‘Mozart: London-Sinfonie’ – Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

22 July 2023 – St. Bartholomäus-Kirche, Wesselburen, 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

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

St. Bartholomäus-Kirche
Am Markt 13,
25764 Wesselburen,
Germany
https://www.kirche-wesselburen.de/

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

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

Tickets €15-54

 

 

 

 

St. Bartholomäus-Kirche
Am Markt 13,
25764 Wesselburen,
Germany
https://www.kirche-wesselburen.de/
 

“From the vast stores of forgotten scores from this period, Page has nosed out the very best… Bold yet highly sensitive, Page and his musicians show what makes this music great.” 

BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE