Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Season Opening: Haydn’s Surprise (Site)
Tuesday October 15, 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Free
CMS’s season opening offers an exploration of Joseph Haydn with a program demonstrating his versatility in a variety of genres. Renowned mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe lends her mesmerizing voice to Haydn’s cantata Arianna a Naxos. After Haydn’s bombastic ”Surprise” Symphony, join the artists and your fellow audience members for a celebratory toast.
Program
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Quartet in B-flat major for Strings, Hob. III:78, Op. 76, No. 4, “Sunrise”
(1797)
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Arianna a Naxos, Cantata for Voice, String Quintet, and Harpsichord, Hob. XXVIb:2
(arr. Jaffe) (1790)
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Concerto in C major for Violin, Strings, and Harpsichord, Hob. VIIa:1
(1761–65)
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Symphony in G major for Piano, Flute, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Hob. I:94, “Surprise”
(1791)
Performers
Stephanie Blythe
Mezzo-Soprano
Michael Stephen Brown
Piano/Harpsichord
Aaron Boyd
Violin
Daniel Phillips
Violin
Pinchas Zukerman
Violin
Paul Neubauer
Viola
David Finckel
Cello
Nina Bernat
Double Bass
Viano Quartet
Ensemble
Tara Helen O’Connor
Flute