Decoding Haydn
Commemorate the year of the great composer with his classics
Live performance with Essential guide to the master's greatest works
As the world commemorates the 200th anniversary of Joseph Haydn's (1732-1809) death, Hong Kong Sinfonietta will bring to life a fine selection of the composer's greatest works. John Forster (Former Head of Orchestral Studies and Conducting, Royal College of Music, London) will conduct the orchestra and guide you through the music as well as the legend of Haydn.
The concert will be held on:
13 December 2009 (Sun) 3:00pm at HK City Hall Concert Hall.
Tickets: $220, $150, $100.
Joseph Haydn ─ The man who shaped the Classical era of music
200 years ago, the “Father of the Symphony and String Quartet” left the world with a tremendous legacy of over 100 symphonies and 80 string quartets. His 12 last, great “London Symphonies” were his crowning achievements. His Trumpet Concerto became a substantial staple of the genre. His oratorio The Creation is simply a masterpiece. Having served as Kapellmeister at the Court of the Esterházies for 30 years in splendid isolation from the city most of the time, Haydn once remarked that “I was forced to be original”. He was an inspiration as well as a great friend of Mozart. At the peak of his career he was hailed as the greatest composer in Europe.
The concert programme includes Symphony No 94 in G, “Surprise” (2nd movement), Symphony No 104 in D, “London”, The Creation: The Representation of Chaos, Trumpet Concerto in E-flat (3rd movement) and more.
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Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Decoding Haydn
Conductor/ Presenter: John Forster
Trumpet: Fung Ka-hing (Principal Trumpet, Hong Kong Sinfonietta)
13th December, 2009 (Sun) 3:00pm
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall
Tickets：$220, $150, $100
All-Haydn Programme
Symphony No 103 in E-flat, “Drum Roll” (3rd movement)
Symphony No 6 in D, “Le Matin” (1st movement)
Serenade
Symphony No 94 in G, “Surprise” (2nd movement)
Trumpet Concerto in E-flat (3rd movement)
The Creation: The Representation of Chaos
Symphony No 104 in D, “London”
John Forster Conductor/ Presenter
John Forster was closely associated with the Royal College of Music (RCM), London, for more than 30 years, firstly as a prize-winning student of piano, violin and conducting, then as a professor, conductor and Head of Orchestral Studies and Conducting. In addition to his duties at the RCM he was the first resident conductor at the National Centre for Orchestral Studies, working in collaboration with internationally-acclaimed musicians such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Kurt Sanderling, Sir Charles Groves, Sir Colin Davis, Vernon Handley, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky and many others. On account of his strong commitment to the training of young musicians he has been in great demand over the years as guest conductor of many youth orchestras, including the County Youth Orchestras of Surrey, Hertfordshire, Essex and Kent, as well as the British Youth Symphony Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of Wales. He has been Music Director of the University of London Symphony Orchestra (ULSO) since 2006.
A violinist and principal keyboard player with the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra for many years, John also appeared frequently with this professional orchestra in the Southeast of England as soloist/director and as conductor in repertoire ranging from Bach and Mozart keyboard concertos to Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. He has also conducted concerts with the Bournemouth Symphony and Ulster Orchestras.
For three years John served as Chief Conductor and Director of Orchestral Training for the Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra (an orchestra of Arab musicians in the Arabian Gulf playing western music), touring with them to England, France, Germany and Belgium. He returned to the United Kingdom in 2001 to take up his current post of Head of Piano at Christ’s Hospital, Horsham, in the South of England.
John has sustained his career as a pianist alongside his conducting and teaching commitments and is in great demand as an accompanist and chamber musician. His work has taken him to the Channel Islands, Belgium, France, Holland, Germany, Spain, Luxembourg and the former Yugoslavia. Also to Hong Kong, which he visited for the third time in the summer of 2008 along with ULSO and award-winning young soloists Nicola Benedetti (violin) and Leonard Elschenbroich (cello).
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