Programme
- Overture: L’isola disabitata (8 mins)
- Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat major ‘Jeunehomme’(32 mins)
- interval
- Suite from Scylla et Glaucus (15 mins)
- Symphony No. 100 in G major 'Military'(23 mins)
Performers
- Jonathan Bisspiano
- Nicholas McGeganconductor
Concert Information
18th century London had never heard anything like Haydn’s “Military” symphony – a piece so riotously entertaining that even elegant society ladies found themselves yelling with glee. And entertainment is exactly what’s on the cards when Nicholas McGegan brings his smiling brand of historically-informed musicianship to bear on an irresistibly quirky programme. Haydn’s smash-hit symphony and stormy overture frame the nymphs, shepherds and love-struck sea-gods of Jean-Marie Leclair’s Scylla et Glaucus, and set the context for the 21-year old Mozart’s masterly re-invention of the piano concerto. For the young American pianist Jonathan Biss, Mozart offers “insights, like a stroke of light”; his partnership with McGegan promises to be especially illuminating.
Prelude: 6.45pm in the Recital Room
Nicholas McGegan introduces the works in tonight’s concert.
Post-concert Coda
(approximately 10 minutes after the main concert)
Jonathan Biss performs Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No.27 in E minor, Op.90.