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Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall
University of York
York
YO10 5DD
England
Programme
Camille Saint-Saens – Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor, Op.28
Performers
University of York Chamber Orchestra
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Programme Note
Mozart wrote that the opening movement of his Haffner Symphony ‘must be played with great fire.’ Commissioned by the affluent Haffner family of Salzburg, the symphony was originally composed as a serenade to be performed at the ennoblement of Sigmund Haffner in 1782. Notable for its grand and energetic character, as well as the graceful and lyrical beauty of its slow movement, the Haffner Symphony has become one of Mozart’s most popular orchestral works. The programme also includes Weber’s First Clarinet Concerto and Saint-Saëns’ Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, with third-year students Pip Tall and Michael Capecci as soloists. These two virtuosic works feature alongside Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks’ ethereal piece for string orchestra Epifania (‘Epiphany’) and the first performance of postgraduate student Tom Sissons’ Sir Jack Lyons Celebration Award
Commission.
