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Havant Chamber Orchestra
Mature masterpieces - some of the last works of great masters Mozart and Strauss
Part of the Havant Orchestras 2016-2017 Season
Add to my Calendar 11-02-2017 19:30 11-02-2017 21:30 36 Havant Chamber Orchestra Mendelssohn was a master of the concert overture and Havant Chamber Orchestra begin this concert with one of his finest – ‘The Fair Melusine’. This was inspired by the dramatisation of a folk tale about a woman who turns into a mermaid every Saturday and then into a dragon when her husband disobeys orders and spies on her! Also on the programme are two works which came late in their composers’ lives. The Symphony no. 41 was the last that Mozart wrote. It was nicknamed the ‘Jupiter’ but as far as we know this was not Mozart’s idea and actually happened some years after Mozart’s death when the piece was being performed in London. Richard Strauss lived a considerably longer life than Mozart and was 80 years old when he was visited by an American oboist who suggested he write an Oboe Concerto. The work was premiered in February 1946 in Zurich and is lyrical and a delight to listen to. Ferneham Hall, Fareham DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Ferneham Hall
Osborn Road
Fareham
Hampshire
PO16 7DB
England
Programme
Felix Mendelssohn – The Fair Melusine, Op.32: Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony no.41 in C major 'Jupiter', K.551
Richard Strauss – Oboe Concerto, TrV 292
Performers
James Turnbull – oboe
Robin Browning – Conductor
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Programme Note
Mendelssohn was a master of the concert overture and Havant Chamber Orchestra begin this concert with one of his finest – ‘The Fair Melusine’. This was inspired by the dramatisation of a folk tale about a woman who turns into a mermaid every Saturday and then into a dragon when her husband disobeys orders and spies on her!
Also on the programme are two works which came late in their composers’ lives. The Symphony no. 41 was the last that Mozart wrote. It was nicknamed the ‘Jupiter’ but as far as we know this was not Mozart’s idea and actually happened some years after Mozart’s death when the piece was being performed in London.
Richard Strauss lived a considerably longer life than Mozart and was 80 years old when he was visited by an American oboist who suggested he write an Oboe Concerto. The work was premiered in February 1946 in Zurich and is lyrical and a delight to listen to.
