Name: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Schiff's Mendelssohn
Start: 2024-04-19T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-04-19T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Sage Gateshead

Organization

Admin

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music

Conductor

András Schiff

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Piano

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Schiff's Mendelssohn

Gateshead

United Kingdom

Sage Gateshead

Sage One

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Schiff's Mendelssohn: Symphony No.5, Op.107 Mendelssohn (+2 More)

Public

Symphony No. 5 in D major/D minor

Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, op. 40

Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, op. 56 ("Scottish")

Approved

Hear Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment play (Attilio Ariosti) ‘March of the Dead’.  You might recognise this piece and the playing from when it was featured on the TV series The Crown.

Fresh. Sparkling. Wear a kilt.

Who’s on stage
Blessed (or cursed) with one of the more unusual names in classical music, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment perform things as the composer intended, or as close as possible. Because, over time, instruments, playing techniques and styles of performance have changed. So by going back to original instruments, or replicas, and researching performance techniques you get just a little bit closer to what the composer intended. They’re joined on stage by one of their favourite collaborators, pianist and conductor András Schiff.

Period Sound
Wonder what that actually sounds like? It’s a subtle shift. Perhaps a bit more direct, maybe tiny bit less refined, definitely a lighter and more airy sound than a modern orchestra. Only one way to find out really…

What they’re playing
It’s a feast of music by Felix Mendelssohn, including one of most famous pieces, the Scottish Symphony.

English

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Schiff's Mendelssohn by Mendelssohn, From (2024/2024), Conductor András Schiff, Sage Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom

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