-
Read morebuy tickets: Jul 18buy tickets: Jul 18Concert Program I: Concertos and Cantatas
The festival season’s exploration of the music of Joseph Haydn begins on a celebratory note, connecting the father of the Classical style with the Baroque era’s greatest master. Concert Program I culminates in Johann ...
-
Read morebuy tickets: Jul 19Concert Program II: From Haydn
As with the symphony and string quartet, Haydn elevated the piano trio genre to one of Western music’s vital expressive mediums. His catalog of more than forty trios captures the essence of the Classical ...
-
Read morebuy tickets: Jul 23Concert Program III: Cellos and Fugues
As the viola da gamba gave way to the cello, composers explored the modern instrument’s powerful sonority in myriad ways, from Jean-Baptiste Barrière’s unique Sonata for Two Cellos to Haydn’s deployment of the instrument ...
-
Read morebuy tickets: Jul 24buy tickets: Jul 25Concert Program IV: The Thrill of the Hunt
The thrill of the hunt has prompted composers throughout Western music history to create some of their most rousing works. Breathless, galloping tempi and proud melodies evocative of horn calls appear in works ranging ...
-
Read morebuy tickets: Jul 30Concert Program V: Wind Variations
Largely by Haydn’s hand, the Classical era saw a newly innovative approach to instrumental writing. In the chamber music of the eighteenth century, wind instruments and their distinct timbres took on new expressive significance. ...
-
Read morebuy tickets: Aug 1Concert Program VI: Admiration
“Before God and as an honest man,” Haydn remarked in 1785 to Leopold Mozart, “I tell you that your son is the greatest composer known to me either in person or by name; he ...
-
Read morebuy tickets: Aug 5Concert Program VII: A Little Fun
“Papa” Haydn’s legendary sense of humor can be heard throughout his oeuvre, from the playful Surprise Symphony to the mischievous conclusion of the Joke Quartet. The crafty use of comedy as a means of ...
-
Read morebuy tickets: Aug 6buy tickets: Aug 8Concert Program VIII: Folk Spirit
Music@Menlo’s 2020 season concludes with an irresistible program of works influenced by folk traditions. Haydn’s fascination with gypsy music, audible in the Rondo all’Ongarese of his Piano Trio in G Major, was shared a ...