2016 CONCERT SEASON

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Artistic Director & ViolinSkye McIntosh

AHE BOARDDr Timothy Pascoe AMSkye McIntosh - Artistic Director Marco Belgiorno - Zegna AMTom Gregory

‘In 2015 we performed Beethoven’s 3rd Piano concerto with Neal Peres Da Costa. During one of the concerts, I experienced a moment of breathtaking surprise. Neal drew out of the fortepiano an amazing colour I had never heard before.I was astonished by this special, etherial sound, which resulted when Nealmeticulously followed Beethoven’s damper pedalling marks on the Viennese-stylefortepiano after Conrad Graf (c. 1820) - the type of instrument Beethoven had in mindfor this concerto. An audience member commented to me after the performancesaying: ” I had a sensation that Beethoven was in the room with us.” It is these small moments of musical bliss that inspire us, make us go on, uplifting uswith the discovery of some new contour or dimension in the music we love.’

“I know well that music is made to speak to the heart of man, and this is what I try todo if I can; music without feelings and passions is meaningless.” Luigi Boccherini, 1799.

AHE begins 2016 aiming straight for the heart with Boccherini’s exquisite Stabat Mater. Special Guest Sara Macliver will make this performance unforgettable. We will also performwith her some of Mozart’s most loved soprano arias.

Our second program features chamber music for �ute and strings performed in music salonsof Vienna in the late 18th century. Vienna, the centre of classical music at the time, nurtured many great composers, including Mozart. His great quartet, ‘The Ho�meister’, is a giant amongst classic chamber music works. Ho�meister, Mozart‘s friend was himself acomposer. We feature his lush C minor �ute quartet as well as works by Albrechtsberger(Beethoven’s teacher) and Vanhal.

Mid year we have our most exciting project to date. A full orchestral program of Mozartand Haydn with cellist, Daniel Yeadon, performing Haydn’s C major cello concerto. This concert will mark our �rst performance at City Recital Hall, Angel Place and also thelaunch of our debut ABC Classics recording.

Featuring twice in the role of Musical Director as well as keyboard soloist, our wonderfulcolleague and conductor, Dr Erin Helyard, will perform Mozart’s keyboard concerto no14 in E �at major, returning in December to perform CPE Bach’s G minor keyboard concerto.

Our Beethoven concerto project will continue with historical expert, Dr Neal Peres Da Costa,playing the 4th piano concerto. Beethoven himself made sketches for a chamber versionof this piece. We will present a reworking of that version. We will also perform a chamberversion of Beethoven’s second symphony arranged in 1805.

The highlight of the year for me, and I hope you will love it, is our �nale in December: ‘Haydn’s Passion’. The program is inspired by the Sturm and Drang (Storm & Stress)movement and features both CPE Bach and Haydn. This music is designed to shock, and isusually in a minor key. Australian historical �autist, Melissa Farrow, will feature in one ofCPE’s greatest works, the D minor �ute concerto. Haydn’s symphony ‘La Passione’, his onlyorchestral work in the key of F minor, closes out the year in dramatic fashion.

We cannot wait to present these programs to you and we hope to see you at the concerts!

2016 AUSTRALIAN HAYDNENSEMBLE

2016PROGRAM 1 - March 10th - 14th

BEAUTIFUL BOCCHERINI

PROGRAM 2 - MAY 26th - 31st

VIENNA SALON

PROGRAM 3 - JULY 14th - 16th

MOZART & HAYDN

PROGRAM 4 - OCTOBER 13th - 17th

BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO 4

PROGRAM 5 - DECEMBER 15th - 19th

HAYDN’S PASSION

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Double Bass - Jacqueline Dossor

“Careful attention to blending the sounds ofthe instruments resulted in a well coordinatedperformance that echoed the details of theirmasterful techniques in playing and listening.”CULTURE CONCEPT CIRCLE, 2015

Left to right:Jacqueline Dossor - Double BassMatthew Greco- ViolinJames Eccles - ViolaSkye McIntosh - Violin & Artistic DirectorAnton Baba - CelloMelissa Farrow -Flute

Our ENSEMBLE“A concert experience with the Australian Haydn Ensemble isone where the carefully and creatively structured programmeboth delights and educates.”SYDNEY ARTS GUIDE 2014

The Australian Haydn Ensemble o�ers an intimate concert experience where audiences engage with the musicians and the music, enjoying the nuance of period instruments from a close perspective.

Under the artistic direction of principal violinist, Skye McIntosh, the AHE has developed its own �ourishing series at the Sydney Opera House Utzon Room with virtually all concerts sold out over the past 2 years.

Performing on classical period instruments, the group has quickly built areputation for interesting and unusual programming. Its rapid success has established it as a key organisation in the Australian musical community.

The Ensemble is versatile and performs in a number of guises from quartet up to full-sized chamber orchestra. Players enjoy presenting programs that bring to life elements of historical performance that are seldom explored to their full extent, performing works of composers both loved and lesser known.

"Sara Macliver sang ... with �uid purity of line, creating a golden aurora around the sound at key notes to telling expressive e�ect." SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 2012

SYDNEYThe Cell Block TheatreSun March 13th, 2.30pmMon March 14th, 7pm

Beautiful

CANBERRAThe Hall - University House, ANUThurs March 10th, 7pm

PROGRAMMOZART The Magic Flute - Overture (chamber arr.)MOZART Ach ich fuhl’s from The Magic FluteMOZART Batti batti & Vedrai carino fromDon Giovanni (chamber arr.)BOCCHERINI Quintet in g minor op 19BOCCHERINI Stabat Mater G 532for soprano and string quintet

ARTISTSSARA MACLIVERSoprano soloistTHE AUSTRALIAN HAYDN ENSEMBLE

BERRYBerry Uniting Church HallFri March 11th, 7pm

AHE launches 2016 with a Boccherini and Mozart program built around Boccherini’s exquisite Stabat Mater featuring our special guest soprano, Sara Macliver.

Aria award-winning Sara Macliver is one of Australia’s favourite and acclaimed sopranos. She is a leading expert in baroque performance and her pure and elegant style will entrance you in these wonderful works of Mozart & Boccherini.

Enchanted by the Gredos Mountains of Spain, far from the traditional musical centres of Europe, Bocherinni’s music is characterised by astounding optimism, colour and warmth �avoured with Spanish folk music.

Mozart’s operas are amongst his most loved works. Sara will sing selections from The Magic Flute and Don Giovanniaccompanied by a chamber ensemble of �ute and strings. A wonderful treat to start the year!

BOCCHERINISPECIAL GUEST SARA MACLIVER SHINES INMOZART ARIAS AND BOCCHERINI’S STABAT MATER

PROGRAMHOFFMEISTER Flute quartet in C minorALBRECHTSBERGER String quartet in D minor op 16 no 2MOZART String quartet in D K499‘Ho�meister’VANHAL Flute quintet in B �at major

CANBERRA The Hall - University House, ANUThurs May 26th, 7pm

BERRY Berry Uniting Church HallFri May 27th, 7pm

SOUTHERN HIGHLANDSBuradoo - The Rose RoomSat May 28th, 3pm

SYDNEYSydney Opera House - Utzon RoomTue 31st May, 7pm

Vienna’s cultural magnetism was unrivalled in the late 18th century. This program explores works presented in the �nest Viennese salons, such as that belonging to the famous patron of Beethoven, Gottfried van Swieten.

Mozart’s friend, Ho�meister, became one of Vienna’s most popular and enterprisingmusicians. Interestingly, as one of the most in�uential music publishers of the time, he printed works by all of our featuredcomposers. His �ute quartet in C minor will make for a stormy start to the evening. Mozart’s quartet K449, dedicated to Ho�meister, earned Mozart praise at the time for its ‘�re of the imagination’, and is still considered to be one of his �nest. Albrechtsberger, a teacher of Beethoven, was in�uential in Vienna. This underrated composer’s string quartet is an overlooked gem, with a fugue rivalling even those of Haydn’s Op. 20 quartets.

Arguably one of the most extraordinary Viennese soirées ever, it included Haydn, Mozart, von Dittersdorf and our last featured composer, Vanhal, a proli�c Bohemian composer. We end this program with his resplendent �ute quintet in B �at major.

ViennaCHAMBER MUSIC FROM CLASSICALVIENNA FOR FLUTE & STRINGS

SALON

ARTISTSTHE AUSTRALIAN HAYDN ENSEMBLE

“As the crowd gathered beneath the illuminated concrete ribs of the Utzon Room...The tactilityand intimacy of the chamber setting o�ers a unique shared experience between musicianand audience, and the Australian Haydn Ensemble’ssecond performance of the year was testament to this.” LIMELIGHT 2014 Melissa Farrow - Flute

AHE launches 2016 with a Boccherini and Mozart program built around Boccherini’s exquisite Stabat Mater featuring our special guest soprano, Sara Macliver.

Aria award-winning Sara Macliver is one of Australia’s favourite and acclaimed sopranos. She is a leading expert in baroque performance and her pure and elegant style will entrance you in these wonderful works of Mozart & Boccherini.

Enchanted by the Gredos Mountains of Spain, far from the traditional musical centres of Europe, Bocherinni’s music is characterised by astounding optimism, colour and warmth �avoured with Spanish folk music.

Mozart’s operas are amongst his most loved works. Sara will sing selections from The Magic Flute and Don Giovanniaccompanied by a chamber ensemble of �ute and strings. A wonderful treat to start the year!

Cello - Daniel Yeadon

PROGRAMHAYDN Symphony no. 30 “Alleluia’HAYDN Cello concerto in C majorMOZART Piano concerto no. 14 K449HAYDN Symphony no. 24

CANBERRA The Hall - University House, ANUThurs July 14th, 7pm

SYDNEY City Recital Hall Angel PlaceSat July 16th, 7pm

ARTISTSDR ERIN HELYARD Director & fortepiano soloistDANIEL YEADON Cello soloistTHE AUSTRALIAN HAYDN ENSEMBLE

Vienna’s cultural magnetism was unrivalled in the late 18th century. This program explores works presented in the �nest Viennese salons, such as that belonging to the famous patron of Beethoven, Gottfried van Swieten.

Mozart’s friend, Ho�meister, became one of Vienna’s most popular and enterprisingmusicians. Interestingly, as one of the most in�uential music publishers of the time, he printed works by all of our featuredcomposers. His �ute quartet in C minor will make for a stormy start to the evening. Mozart’s quartet K449, dedicated to Ho�meister, earned Mozart praise at the time for its ‘�re of the imagination’, and is still considered to be one of his �nest. Albrechtsberger, a teacher of Beethoven, was in�uential in Vienna. This underrated composer’s string quartet is an overlooked gem, with a fugue rivalling even those of Haydn’s Op. 20 quartets.

Arguably one of the most extraordinary Viennese soirées ever, it included Haydn, Mozart, von Dittersdorf and our last featured composer, Vanhal, a proli�c Bohemian composer. We end this program with his resplendent �ute quintet in B �at major.

One of Australia’s �nest keyboard players, historical expert, respected musical director and co-director of Pinchgut Opera, Dr Erin Helyard, leads this jubilant concert of classical masterworks and is soloist in Mozart’s piano concerto no.14.

Historical expert and cellist, Daniel Yeadon, joins AHE again as soloist following his brilliant performance of CPE Bach’s A minor concerto last year. Haydn’s cello concerto in C Major, despite being one of his most performed works for the cello, is rarely heard on period instruments. This will be a treat for audiences to hear this beloved work as originally played.

Helyard’s “energetic and inspiringleadership” combined with the “precise and elegant playing” of the AHE in two early Haydn symphonies should make for exciting listening.

This concert also marks two wonderful milestones for us: our �rst City Recital Hall performance; and the launch of our debut ABC Classics recording.

HAYDN & MozartDIRECTED BY DR ERIN HELYARDFROM THE KEYBOARDDANIEL YEADON PERFORMS HAYDN’SWONDERFUL C MAJOR CELLO CONCERTO

PROGRAMBEETHOVEN Piano concerto no. 4chamber arr. by Lim (2016)BEETHOVEN Symphony no. 2 chamber arr.by Masi (1800)

CANBERRA The Hall - University House, ANUThurs Oct 13th, 7pm

SYDNEY Sydney Opera House - Utzon RoomSat Oct 15th, 2.30pm Mon Oct 17th, 7pm

Beethoven’s fourth piano concerto, full of beauty and majesty, is the perfect way to experience the sensitive and historically informed keyboard playing of Dr Neal Peres Da Costa, whose monograph, O� the Record: Performing Practices in Romantic Piano Playing (Oxford University Press, New York: 2012) has been hailed as “engaging and thought provoking” …and “a book that no serious pianist should be without.”(Limelight Magazine) It was also honoured by Alex Ross (music critic of The New Yorker and author of The Rest is Noise) as a notable book on his 2012 Apex List.

We present Beethoven’s 4th piano concerto as part of an ongoing AHE cycle exploring Beethoven’s piano concertos in chamber format, a well-loved practice in the Classical and early Romantic periods. This year we are using Beethoven’s own sketches as the basis for a new chamber version of the work.

Neal Peres Da Costa will perform on a fortepiano after Conrad Graf (c.1820),generously made available by the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

We also present an Australian premiere of an 18th century chamber version ofBeethoven’s second Symphony, recently discovered in the British Library.

4thPIANO CONCERTO

DR NEAL PERES DA COSTA PERFORMS A CHAMBERVERSION OF THE 4TH PIANO CONCERTO

ARTISTSDR NEAL PERES DA COSTAFortepiano soloistTHE AUSTRALIAN HAYDN ENSEMBLE

Beethoven

“Performing from a Bärenreiter urtext, Peres Da Costa and the ensemble delivered an extremely elegant and stimulating performance of this virtuosic piece…The AHE performs with integrity and elegance. Their delivery is straightforward and sincere, devoid of arti�ce. They presented an evening of delightful and excellent entertainment.” SOUNDS LIKE SYDNEY 2014

FortepianoDr Neal Peres Da Costa

Dr Erin Helyard - Keyboard & DirectorMelissa Farrow - Flute Soloist

“Melissa Farrow..clarity and shapely phrasing while a succession of sustained top-register notes displayed her excellent breath control”THE AUSTRALIAN

PROGRAMCPE BACH Sinfonia wq 178 in E minorCPE BACH Flute concerto in D minor wq 22 CPE BACH Harpsichord concerto inG minor wq 6HAYDN Symphony no. 49 ‘The Passion’in F minor

CANBERRAThe Hall - University House, ANUThurs Dec 15th, 7pm

SYDNEY Sydney Opera House - Utzon RoomSun Dec 18th, 2.30pmMon Dec 19th, 7pm

ARTISTSDR ERIN HELYARD Director & harpsichord soloistMELISSA FARROW Flute soloistTHE AUSTRALIAN HAYDN ENSEMBLE

Directed by Dr Erin Helyard from the keyboard to �nish the year, we go over to the dramatic side of CPE Bach and Haydn.

The program contains four worksre�ecting the 18th century ‘storm and stress’ movement. Often discussed in the context of literature, such musical works are often in minor keys and exhibit dramatic characteristics.

CPE’s D minor �ute concerto, one of his most virtuosic and colourful, willshowcase the exquisite and pure sounds of Australia’s leading period instrument �autist, Melissa Farrow.

The G minor harpsichord concerto will be performed by our esteemed colleague, Dr Erin Helyard, preceeded by a stormy E minor symphony for strings and winds.

As the �nale of our 2016 season we present Haydn’s La Passione symphony. His only orchestral work in the key of F minor, this work illuminates the darker side of this otherwise sunny composer.

HAYDN’s

A STRIKING PROGRAM INSPIRED BY THE‘STORM & STRESS’ MOVEMENT OF THE 18th CENTURY

Passion

ViolaJames Eccles

Viola - James Eccles

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