Brühler Schlosskonzerte | Haydn-Festival: „Zwei Genies, zwei Freunde“

In the organizer's words:

Brühl Palace Concerts | Haydn Festival: "Two geniuses, two friends"

With:

Capella Augustina

Andreas Spering

For Haydn, his colleague Mozart, who was 24 years his junior, was quite simply the "greatest composer". Conversely, Mozart expressed his deep admiration for this musical shining star by famously calling him "Papa Haydn". Andreas Spering and his Capella Augustina pay a sonorous tribute to these two classical composers, who were both friends. The symphonic composer Haydn's 9th Symphony, possibly intended as an opera overture in 1762, is performed. Haydn then opened his 49th symphony "La Passione" in 1768 with an incredibly moving opening movement, which is reminiscent of Mozart's "Moorish Funeral Music" due to its dramatic intensity. Finally, Mozart's Symphony in G minor No. 40 is one of those deeply moving marvels that only the very greatest composers can achieve.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Symphony No. 10 in G major K. 74

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Symphony in F minor Hob. I:49 "La Passione"

Symphony in C major Hob. I:9

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Symphony No. 40 in G minor K. 550