1774 – The Year of the Symphony
One year. Four symphonies. Four different worlds.

Sat 24. May 4 pm at The Black Diamond, Denmark

Sun 25. May 7 pm at Musikhuset Aarhus, Denmark

In 1774, the symphony was undergoing a transformation. Once a mere curtain-raiser for operas and oratorios, it was now stepping into the spotlight as a genre in its own right—ambitious, expressive, and full of surprises.

Concerto Copenhagen invites you back to a pivotal year in music history, where four very different composers each offered their own take on what a symphony could be.

From the dazzling elegance of the Mannheim school in Johann Stamitz’s symphony, to the raw drama of Haydn’s Sturm und Drang period. From C.P.E. Bach’s wildly expressive and unpredictable musical language to Mozart’s luminous clarity in his A major symphony—this program reveals how richly diverse the symphonic landscape already was in the mid-18th century.

Four works composed or premiered in the same year. Each one a world of its own. A snapshot of a genre on the rise.

Program:

Carl Stamitz: Symfoni i Es-dur, Op.9 Nr.6
Joseph Haydn: Symfoni nr.52 i c-moll

Pause

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symfoni i D-dur, Wq.183/1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symfoni nr.29 i A-dur, KV.201