In Vienna in the 1780s, a supergroup of four composer friends gathered to play their own string quartets. Haydn and Mozart played first violin and viola, but what of the other two – Dittersdorf on second violin and Vanhal on cello? This concert gives the answer. 

Dittersdorf’s stylish symphony travels through time in its four movements, depicting the mythical Golden, Silver, Bronze and Iron ages. Vanhal’s lively bassoon concerto puts the instrument through its paces. Mozart’s Serenata notturna is a stylish party piece in which a quartet of strings lead the revellers, including a rogue timpanist determined to get in on the act! Haydn’s Clock symphony is one of his very best, showing all his considerable musical powers in four movements of wonderful invention, including the famous ‘ticking’ slow movement.

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is Anvil Arts‘ Orchestra in Association