Orchestral Fireworks: Great works by Beethoven and Haydn at St John's Smith Square, London on Sunday 5th November 2023

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Orchestral Fireworks: Great works by Beethoven and Haydn

Add to my Calendar 05-11-2023 19:30 05-11-2023 21:30 36 Orchestral Fireworks: Great works by Beethoven and Haydn Orchestral Fireworks: Great works by Beethoven and Haydn   Conductor Rimma Sushanskaya forged an international reputation as a solo violinist, the last pupil of David Oistrakh. In recent years, as Principal Associate Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra, she has nurtured the outstanding talent of the British violinist, Mathilde Milwidsky in many concerto performances. The elegant Romances by Beethoven are contrasted by energetic symphonies by Beethoven and Haydn - orchestral fireworks for November 05.  The premiere of Symphony No. 104 was given at a benefit concert for Haydn and was received as enthusiastically as any of his London works. After the concert, Charles Burney gushed that Haydn’s 1795 symphonies were “such as were never heard before, of any mortal’s production; of what Apollo & the Muses compose or perform we can only judge by such productions as these.” St John's Smith Square, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St John's Smith Square
Smith Square
City of Westminster
London
SW1P 3HA
England

Sunday 5th November 2023
7:30 PM

Programme

Ludwig van Beethoven – Coriolan Overture, Op.62
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony no.1 in C major, Op.21
Joseph Haydn – Symphony no.104 in D major 'London', Hob.I:104
Ludwig van Beethoven – Romance in F major, Op.50
Ludwig van Beethoven – Romance in G major, Op.40

Performers

Mathilde Milwidsky – violin
Rimma Sushanskaya – Conductor

National Symphony Orchestra

Programme Note

Orchestral Fireworks: Great works by Beethoven and Haydn

Conductor Rimma Sushanskaya forged an international reputation as a solo violinist, the last pupil of David Oistrakh. In recent years, as Principal Associate Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra, she has nurtured the outstanding talent of the British violinist, Mathilde Milwidsky in many concerto performances. The elegant Romances by Beethoven are contrasted by energetic symphonies by Beethoven and Haydn - orchestral fireworks for November 05. The premiere of Symphony No. 104 was given at a benefit concert for Haydn and was received as enthusiastically as any of his London works. After the concert, Charles Burney gushed that Haydn’s 1795 symphonies were “such as were never heard before, of any mortal’s production; of what Apollo & the Muses compose or perform we can only judge by such productions as these.”

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