Chamber Orchestra of Europe plays Haydn, Hummel, Janáček, and Mendelssohn — With Dénes Várjon and Veronika Eberle

This singular and smartly chosen, somewhat eclectic program centers around two instruments that are no stranger to the limelight: the piano and the violin. Opening the festivities is an orchestral masterwork by the palace's most famous longtime resident, whose name still adorns the concert hall: Haydn's Symphony No. 34, written shortly before the pre-Romantic Sturm und Drang period with a slow, quasi-Romantic opening movement. Dénes Várjon and Veronika Eberle next take the stage for the enchanting and rarely heard Concerto for Violin and Piano by Hummel, Mozart's most famous pupil and a rival of Beethoven in their day. We then take a delightfully unexpected detour to the twentieth century for Janáček's Concertino for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon, a healthy mix of intellectual modernity and easygoing naturalism. This incredible group of artists conclude their program with an undersung gem of early Romanticism: Mendelssohn's Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Strings in D Minor, suffused with stately nobility, fiery passion, and brilliant virtuosity.

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