Mannheim Rocket in the Hills

Mannheim Rocket transports listeners back to the explosive birth of the modern symphonic style of Mannheim in the late 18th-century. The then cutting-edge orchestral sinfonias of Stamitz and Richter were a significant influence on the young Mozart, whose fifth violin concerto – nicknamed the Turkish and performed by Rachael Beesley – inhabits a hazy world of love and intrigue, and the finale of Mozart’s Symphony No.40 contains the most famous ascending musical rocket of all.
ARTISTS
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
Rachael Beesley | Director & Soloist
PROGRAM
Johann Stamitz
Sinfonia à Quattro in A Major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto in A Major
Franz Xaver Richter
Sinfonia à Quattro in B-flat Major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No.40 in G Minor
Location
The Hills Grammar School – RJ Phipps Performance Centre
43 Kenthurst Road, Entry via Gate 1, Kenthurst NW 2158