‘Mozart: London-Sinfonie’ – Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
23 July 2023 – Petruskirche, Kiel, Germany
Exploring Mozart’s childhood visit to London in 1764-5, this concert reveals a cross-section of music that was being written and performed in the English capital during the composer’s 15-month stay. A fascinating view emerges of what was at the time the largest and wealthiest city in the world – a city frequented by Dr Johnson and Horace Walpole, by David Garrick and William Pitt the Elder – and of the musical landscape that was to exert such a formative influence on Mozart’s own compositional style.
Alongside works by Thomas Arne, the ‘London’ Bach and the young Mozart himself, the programme features a range of delightful rarities by composers whose names are now long forgotten, and a selection of readings from Leopold Mozart’s letters and anecdotes from Mozart’s time helps to bring 1760s London to vibrant life.
For a flavour of some of the music being featured in this concert, please explore our ‘Mozart in London’ CD:
| Mozart | Symphony No.1 in E flat major, K.16 |
| Arne | “Thou like the glorious sun” from Artaxerxes |
| J. C. Bach | “Cara la dolce fiamma” from Adriano in Siria |
| J. C. Bach | Harpsichord Concerto in D major, Op.1, No.6 |
| Mozart | Concert Aria, “Va, dal furor portata”, K.21 |
| Arne | Overture to The Guardian Outwitted |
| Bates | “In this I fear my latest breath” from Pharnaces |
| Arnold | “Hist, hist!” from The Maid of the Mill |
| Arne | “When from beauty” from The Guardian Outwitted |
| Duni | “To speak my mind” from The Maid of the Mill |
| Anon. | ‘Patty of the Mill’ |
| Abel | Symphony in E flat major, Op. 7, no. 6 |
Alexandra Lowe soprano
Benjamin Hulett tenor
Steven Devine harpsichord
Harald Krassnitzer actor
Ian Page conductor
Arne: Air (No. 19), “Thou, like the glorious sun” from Artaxerxes
Allan Clayton, Ian Page/The Mozartists
J. C. Bach: “Cara la dolce fiamma” from Adriano in Siria
Eleanor Dennis, Ian Page/The Mozartists
Abel: Symphony in E flat major, Op. 7, No. 6 – II. Andante
Ian Page/The Mozartists
Tickets €15-54
Petruskirche
Adalbertstraße 10,
24106 Kiel,
Germany
https://akg-kiel.de/petruskirche
Programme
Mozart
Symphony No.1 in E flat major, K.16
Arne
“Thou like the glorious sun” from Artaxerxes
J.C. Bach
“Cara la dolce fiamma” from Adriano in Siria
J.C. Bach
Harpsichord Concerto in D major, Op.1, No.6
Mozart
Concert Aria, “Va, dal furor portata”, K.21
Arne
Overture to The Guardian Outwitted
Bates
“In this I fear my latest breath” from Pharnaces
Arnold
“Hist, hist!” from The Maid of the Mill
Arne
“When from beauty” from The Guardian Outwitted
Duni
“To speak my mind” from The Maid of the Mill
Anon.
‘Patty of the Mill’
Abel
Symphony in E flat major, Op. 7, no. 6
Artists
Alexandra Lowe soprano
Benjamin Hulett tenor
Steven Devine harpsichord
Harald Krassnitzer actor
Ian Page conductor
Listen
Arne: Air (No. 19), “Thou, like the glorious sun” from Artaxerxes
Allan Clayton, Ian Page/The Mozartists
J. C. Bach: “Cara la dolce fiamma” from Adriano in Siria
Eleanor Dennis, Ian Page/The Mozartists
Abel: Symphony in E flat major, Op. 7, No. 6 – II. Andante
Ian Page/The Mozartists
Practical Information
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