For the purists in the Kleines Festspielhaus, there was an all-Mozart program with the Vienna Philharmonic at the 1980 Festival, with no less a figure than Karl Böhm on the podium. + It was to be his Festival farewell, though no one would have thought it, given the clarity and crispness of his interpretations of the A-major symphony K 201 and the Haffner Symphony K 385. + With pianist Maurizio Pollini he had a partner for the “Little Coronation Concerto” K 459 who audibly shared his perception of music-making and was similarly able to illuminate the music as if from within.
