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English Symphony Orchestra performs Haydn, Mozart, Milhaud and Piazzolla
Hereford afternoon concert
Part of the ESO Shirehall Sundays 2017 Season
Add to my Calendar 01-10-2017 15:30 01-10-2017 17:30 36 English Symphony Orchestra performs Haydn, Mozart, Milhaud and Piazzolla The English Symphony Orchestra begin their third season of popular Shirehall Sunday concerts with what might be Haydn’s funniest work, The Distracted Gentleman. The absurd and surreal tone of the concert continues with Milhaud’s jovial and bizarre ballet brimming with the sounds of Brazil, and the South American flavour of the concert also includes three tangos by Piazzolla, both featuring Zoë Beyers, English Symphony Orchestra's newly appointed leader and one of the most exciting violinists in the UK. The concert concludes with Mozart’s humorous and rustic 39th symphony. “… possibly the funniest and most modern symphony ever written. Haydn uses most of the 20th century ‘isms’ in this piece- surrealism, absurdism, modernism, poly-stylise, and hops effortlessly between tightly integrated symphonic argument and rapid-fire cinematic jump-cutting” Conductor Kenneth Woods. Shire Hall, Hereford DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Shire Hall
St Peter's Square
Hereford
Herefordshire
HR1 2HX
England
Programme
Joseph Haydn – Symphony no.60 in C major 'Il Distratto', Hob.I:60
Darius Milhaud – Le boeuf sur le toit (The Ox on the Roof), Op.58
Astor Piazzolla – Three Tangos
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony no.39 in E flat major, K.543
Performers
Kenneth Woods – Conductor
Zoe Beyers – violin
English Symphony Orchestra
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Programme Note
The English Symphony Orchestra begin their third season of popular Shirehall Sunday concerts with what might be Haydn’s funniest work, The Distracted Gentleman. The absurd and surreal tone of the concert continues with Milhaud’s jovial and bizarre ballet brimming with the sounds of Brazil, and the South American flavour of the concert also includes three tangos by Piazzolla, both featuring Zoë Beyers, English Symphony Orchestra's newly appointed leader and one of the most exciting violinists in the UK. The concert concludes with Mozart’s humorous and rustic 39th symphony.
“… possibly the funniest and most modern symphony ever written. Haydn uses most of the 20th century ‘isms’ in this piece- surrealism, absurdism, modernism, poly-stylise, and hops effortlessly between tightly integrated symphonic argument and rapid-fire cinematic jump-cutting”
Conductor Kenneth Woods.
