BSO — 2025/02/22

 Two Haydn symphonies bookend Stravinsky's Violin Concerto. We get some particulars from our friends at WCRB:

Saturday, February 22, 2025
8:00 PM

Isabelle Faust and Alan Gilbert return to Symphony Hall for Stravinsky’s bracing, wry Violin Concerto. Bracketing Stravinsky’s concerto are two Joseph Haydn works from early and late in his symphonic career.

Alan Gilbert, conductor
Isabelle Faust, violin

Joseph HAYDN Symphony No. 48, Marie Therese
Igor STRAVINSKY Violin Concerto
HAYDN Symphony No. 99

To hear a preview of the program with Alan Gilbert, use the player above, and read the transcript below.

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT

Brian McCreath I'm Brian McCreath at Symphony Hall with Alan Gilbert, 

A  slightly fuller description is availblle at the BSO performance detail page:

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Symphony Hall, Boston, MA 

Alan Gilbert, conductor
Isabelle Faust, violin

HAYDN Symphony No. 48, Maria Theresia
STRAVINSKY Violin Concerto
-Intermission-
HAYDN Symphony No. 99

Isabelle Faust and Alan Gilbert return for Stravinsky’s bracing, wry Violin Concerto, a work at the core of his sparkling and witty neoclassical period. Bracketing Stravinsky’s concerto are two Joseph Haydn works from early and late in his symphonic career, during which he largely created the foundations for the 18th-century Viennese Classical era.

Regrettably, they do not link the program notes for the concert. I wonder what's wrong with the publications department. The links to performer bios are there.

The review in the Intelligencer is enthusiastic, especially about the Stravinsky. It seems the Globe couldn't be bothered to publish a review.

I've been staving off a cold, and I elected not to use my ticket for Friday afternoon, but you can't go wrong with a couple of Haydn symphonies, one of which is nicknamed for the empress of the Holy Roman Empire. So why not give a listen?