The Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra performed “Mozart’s Splendor” together with old and new friends and resounded along the banks of the Qiantang River
Recently, the Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra performed the first “Friends” series concert of this season – “Mozart’s Glory” at the Hangzhou Grand Theater Concert Hall. In its fifteenth concert season, Hang Ai launched three concert series: “Tribute”, “Master” and “Friends”. The “Friends” concert series brings together music friends from Hangzhou, including old acquaintances and new acquaintances, with the aim of inspiring artistic inspiration and enhancing artistic exchanges through collaborative performances of classical works.
Mozart’s music library is the perfect choice for the Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra’s regular performances. In recent years, the Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra has repeatedly expanded its artistic perception of works of genius through cooperation with different conductors. This time, Yang Yang, the orchestra’s artistic director and chief conductor, brought old knowledge and new knowledge to understand the extraordinary and brilliant note space.
The concert kicked off with the overture to Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”. The music begins with the violin and flute playing an up and down melody. The melody is low, and then extends to a sad and sad mood, like a sigh; then the music style changes from gloomy to bright, with lightness and vitality, showing a humorous comedy color. .
Later, Hang Ai’s new friend, young horn player Jin Zhicheng, took the stage and collaborated with the orchestra to perform the Horn Concerto (Op. 65) by Swiss romantic composer Ottmar Scheck. Jin Zhicheng used the French horn in his hand to cooperate with the band to perform a velvety melody, and conveyed the complex and rich harmonies, highly chromatic melodies and strong emotional colors of Sheik’s works to the audience with his vigorous youthful spirit.
The finale of the first half is that flutist Massimo Messery, an old friend of the orchestra, joins hands with harpist Françoise Viev to perform Mozart’s C major flute and harp with the Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra. Concerto (K.299). This is a fresh, smooth and very lyrical work, with the themes of the music played in a dialogue form by solo flute and harp. Massimo, who has rich playing experience, played a melodious melody with the bright flute in his hand, and the harp followed the flute in an impromptu and playful manner, as if the beautiful sound of the flute and the harp were the only ones left in the world.
In the second half, conductor Yang Yang and Hang Ai presented Mozart’s last symphony, Symphony No. 41 in C major (K551 “Jupiter”). This work is the finale of Mozart’s three major symphonies. Its scale is grand and magnificent, and it can be called one of the best instrumental works. The music presents a solemn and grand image at the beginning, passes through the less gorgeous but soft and friendly second movement, and the third movement full of palace-flavored minuet, and finally reaches the core of the entire symphony. Through the fusion of main tune music and polyphonic music, it finally arrived at the temple of Jupiter, the King of Gods, allowing the audience to deeply feel the artistic brilliance of the genius Mozart.
