Friday, January 12,  8.00PM
Sunday, January 14,  3.00PM
Symphony Hall

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The legendary Sir Roger Norrington makes his eagerly anticipated debut conducting two of Haydn's grandest symphonies and a delightful piano concerto by Mozart featuring the incomparable Robert Levin and Ya-Fei Chuang. Don't miss the historic Boston musical event!

Sir Roger Norrington, conductor
Robert Levin and Ya-Fei Chuang, fortepianos

Haydn: Symphony No. 49 in F Minor, "La passione"
Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E-Flat Major, "Drum Roll"
Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos in E-Flat Major

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM:
The 1768 Symphony No. 49 in F Minor, known as "La passione," begins with the slow movement; the usual fast first movement appears second. In the seven years from 1766 to 1773, a period known by the term Strum und Drang (Storm and Stress), Haydn wrote seven symphonies in minor keys, considered unusual and rare. In 1795 Haydn wrote the "Drumroll" symphony as the middle member of a trio of symphonies (Nos. 102 through 104) for London that were to be his last works in the genre. The work begins, famously, with a lengthy timpani roll that "excited the deepest attention" at the premiere.

For further information:
http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/haydnj.html
A good Haydn biography.

http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/mozart.html
Grove Concise Dictionary biography of Mozart.

http://www.Mozartproject.org/index.html