Mozart’s London

Intro

An overview of the musical scene in London during the 1760s, interspersed with colourful readings from contemporaneous descriptions of the city. The programme includes Mozart’s first symphony, composed in Chelsea when he was eight, a harpsichord concerto by J.C.Bach whose finale is a set of variations on “God Save The King”, and arias from Thomas Arne’s Judith and Artaxerxes.

Programme

Symphony No.1 in E flat major, K.16

Four Airs from Judith: “Sleep, gentle Cherub! Sleep descend”

Harpsichord Concerto in D major, Op.1, No.6

“Indeed my dear, in vain you strive”

“Patty of the Mill”

“Nymphs and Shepherds”

Symphony No. 4 in D major, K.19

“Amid a thousand racking woes”
“Behold on Lethe’s dismal strand”
“O too lovely, too unkind”
“Fly, soft ideas, fly”