Haydn, Mozart, and Wranitzky

A program of string music featuring winds – and a Symphony as a bonus! Haydn wrote his last 12 symphonies for London, and “The Clock” is one of those. The impresario who commissioned him made chamber versions with Haydn’s permission. The program opens with Mozart’s Oboe Quartet – a tour de force and virtual concerto for the oboe. In between, we feature a discovery – a composer from Moravia who came to Vienna. Born the same year as Mozart, he was hugely successful both as composer and conductor (he conducted the premiere of Beethoven’s First Symphony). His Sextet for Flute, Oboe and Strings is one of seven such works and shows the depths of what late 18th century Vienna got to enjoy.