Programme

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Symphony in F major, Wq 183/3

Joseph Haydn
Violoncello Concerto C major, Hob.VIIb:1

Interval

Ignaz Joseph Pleyel
Concerto for violoncello and orchestra C major No. 2 BEN 104

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 in F major, op. 93

Giovanni Antonini, Conductor

Jean-Guihen Queyras, Cello

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Giovanni Antonini’s initial appearances had the force of earthquakes: what was this Milanese musician doing with early music? He presented it at fast tempos like rock music and transported his audience into seventh heaven. Now Antonini wishes to take up arms for Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and show that even Beethoven’s Eighth can offer fresh insights. The French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras will play the C major concertos by Joseph Haydn and Ignaz Pleyel, recalling the musical contest that Haydn and his former pupil Pleyel fought in London in 1791/2. Now you can be judge and jury and pick your favourite. But don’t pass your verdict too soon!