Symphony #35 "Haffner" in D K.385

Rich Capparela says we all remember how your ennoblement went in great details.  Well, this piece was commissioned by Sigmund Haffner the Older for his son's ennoblement.

"Symphony #35 "Haffner" in D K.385" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performance by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek

Rich gave us not one, not two, but because he loves us, three performances from the same recording!  :)

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Mozart: Symphonies Nos.35 & 36

Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto

We went to the third concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2018-2019 classical concert series!  :)

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

The Saturday night performance will broadcast on Classical KUSC on February 17, 2019.

Guest conductor Rune Bergmann conducted with violinist Philippe Quint.

MOZART:  Overture to Don Giovanni

TCHAIKOVSKY:  Violin Concerto in D Major

NIELSEN:  Symphony No. 4, “The Inextinguishable”

KUSC's Alan Chapman interviewed both guests in the pre-concert lecture.  Rune gave some interesting characteristics of the Scandinavian countries.

• Finland is the dark one.
• Norway is the joyful one, with all the fjords and mountains.
• Sweden is also joyful, but thinks too much.
• Denmark is the happiest one, and drinks beer all the time.

Rune didn't use a conductor's podium.  I think if he did, he'd fall off!  :)

As a Norwegian conductor, he's very energetic on obviously joyful.  This is the second time I've seen Rune here, and he is on top of my favorite conductors to watch.