Composer

The music at this concert is "real" Viennese classics". Vienna was Europe's musical stronghold and melting pot in the latter part of the 18th century. Here, a new musical style emerged that, compared to the Italian Baroque and Rococo of the past, was less elaborate and more simple and expressive. All the music we know and practice today as "classical music" has its roots there.

Mozart With A Dispute

Southern Danish Conservatory of Music

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Taylor Abbitt, Double Bass

The Juilliard School

Dame Jane Glover takes the podium for a joyful evening of music written centuries ago by four friends in Vienna—and performed today by good friends in Chicago. Music of the Baroque’s principal players become the soloists in two intimate sinfonie concertanti by Haydn and Dittersdorf. A symphony by Vanhal and Mozart’s Symphony No. 34 in C Major complete the circles.

Circle of Friends

Harris Theater

‘The greatest composer known to me, either in person, or by reputation.’ Joseph Haydn never stopped admiring his younger friend Mozart: but the pair shared many musical friendships, and one day in Vienna in 1784 they came together with two of the finest composers of the age for one of the most extraordinary musical gatherings of all time.

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

Composer

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 30, 2024

Viennese Virtuosity: symphonies by Mozart, Haydn & friends · Academy of Ancient Music

Past events

Nov 1, 2024

Mozart With A Dispute · Esbjerg Ensemble

Feb 1, 2024

Taylor Abbitt, Double Bass · The Juilliard School

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