A house of music

Address

Søren Kierkegaards Plads 1,
1221 København

A house of music

Description

A remarkable house in Vienna is brought to life - the house where generations of music and poetry lived under the same roof. In the heart of Vienna, on Michaelerplatz, stands Grosses Michaelerhaus, which has an incomparable musical history of residents. In 1750 the young Joseph Haydn moved into a modest attic room. At the time he was a pupil of the older composer Nicola Porpora, who was also his neighbour. The famous librettist Pietro Metastasio also lived in the house and contributed to the artistic community. On the third floor lived the Martines family, whose daughter Marianna, who would later become a prominent composer and pianist, received piano lessons from both the young upstairs neighbour Haydn and his teacher Porpora, and later played four hands with Haydn's good friend W. A. Mozart. The community of the house was in fact so closely knit that Metastasio, who had no children himself, bequeathed a staggering 20.000 florins, his harpsichord and his entire personal music library to Marianna to support her career as a composer. With money in her pocket she chose to forgo marriage and instead devoted herself wholly to her career. Kapellmeister Giuseppe Bonno had also lived in the building, and the opera composer Johann Adolf Hasse was just one of the countless guests who contributed to the house's lively, artistic leben. This concert brings to life the sound of this remarkable house, where generations of music and poetry lived under one roof, and a new musical spirit began to take shape. After the concert you can take part in a long-table dinner in the Salon together with the artists from the stage. Book a place at the table when you buy your ticket. Programme Giuseppe Bonno: Overture to “L’isola disabitata” (1753) Marianna Martines: Sinfonia in C major (1770) Nicola Porpora: Sinfonia da Camera Op. 2, (1736) Johann A. Hasse: Sinfonia Op. 3 No. 3 (overture to Celofide, 1731) Interval Joseph Haydn: Overture to “L’isola disabitata” (1779) Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 47, “Palindrome” (1761)