Friday, March 10, 8.00pm
Sunday, March 12, 3.00pm
Symphony Hall
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Discover three early, inventive symphonies
by Haydn and two lively keyboard concertos by Mozart, featuring
Kristian Bezuidenhout who thrilled audiences in 2004 with
performances of Beethoven's “Emperor” Concerto.
HAYDN: Symphonies No. 6 and
7, "Morning and Noon"
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 9
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 24
Grant
Llewellyn, conductor
Kristian
Bezuidenhout, fortepiano
Haydn composed three programmatic symphonies on the
themes of Morning, Noon, and Evening shortly after he entered
the service of Prince Esterhàzy in 1761 as assistant
Kapellmeister. These brilliant symphonies may well have been
the first orchestral works he wrote for his new employer,
and they show off the virtuosity of the Esterhàzy
orchestra: nearly every instrument has a solo in these works.
Mozart’s piano concertos were also designed to show
off the talents of the pianist, but this was not always Mozart
himself. His Piano Concerto No. 9 is known as the “Jeunehomme” Concerto
because it was written for a touring French virtuosa, Mme.
Jeunehomme. Written when Mozart was 21, this concerto is
his first real masterpiece in the genre, full of brilliant
and witty banter between the soloist and the orchestra. His
Piano Concerto No. 24, by contrast, is a dark and intense
work, one which cost Mozart much effort, as his heavily rewritten
and crossed-out manuscript shows. This charged and passionate
work became one of Mozart’s most popular concertos
in the following century, and was much admired by Beethoven.
For further information:
http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/haydnj.html
A good Haydn biography
http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/notes/55112-N.asp
An excellent discussion of the three Haydn symphonies
http://www.mozartproject.org/index.html
A good Mozart site
http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/mozart.html
A short biography of Mozart, from the Grove Concise Dictionary
of Music
http://www.proarte.org/notes/mozart1.htm
http://www.proarte.org/notes/mozart6.htm
Steven Ledbetter’s excellent discussions of the two
Mozart piano concertos on this program
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