New Zealand Symphony Orchestra brings music of 'classical giants' to the stage
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- 22 Feb 2023
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The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is bringing the music ‘of classical giants’ to parts of New Zealand.
The orchestra is bringing the works of 18th century composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri to audiences in Palmerston North, Wellington, Invercargill, Dunedin, Oamaru, and Ashburton in March.
Mozart and Salieri would be led by concertmaster and violinist Vesa-Matti Leppänen.
“This unmissable live experience also features spectacular music by their contemporaries Franz Joseph Haydn and Johann Neopmuk Hammel,” an orchestra spokesperson said.
Each composer would have works displayed – Haydn’s overture to L’infedeltà delusa, Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major, Salieri’s 26 Variations on La folia di Spagna, and Hummel’s Eight Variations and Coda on O du lieber Augustin.
The spokesperson said the concert would open with Haydn’s uplifting and enchanting overture from his short comic opera L’infedeltà delusa.
The origins of Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante, also known as Sinfonia concertante for Winds, is surrounded in mystery and debate continues to this day.
Regardless, its melodious charm has made it an audience favourite.
Salieri’s 26 Variations on La folia di Spagna, written late in his career, is one of his finest works. Read ,More…
