This afternoon, the 大象传媒 Philharmonic welcomes celebrated international violin soloist and director Rachel Podger for a programme of music from the eighteenth century.
We open with music that鈥檚 been attributed to J.S Bach by some scholars - a rare chance to see if you agree - before moving on to his son Wilhelm Friedrich鈥檚 Sinfonia in D minor, a two-movement piece possibly intended for performance in a church service. Rachel Podger is soloist in Mozart鈥檚 high-spirited B flat Violin Concerto and returns after the interval to play his Rondo in C, written, as Mozart specialist Misha Donat has observed, 鈥渋n a spirit of smiling understatement.鈥� To close, Haydn鈥檚 Symphony No 6 (Le Matin), a journey from dawn through a bright morning; it was among the first scores Haydn completed in 1761 in his new post as Kapellmeister to the Esterh谩zy family, with orchestral solos to impress his new employer.
J.S Bach (attr.): Suite No. 5, 18'
W.F Bach: Sinfonia in D minor (Fk 65) 09'
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1 in B flat (K 207) 20'
Interval
Mozart: Rondo in C for violin and orchestra (K 373 ) 06'
Haydn: Symphony No.6 ( Le Matin) 20'