The Australian Haydn Ensemble under its Artistic Director Skye McIntosh launches their year with a vibrant program of hot-blooded Spanish-influenced string quintets by Boccherini, Cambini and Mozart. Boccherini’s Night Music of the Streets of Madrid is his charismatic reflection on the vibrant city. Church bells, the soldier’s drum, popular street dances and the curfew call…
The Australian Haydn Ensemble with Guest Director and harpsichordist Erin Helyard and flautist Melissa Farrow perform a program of dramatic music inspired by the Sturm & Drang movement. Directing from the harpsichord, Dr Erin Helyard and the ensemble explore the dramatic side of C.P.E. Bach and Josef Haydn. The program contains four works reflecting the 18th…
Australian Haydn Ensemble led by Artistic Director Skye McIntosh and soloist Neal Peres Da Costa playing the Fortepiano perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 4 in the ensemble’s ongoing cycle of exploring chamber versions of Beethoven’s piano concertos. Reflecting 18th century practice, this year the AHE is using as a basis, Beethoven’s own sketches for a new version of…