Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen / Paavo Järvi
»Haydn – The Shakespeare of Music«
Sunday
4
December
2022
18:30
Großer Saal
Presented by
Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft
London in music fever
Haydn was composer in residence in London twice: in the 1791/92 season
and in the 1794/95 season. At that time, the city was in the throes of
music fever, to which Haydn had contributed significantly. Today, one of
his London symphonies often merely stands at the beginning of a concert
in which a musical heavyweight by another - later - composer follows.
The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, on the other hand, devotes
itself entirely to the »Shakespeare of Music«, as Haydn was called by
the press. The program includes an overture by his London composer
friend William Shield and three of his London symphonies, for which
Haydn reached into his great compositional bag of tricks.