Northern Sinfonia with Heinrich Schiff

Heinrich Schiff: Conductor
Francesco Piemontesi: Piano

Haydn Symphony no.59 in A ‘Fire’

Beethoven Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat

Mozart Symphony no.36 in C

The first of November, 1783, and Mozart had just four days to deliver a symphony for the baying crowds at Linz. What he delivered – and on deadline too – could hardly have been more splendid, expansive and well-crafted. Like the best of Haydn’s, Mozart’s symphony contained excitement and solemnity in equal measure, twice plunging gloriously into the ethereal brightness of C major.

Pre-concert talk, 6.30pm
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Photography: Mark Savage