The Choir of St. James Cathedral can be devoting their subsequent live performance to the music of the late 18th century, spotlighting beloved items by Haydn and Mozart. Alongside the 2 giants of the Classical period, this system for the Could 11 live performance fills out with the music of their lesser identified contemporaries and associates William Herschel, Marianna Martines, and Samuel Wesley.
The Haydn Connection
Haydn supplies the connection between the works within the live performance. There are various written accounts documenting the friendship and admiration between Joseph Haydn and Amadeus Mozart. In the course of the 1780s, the pair have been identified to stage impromptu concert events all through Vienna.
18th Century Vienna
The world of music is a small one, then and now. Over the last many years of the 1700s, Vienna was residence to a younger Haydn, who lived in a small residence on the Michaelerplatz. The Martines household, the place daughter Marianna was studying to compose and sing, lived a couple of flooring under him. Actually, Haydn grew to become her piano instructor for a number of years. Italian singer and composer Nicolo Porpora, additionally a resident of the identical constructing, was her vocal instructor.
It was by way of Porpora that Haydn first obtained work as an accompanist after arriving in Vienna, alone, on the age of 17. Mozart would play four-handed piano sonatas with Marianna, and a few students consider he took inspiration from Marianna’s Mass in D main when he composed considered one of his personal early lots.
Haydn within the UK
After a interval of success on the Esterhazy courtroom and in continental Europe, Haydn discovered himself within the place of receiving a wage with out being required to write down any music after the demise of his important patron. Violinist Johann Peter Salomen arrived with a big fee for six symphonies and 20 smaller compositions, all of which have been to premiere in London. For 2 years, from 1790 to 1792, Haydn lived and labored in London.
Haydn was interested in science, and went to go to the observatory in Slough, (simply outdoors London), run by Anglo-German astronomer — and composer — William Herschell. Herschell is credited with creating the telescope, and discovering the planet Uranus.
Haydn would later say that his Creation was influenced by what he noticed and skilled on the observatory. Herschell was an achieved organist alongside together with his different skills.
Samuel Wesley, an English composer and organist, was typically dubbed “the English Mozart”. Widespread in his day, he pioneered the organ recital within the UK; right this moment a lot of his work has fallen into obscurity, and is troublesome to search out in print.
Together with the music, the theme of the live performance is considered one of friendship and connections.
The Live performance
The live performance takes place Could 11 within the acoustically wonderful St. James Cathedral in downtown Toronto.
The Program
- The Nelson Mass by Franz Joseph Haydn
- Dixit Dominus by Marianna Martines
- Laudate Dominum by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Organ Sonata by William Herschel
- Sinfonia Concertante by Samuel Wesley
- Te Deum by Franz Joseph Haydn
Soloists
- Soprano: Ineza Mugisha
- Mezzo-Soprano: Christina Stelmacovich
- Tenor: Charles Davidson
- Baritone: Jorell Williams
Thomas Bell will conduct, with organist Jeffery Nathan.
Extra particulars on the live performance, and tickets, [HERE].
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Anya Wassenberg is a Toronto Metropolis Editor at Ludwig Van. She is an skilled freelance author, blogger and writing teacher.