The orchestra is based in Freiburg im Breisgau.

In addition to Baroque music, it has performed works by composers such as Beethoven, Schubert and Weber, and contemporary music.

The orchestra gave its first concert in 1987 and began touring abroad with a performance in Amsterdam in 1989.

Violinists Gottfried von der Goltz and Petra Müllejans from among their own numbers are the regular musical directors.

The orchestra performs a quarter of its concerts with guest conductors such as Ivor Bolton, René Jacobs, Philippe Herreweghe, Pablo Heras-Casado and Trevor Pinnock.