1769: A Year in Music at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on Tuesday 29th January 2019

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1769: A Year in Music

Part of the The Mozartists 2018/19 Season

Add to my Calendar 29-01-2019 19:30 29-01-2019 21:30 36 1769: A Year in Music   This fascinating and wide-ranging survey sets works by the 13-year-old Mozart – including a recently rediscovered concert aria – alongside an array of other pieces that were being composed in the same year. These include the first movement of a symphony by Mozart’s own father and two arias from Thomas Arne’s Ode commissioned for David Garrick’s 1769 Shakespeare Jubilee. Also featured are arias by Paisiello, Grétry and Gluck, and the concert closes with Haydn’s resplendent ‘Maria Theresia’ symphony, one of the greatest and most exciting of his middle-period works. This concert marks the launch of the fifth year of our acclaimed MOZART 250 series.  There will be a pre-concert talk, 6pm (free entry with concert ticket)      Queen Elizabeth Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Queen Elizabeth Hall
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Rd
South Bank
London
SE1 8XX
England

Tuesday 29th January 2019
7:30 PM

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Cassation in G major, K.63
Thomas Augustine Arne – An Ode upon Dedicating a Building to Shakespeare: two arias
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Cara, se le mie pene, K.deest
Giovanni Paisiello – Don Chisciotte della Mancia: 'Venga pur, ma zitto zitto'
Joseph Haydn – Le Pescatrici: 'Son vecchio, son furbo'
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony in G major 'Neue Lambach': 1st movement
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Die Israeliten in der Wüste: 'Gott, sieh dein Volk'
Christoph Willibald Gluck – Aristeo: 'Nochier che in mezzo all'onde'
Joseph Haydn – Symphony no.48 in C major 'Maria Theresia', Hob.I:48

Performers

Chiara Skerath – soprano
Ian Page – Conductor
James Newby – baritone

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Programme Note

This fascinating and wide-ranging survey sets works by the 13-year-old Mozart – including a recently rediscovered concert aria – alongside an array of other pieces that were being composed in the same year. These include the first movement of a symphony by Mozart’s own father and two arias from Thomas Arne’s Ode commissioned for David Garrick’s 1769 Shakespeare Jubilee. Also featured are arias by Paisiello, Grétry and Gluck, and the concert closes with Haydn’s resplendent ‘Maria Theresia’ symphony, one of the greatest and most exciting of his middle-period works.

This concert marks the launch of the fifth year of our acclaimed MOZART 250 series.

There will be a pre-concert talk, 6pm (free entry with concert ticket)

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