Aphids Xantolo
A new work for solo percussion inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead celebrations. The work was created by artist Rosemary Joy and Mexican percussionist Evaristo Aguilar following visits to rituals in the villages of Tancoco, Tamalin and Tantayuca in the Huastecan area of Mexico. The word Xantolo means ‘Day of the Dead’ in the local language. Rosemary Joy’s sculptural miniature percussion instruments have been played in Australia, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Japan and Mexico by some of the world’s leading percussionists. The work will be 15 minutes long and presented to an audience of 20 people at a time.
Haydn and Mendelssohn
4th November 2009, 6pm, at the Melbourne Recital Centre, Salon.
Presented by the Melbourne Recital Centre.
PROGRAM
HAYDN – Trio in G, Hob XV:25 Gypsy Rondo
MENDELSSOHN – Trio in C minor, Op 66
The Yarra Trio, originally formed in 2007, has taken Melbourne by storm. Instrumentalists Chris Howlett and Stefan Cassomenos have been working together since 2003 and were joined by Jess Ipkendanz earlier this year. The newly formed group has since won numerous awards, finding success whenever they play. This year marks the bicentenary of composers Haydn’s death and Mendelssohn’s birth. The program features two delightful trios by these two great composers who contributed so much to the development of Western music.
Concert Duration: 1 hour (no interval)
Tickets: $30 ($20 concession)
Haydn’s Symphonic Queen 1
5th November 2009, 8pm, at the Melbourne Recital Centre, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall.
PROGRAM
MOZART – Symphony NO.31 Paris
MOZART – Concerto for Two Pianos, K.365
HAYDN – Symphony No.85 ‘La Reine’
CHERUBINI – Chaconne for Orchestra AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Mozart wrote the rich and beautiful concerto for two pianos after a fateful trip to Paris in 1778. The journey must have given him a new confidence for this concerto breathes an air of great expressive assurance. Probably written for Mozart and his sister to play, it is both majestic and delightful, adjectives that apply equally to the symphony Mozart created for the large orchestra of the Concerts Spirituel in Paris, the first by him to feature clarinets. The Parisians immediately took to their hearts the six so-called Paris symphonies Haydn created for their Concert de la Loge olympique. The glorious La Reine (so-called because of Marie Antoinette’s fondness for it) even includes a set of variations on a French folk tune. The Chaconne, by the Italian-born composer to the French aristocracy, Luigi Cherubini, is major recent discovery, and receives its first Australian performances at these concerts. NAB MSO Melbourne Recital Centre concert series is proudly presented by NAB
Haydn’s Symphonic Queen 2
PROGRAM
MOZART – Symphony NO.31 Paris
MOZART – Concerto for Two Pianos, K.365
HAYDN – Symphony No.85 ‘La Reine’
CHERUBINI – Chaconne for Orchestra AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Mozart wrote the rich and beautiful concerto for two pianos after a fateful trip to Paris in 1778. The journey must have given him a new confidence for this concerto breathes an air of great expressive assurance. Probably written for Mozart and his sister to play, it is both majestic and delightful, adjectives that apply equally to the symphony Mozart created for the large orchestra of the Concerts Spirituel in Paris, the first by him to feature clarinets. The Parisians immediately took to their hearts the six so-called Paris symphonies Haydn created for their Concert de la Loge olympique. The glorious La Reine (so-called because of Marie Antoinette’s fondness for it) even includes a set of variations on a French folk tune. The Chaconne, by the Italian-born composer to the French aristocracy, Luigi Cherubini, is major recent discovery, and receives its first Australian performances at these concerts. NAB MSO Melbourne Recital Centre concert series is proudly presented by NAB
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