Schubert, Unfinished Symphony

By silencing each instrument, one after the other, in the final movement of his Symphony No. 45 , Joseph Haydn redoubles his irony, sending an irritated message to his employer, Prince Estherazy. Mozart, master of ambiguity, moves from prayer to incandescent vocalises in his Exsultate Jubilate , while Schubert's Unfinished and Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet give the evening a more somber tone. A farewell evening, marking the end of Michel Franck'...