Melvyn Tan & Haydn’s Paris AHE are incredibly excited to present international pianist, Melvyn Tan in a program inspired by the beauty and romance of classical Paris. Melvyn Tan, a pioneer of performance on historical instruments and renowned for his ‘delicacy and peerless, silvery virtuosity’, performs the concerto Mozart wrote for the Parisian pianist, Maria Theresa von Paradis, No. 18 in B flat major. Exploration, insight and imagination are vital ingredients in Melvyn Tan’s blend of artistic attributes. The Ensemble will also present the Australian premiere of a symphony by the legendary African Parisian violinist, director, swordsman, soldier
and composer Chevalier de Saint-Georges - known as ‘The Black Mozart’. Director of the Paris Opera, he was also responsible for the commission of Haydn’s highly acclaimed Paris Symphonies. AHE will perform in its full orchestral configuration, presenting one of these great symphonies - No. 85 ‘The Queen’ dedicated to Marie Antoinette.
CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES
Symphony Op. 11, No. 2 in D major MOZART
Concerto for Keyboard No. 18 K. 456 in B-flat major HAYDN
Symphony No. 85 in B-flat major ‘La Reine' (The Queen)
Melvyn Tan GUEST KEYBOARD SOLOIST
Skye McIntosh DIRECTOR
Canberra Thursday 29 June, 7:00pm
The Albert Hall
Sydney
City Recital Hall
Saturday 1 July, 7:00pm
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