EVENT DETAIL

ARTISTS

Francesca Hiew  violin
Will Hewer  cello
Dafydd Camp  oboe
Matthew Kneale  bassoon
Orchestra Victoria

Colin Fox  host

PROGRAM

ROSSINI Overture to the Barber of Seville
HAYDN Sinfonia Concertante Hob 1/105
MOZART Symphony No. 41 in C major K. 551 'Jupiter'

ABOUT THIS EVENT

Mozart's last symphony is his greatest - a culmination of his intelligence, musical genius and virtuosity presented on the grandest of scales. With its shifting moods of jovial good humour and driving energy, it's no wonder that this symphony was nicknamed after the king of the gods. Mozart's Olympian powers of creation reach their peak in a finale where melodies ecstatically intertwine in masterly polyphony.

Haydn's Sinfonia Concertante for an eclectic quartet of soloists - violin, cello, oboe and bassoon - was composed in the first flush of his 'freedom' from the gilded cage of his royal post in provincial Hungary. London audiences  loved the combination of lyricism and humour and the engaging interplay of its stars. As the Morning Herald said in March 1792, "A new concertante from HAYDN combined with all the excellencies of music; it was profound, airy, affecting, and original, and the performance was in unison with the merit of the composition."

JOIN US FOR MORNING TEA

Morning tea served from 10.45am each performance day in the Audi Foyer.

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