022.