It was stated that the orchestra under the direction of conductor Adam Fischer rarely performs the works of Leopold Mozart, the father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and that dogs played a major role in the Hunting Symphony. On 3 September, a statement made before the concert said, "Today we will have dogs on stage. It will be a festival this afternoon when we play Leopold Mozart's Hunting Symphony, a rarely performed work in which dogs have a prominent and important solo role." The dogs barked to the music at the beginning of the symphony's third movement. 

It was emphasised that conductor Adam Fischer had wanted to perform this work with dogs for a long time and said: "We believe that boring music should be eliminated and I hope that with our festival we can inspire the audience in completely new ways. We want to show how dramatic, vivid, emotional and marvellous music can be."