Artists
- The English Concert
- Harry Bicketdirector, fortepiano
Archived Event
The Art of Arrangement
The English Concert; Harry Bicket director, fortepiano
- Date
- Sun 28 Oct 2018, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1756-1791
- Fantasia in F minor for mechanical organ K608(arranged by Harry Bicket)
- Joseph Haydn1732-1809
- London HI 104(arranged by Johann Peter Salomon)
Interval
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1756-1791
- Adagio and Allegro in F minor and F K594(arranged by Harry Bicket)
- Joseph Haydn1732-1809
- String Quartet in D major Op. 71 No. 2 70:
- Divertimento II, after String Quartet in D Op. 71 No. 2 (arr. Wranitzky) (arranged by Paul Wranitzky)
Encore
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1756-1791
- Così fan tutte K588:
- Soave sia il vento
Overview
Composers have long beeninspired by the music of others,reworking their ideas into newforms. Bach transcribed Vivaldi’sconcerti for alternative instruments,Mozart reorchestrated Messiah,and Mendelssohn set to work onthe St Matthew Passion. Here,The English Concert explorearrangements of Haydn and Mozartthrough the eyes of later generations.