Effective period / Period of releases: 1956 - 2009

Members: Robert Veyron-Lacroix, Otto Büchner, Maxence Larrieu, Günther Lemmen, Roger Bourdin, Pierre Pierlot, Jacques Chambon, Antonio Janigro, Karl Ristenpart, Günther Höller, Hellmut Schneidewind, Maurice Allard, Siegbert Ueberschaer, Georg Friedrich Hendel, Klaus Schlupp, Martin Oheim, Oscar Wunder, Betty Hindrichs, Günther Karau, Hans Bünte, Ruth Christensen, Franz Probst, Rolf Dommisch, Hans Bünde, Josef Smola

German chamber orchestra founded in October, 1953 in Saarbrücken, Germany by Karl Ristenpart.
Saar Chamber Orchestra was a string ensemble of originally 18 musicians; transferred to the new Radio-Station of Saarbrücken (Germany) in 1962; conducted by Antonio Janigro from 1968-1972; merged with the Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra in July 1973.

First violin solo (1954-1970): Georg Friedrich Hendel
Second violin solo (1953-1968): Hans Schlupp
First violist solo: (1953-1973): Max Bretschneider / Hans Bünte
First cellist solo: (1953-1970): Betty Hendel-Hindrichs

Various other appellations of the Saar Radio Chamber Orchestra on records and concert programs:
German: Saarländisches Kammerorchester, Saarländisches Kammerorchester Saarlouis, Kammerorchester des Saarländischen Rundfunks
French: Orchestre de Chambre de la Sarre, Orchestre de Chambre de la RadioDiffusion Sarroise,
English:Sarre Chamber Orchestra , Chamber Orchestra of the Saar, Le Sarre Chamber Orchestra , Saar Radio Chamber Orchestra