Morales Plays Mozart
Morales Plays Mozart
Saturday January 09, 2010
8:00  PM
Verizon Hall

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Bernard Labadie - Conductor

Ricardo Morales - Clarinet

Program:

HANDEL - Music for the Royal Fireworks

MOZART - Clarinet Concerto

BACH - Orchestral Suite No. 3

HAYDN - Symphony No. 94 ("Surprise")

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.