Michael Haydn Orchestra: Revealing The Forgotten Beauty

Programme (2hrs with intermission)

Maria Malibran: Three songs for soprano: (8 min.)

- Le Moribond (‘Death’)

- La Retoure de la Tyrolienne.

- ‘Away o’er the blue waves of the Ocean’

Soprano: Alexandra Lowe Harp: Philippa Smith

Michael Haydn: ‘Concertino per il Corno’ in D Major MH 134 (16 min.)

(solo horn, strings, 2 horns, 2 oboes, 1 bassoon, cembalo)

French Horn Soloist: Ben Goldscheider Conductor: Marco Bellasi

J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 1 in F Major BWV 1046 (18 min.)

(violin piccolo, strings, 2 horns, 3 oboes, 1 bassoon, cembalo)

Conductor: Marco Bellasi

Interval

Gioacchino Rossini with ornaments by Maria Malibran, Aria from the opera Otello: ‘Assisa a Pié d’un Salice’ (Willow Song)

(8 min.)

(soprano, harp, strings, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets)

Soprano: Alexandra Lowe Harp: Philippa Smith Conductor: Marco Bellasi

F. Mendelssohn: “Infelice” – Concert Aria for Soprano, Violin Concertante and Orchestra,

unpublished first version from 1834 dedicated to Maria Malibran and Charles De Bériot

(12 min.)

(soprano, violin concertante, strings, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani)

Soprano: Alexandra Lowe Violino Concertante: Sophie Rosa Conductor: Marco Bellasi

F. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, op. 64

(30 min.)

(violin solo, strings, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani)

Soloist: Sophie Rosa Conductor: Marco Bellasi