Description:

Majesty is the order of the day for The Philadelphia Orchestra's first concerts of 2010, with Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks and Bach's grand Third Orchestral Suite, which includes the "Air on the G string." And just for equilibrium, Principal Clarinet Ricardo Morales performs one of Mozart's most popular works, the lyrical Clarinet Concerto, in between. Topping it off is Haydn's "Surprise" Symphony, whose slow movement lulls the listener into believing that a gentle Andante is in store then (spoiler alert!) serves up a fortissimo crash that stirs dust from the rafters. With his remarkable Les Violons du Roy and La Chapelle de Québec, the Canadian Bernard Labadie has established a reputation as a premier conductor of Baroque and Classical music.

Related Concerts:

• March 18, 2010
  Beethoven's "Eroica"
• March 20, 2010
  Beethoven's "Eroica"
• April 15, 2010
  Ax Plays Beethoven
• April 17, 2010
  Ax Plays Beethoven
• June 04, 2010
  Dutoit Conducts Strauss

Audio Samples:

HANDEL - Music for the Royal Fireworks

MOZART - Clarinet Concerto

BACH - Orchestral Suite No. 3

HAYDN - Symphony No. 94 ("Surprise")

Concert Enhancements:

Free Pre-Concert Conversation one hour prior to concert (About Pre-Concert Conversations)

Program Notes:

January 08, 2010 Download Adobe Acrobat to view Program Notes.

Series Information:

Part of the 2010 Masterworks Collection, and package Friday Evening 6A

Part of the 2010 Weekday Collection, and package Friday Evening 6A