Haydn and Mozart

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Joseph Haydn: Cellokonsert nr. 1 i C-dur, Hob. VIIb:1

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Haydn and Mozart

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Welcome to a concert with highlights from the classical tradition, and fanfares from more recent times. The concert's solo work is remarkable. Haydn's Cello Concerto in C major was composed in the 1760s, but the work disappeared. It would be almost two hundred years before a copy of the score was discovered in Prague. Now the concerto is one of the most popular solo pieces for cellists in the world. Award-winning Norwegian cellist The work has both the Baroque and the Classical period's concerto form, with big and powerful themes for the whole orchestra, stitched together by the soloist. It has energy, vitality and technical precision. Haydn demands a fine feel for the fingertips from the soloist. The concert's cellist Sandra Lied Haga has that. Sandra Lied Haga (32) is an award-winning Norwegian cellist with both international and national distinctions. She made her debut with a symphony orchestra as a ten-year-old, and has won Equinor's talent prize. Her beautiful tone and unique talent have brought her solo engagements around the world, with appearances at, among others, the Royal Albert Hall and Carnegie Hall. She has collaborated with Leif Ove Andsnes, and her debut album for Simax Classics was met with glowing reviews. Earlier in 2026 she performed Beethoven's Triple Concerto in Rotterdam and gives a solo recital at the Dresden Festspiele. In November she shares the stage with us. I am really looking forward to these concerts! Not only is Det Norske Blåseensemble top class artistically; as a cellist I have always had such a good impression of the wind-player community, with its warm, humorous and friendly atmosphere. So far I have only played Gulda's cello concerto with wind ensemble, but I am sure that Haydn with this ensemble will be just as fun, fresh and a great celebration! – Sandra Lied Haga, cellist Haydn's cello concerto illustrates a dividing line in music history. The work built on Baroque traditions, but was at the same time a courtship of the new Classical style. A style that was sharpened by the concert's other composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). We perform Symphony No. 41 in C major (1788). It is Mozart's last symphony, composed in just a few weeks. Today it is regarded as one of the highlights among the symphonies of the Classical period. It fulfils all the highest ideals of the musical style, and it exudes Mozart's exceptionally high artistic level. The symphony eventually acquired the nickname Jupiter, after the Roman god. That is fitting. The work is large and has a power that few others from the same era possess. Room for the unexpected In addition to works by Haydn and Mozart, we open the concert's two halves with fanfares for brass: Signals from Heaven by the Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu (1930 – 1996). Takemitsu had a distinctive musical voice. He was largely self-taught, and his style is shaped by impulses from a range of genres. With these works we invite a new audience to a concert of contrasts. It is in the contrasts that we show our character. We are curious and always make the music our own. Together with our curator for early music and the concert's conductor, Peter Whelan, we create room for the unexpected. Since the collaboration began in 2022, we have developed a musical expression that both thrills and moves audiences. Peter Whelan is also artistic director of the Irish Baroque Orchestra, which in 2022 received the prestigious Olivier Award. The orchestra recently guested at the BBC Proms to great success, and in 2026 Whelan also takes up the post of music director of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in San Francisco. Duration: 90 minutes including interval Ticket price: 0-375,- Performers: Sandra Lied Haga, soloist Peter Whelan, conductor Programme: Takemitsu: Signals from Heaven, 2 Antiphonal Fanfares for Brass: I. Day Signal (2´) Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 Takemitsu: Signals from Heaven, 2 Antiphonal Fanfares for Brass: II. Night Signal (3,5´) Mozart: Symphony No. 41 NB: In Universitetets Aula in Oslo there is a compulsory cloakroom rule out of consideration for the art on the walls. All visitors must hang their outerwear in the cloakroom. It is also not permitted to bring food and drink into the Aula.