Event listing: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment | Anvil, Basingstoke | Thu 6 Feb 2020 at 19:45

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Anvil, Basingstoke Basingstoke, South-East, RG21 7QR, United Kingdom

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Programme

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)	Symphony no. 39 in E flat major, K543
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)	Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K550
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)	Symphony no. 41 in C major, "Jupiter”, K551

Performers

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Iván Fischer	Conductor

Mozart’s last three symphonies were written in a few weeks in summer 1788, unusually without performances already arranged. They make a satisfying triptych, with the relatively serene no. 39 contrasting with the more agitated and unsettled no. 40. The final symphony sums up Mozart’s achievement in the form, with a spacious opening movement, an expressive and chromatic slow movement, and one of his most famous minuets. The finale combines fugue and sonata form in a five-part tour de force.

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is Anvil Arts Orchestra in Association

Pre-concert talk, 6.30pm | The Forge
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Mozart’s final flourish from the OAE at The Anvil

David Truslove, 6th February

Handsome, if not razor-sharp, performances of familiar repertoire, given with affection, ear-catching colour and boundless vitality.

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