An Evening with Dr Haydn
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| Venue | University of Adelaide, Elder Hall, The University of Adelaide, SA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Umbrella Event | Adelaide Festival of Arts 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Date | 16 March 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates Estimated | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Professional | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Premiere | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | An Evening with Dr Haydn
Devised and presented by Christopher Hogwood, with soprano Cathy Weber, and broadcast live on ABC FM. On the eve of his departure from England for the second and last time in August 1795, Haydn drew up a list in his Notebook of all the music he had written in or for England during the previous four years. The astounding total of 768 sheets covers every variety of form and scoring, from a complete opera (Orfeo, opera seria, 110 sheets), through the twelve symphonies and six string quartets for Salomon, piano trios and sonatas, to items which are now lost. Amidst such evidence of fecundity is the listing of 150 Scottish songs arranged for the publisher Napier. From this remarkable output of a composer already in his sixties, there is hardly a single piece which does not bear evidence to the sociability of Haydn as a man, and to his wide circle of friends and acquaintances. Haydn bridged the gap between the professional and the amateur with unique ease and amiability; he was equally at home directing an orchestra of London's finest players or improving on Lord Abingdon's accompaniments to his domestic song-settings and providing him with flute music for his musical evenings. |
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| Primary Genre | Music | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Production Nationality | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event Status | Completed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Event Identifier | 118539 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dataset | AusStage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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