Romanian Atheneum
Midnight concerts
ORCHESTRE DE CHAMBRE DE LAUSANNE
Soloist and conductor: CHRISTIAN ZACHARIAS
Soloists:
GYULA STULLER or FRANCOIS SOCHARD – violin
JULIE LAFONTAINE – violin
DAGMANR EISE - bassoon
BEAT ANDERWERT – oboe
JOEL MAROSI - cello
CATHERINE MARIE RADULESCU - cello
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Program:
Joseph Haydn
Symphony no. 3 in G Major Hob.I : 3
- Sinfonia concertante in B flat Major for oboe, bassoon, violin, cello and orchestra Hob.I : 105
- Trio for piano, violin and cello in f sharp minor Hob.XV : 26
- Sonata for piano in b minor Hob.XVI : 32
- Symphony no. 45 in f sharp minor Hob.I : 45 “Les Adieux”
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......This is also a concert I've been expectig for 4 years. Mr Christian Zacharias and Lausanne Chamber Orchestra are simply great. Only superlatives come to my mind.
Some details of the interior of the Athenaeum
- Sinfonia concertante in B flat Major for oboe, bassoon, violin, cello and orchestra Hob.I : 105
- Trio for piano, violin and cello in f sharp minor Hob.XV : 26
- Sonata for piano in b minor Hob.XVI : 32
- Symphony no. 45 in f sharp minor Hob.I : 45 “Les Adieux”
...
......This is also a concert I've been expectig for 4 years. Mr Christian Zacharias and Lausanne Chamber Orchestra are simply great. Only superlatives come to my mind.
Some details of the interior of the Athenaeum
Trio for piano, violin and cello in f sharp minor Hob.XV : 26
During the interval
......Second part of the concert - Symphony no. 45 in f sharp minor Hob.I : 45 “Les Adieux” (The Farewell Symphony).
......It was written for Haydn's patron, Prince Nikolaus Esterházy, while he, Haydn and the court orchestra were at the Prince's summer palace in Eszterhaza. The stay there had been longer than expected, and most of the musicians had been forced to leave their wives back at home in Eisenstadt, so in the last movement of the symphony, Haydn subtly hinted to his patron that perhaps he might like to allow the musicians to return home: during the final adagio each musician stops playing, snuffs out the candle on his music stand, and leaves in turn, so that at the end, there are just two muted violins left (played by Haydn himself and the concertmaster, Alois Luigi Tomasini). Esterházy seems to have understood the message: the court returned to Eisenstadt the day following the performance.
Well done! Bravooooooooooo! Cheerings for 10 minutes or more.
Bye bye, my favorite concert hall. See you tomorrow night!
...... Now, here's the finale of The Farewell Symphony. Daniel Barenboim conducting at the News Year Concert in Vienna, 2009. Be patient and watch till the end. Look at his face! :)) He chose to stay on stage till the end. Mr Zacharias left at some point.
What a little jewel the Athenauem is! I recognized Queen Marie on horseback, wearing her inaugural crown . . .
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