Event overview
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The Amadè Players, directed by Nick Newland perform works on original instruments.
Mozart: Horn Concerto (Alex Edmundson, soloist)
Haydn: Violin Concerto in C (Naomi Burrell, soloist)
Haydn: Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo Hob.22/4
Naomi Burrell, violin
Alex Edmundson, horn
Rebecca Ramsey, soprano
Petra Hajduchová, harpsichord obligato
Nick Newland, director
The Amadè Players, a London-based group of musicians with a passion for historically informed performance of the music of eighteenth-century Vienna. This new name and new site replaces Situation Opera's 10.10 Ensemble, reflecting our growth as a band, and our focus on a dual approach of performance and research. Whilst we will perform works by the famed heros of the classical era, Mozart and Haydn, we will also seek to introduce audiences to less renowned composers such as Wanhal, Dittersdorf, Michael Haydn, Leopold Mozart and Myslivece.
The first violin concerto is believed to have been written around 1765 for Alois Luigi Tomasini (also a conductor of great repute) who was concertmaster of Haydn's orchestra in Esterházy. Representing Haydn's view of the best elements of the earlier Baroque style, it is performed by our concertmaster, Naomi Burrell. A gem of his prolific sacred vocal output, the Missa brevis Sancti Joannis Deo features a beautiful keyboard solo in the Benedictus movement, leading directly into the Hosanna. This form of Missa brevis (literally 'short mass') reflects the trends of accessible religious music and we take just these two movements for our performance. Rebecca Ramsey (recently heard singing the role of Belinda in our sold-out performance of Dido & Aeneas) returns, supported by the voices of the Amadè Players.
Between the two works by Haydn, we hear Mozart's charming and well-known Concerto for Horn in Eb, known as his third by modern audiences. Young horn virtuoso Alex Edmundson performs the piece, marking his debut solo concert with The Amadè Players.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 24 Nov 2011 | 7:00pm - 9:00pm |
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