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HAYDN & MOZART IN ARMIDALE
ABOUT THIS CONCERT
The Australian Haydn Ensemble, Australia's bravura Classical-era specialists, perform Mozart’s Flute Quartet, Mozart’s String Quartet and Haydn’s ‘London’ Symphony in an intimate concert of historically-informed performance. This is your opportunity to hear this marvellous music played on period instruments - bringing you as close as possible to the sound-world the composers knew when these works were written.
Image Credit: Oliver Miller
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MOZART Flute Quartet in D major K.285
MOZART String Quartet in D minor K. 421
HAYDN Symphony No 104 in D major ‘London’ (arr Salomon)
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Skye McIntosh, lead and violin
Matthew Greco, violin
Karina Schmitz, viola
Daniel Yeadon, cello
Melissa Farrow, flute
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Firstly, its not necessary to be an expert to enjoy our music. There are some fun facts though.
At AHE we play what’s known as a ‘period’ instrument. This is an instrument that was made at the time of Beethoven, Mozart or even earlier, or an instrument made by a master instrument maker that is ‘after’ a famous maker of the past.
Some instruments have survived over time more easily than others. For instance, it is more likely that a very old instrument will be a string instrument and less likely that it will be a wind instrument.
There is a great deal of research and scholarship that goes into the preparation and playing of these marvellous instruments, with their lower and softer sounds.
The benefit to you is that you can enjoy the music in a way that’s as close as possible to the sound world that the composers themselves knew.
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In Beethoven’s time, chamber arrangements were the main way that new music became known in Beethoven’s time.
In a world without recordings, radio or even opportunities to attend concerts outside the larger cities, such arrangements were a vital source of income for composers and helped to make their music well-known.
They were typically played in intimate venues, often by groups of friends or by professional musicians at private concerts.
When we listen to them played today, on instruments that bring us into the sound-world that Beethoven knew, we get a whole new experience of this incredible music.
PERFORMANCE
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