Lamb & Hayward Curator's Series: Airs and Dances
Be enchanted with the wonderous melodic music from the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra strings pull the audience back into 17th-century Italy and France with Respighi’s Ancient Airs and Dances. Despite being from 1931, Respighi transcribed old melodies and dance styles that make this work equally fitting for an ornate French Court ballroom.
Hungarian composer Ernst von Dohnányi emigrated to the United States after World War II, and his gentle and very French-inspired Harp Concertino premiered in Tallahassee shortly after he settled in his new home.
Mozart’s father wrote to him in 1782 requesting a symphony for their friend Sigmund Haffner, a wealthy Salzburg merchant about to receive a noble title who needed music for the occasion. Mozart replied “Well, I am up to my eyes in work […] I must just spend the night over it, for that is the only way,” but the high-spirited symphony that eventuated was a resounding success.
The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra strings pull the audience back into 17th-century Italy and France with Respighi’s Ancient Airs and Dances. Despite being from 1931, Respighi transcribed old melodies and dance styles that make this work equally fitting for an ornate French Court ballroom.
Hungarian composer Ernst von Dohnányi emigrated to the United States after World War II, and his gentle and very French-inspired Harp Concertino premiered in Tallahassee shortly after he settled in his new home.
Mozart’s father wrote to him in 1782 requesting a symphony for their friend Sigmund Haffner, a wealthy Salzburg merchant about to receive a noble title who needed music for the occasion. Mozart replied “Well, I am up to my eyes in work […] I must just spend the night over it, for that is the only way,” but the high-spirited symphony that eventuated was a resounding success.
The Piano, 156 Armagh Street, Christchurch Central
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