Joseph Haydn famously never ran out of ideas to present new challenges to his orchestral musicians. To amplify the dramatic to stormy character of Symphony No. 39, he used not the usual two horns, but four instead! The audience must have been quite astonished. In the meantime, such a horn quartet has found its place in the large symphony orchestras. Now, however, Swiss composer David Philip Hefti reminds us of Haydn's historical coup in his commission for the Haydn Festival, as he also relies on the extraordinary instrumentation with four horns. And with the "small" g-minor symphony of Haydn admirer Mozart, which also has this special instrumentation, a orchestral work sounds that, in view of its contrasts of colors and moods, impressed and almost shocked contemporaries.

With:

Capella Augustina

Andreas Spering

The program:

Joseph Haydn (1732–1809): Symphony g-minor Hob. I:39

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): Symphony No. 25 g-minor KV 183

David Philip Hefti (*1975): World Premiere – Composed for the Haydn Festival

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