Media Release 21 January 2016

Authentic 18th Century Performance of Mozart's Music with the Great German Baritone Christian Gerhaher and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra at the National Concert Hall

Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Gottfried von der Goltz director
Christian Gerhaher baritone
Lorenzo Coppola clarinet
Monday 29 February 2016, 8pm
National Concert Hall

Staying true to 18th-century performance practice, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra employs authentic period instruments for their upcoming concert of Mozart's great works at the National Concert Hall, on Monday 29 February.

Joining the orchestra is the great German baritone Christian Gerhaher, equally renowned in opera and as one of the finest Lieder singers in the world today. He makes his National Concert Hall debut in this special performance which sees the orchestra alternate arias with symphonic works in a unique concert format of Mozart’s music.

The Gramophone Award-winning orchestra will be led by director Gottfried von der Goltz and will be joined by renowned clarinettist Lorenzo Coppola for Mozart’s Concerto in A major for Clarinet and Orchestra K. 622.
Fans of Mozart’s operas will certainly delight in this programme which offers arias from well-known operas Don Giovanni, Cosí fan tutte and Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro).

The orchestra have also committed to a Chamber Music Ensemble Coaching Session with Gottfried von der Goltz on Monday 29th February at 10.30am and a Clarinet Master-Class with Lorenzo Coppola also on Monday 29th at 10.30am in which Coppola will work with advanced students and emerging professional clarinettists, focusing on music from the Baroque and early Classical periods.

Details of both events can be found on here
This concert takes place as part of the National Concert Hall’s International Concert Series 2015/2016 and is sponsored by Dublin Port and supported by The Irish Times.

All-Mozart Programme

Orchestra Symphony in C major K. 425 ‘Linz’ First movement: Adagio - Allegro spiritoso
Aria ‘Metà di voi qua vadano’ (Don Giovanni K. 527)
Orchestra Symphony in C major K. 425 ‘Linz’ Second movement: Andante
Aria ‘Non siate ritrosi’ (Così fan tutte K. 588)
Aria ‘Ah pietá Signiori miei" (Don Giovanni K. 527)
Orchestra Symphony in C major K. 425 ‘Linz’ Third movement: Minuet
Recitative and aria ‘Tutto è disposto… Aprite un po’ quegli occhi’ (Le nozze di Figaro K. 492 )
Orchestra Symphony in C major K. 425 ‘Linz’ Fourth movement: Presto
Orchestra Concerto in A major for Clarinet and Orchestra K. 622 (Lorenzo Coppola, clarinet d’amour)
Aria ‘Madamina, il catalogo è questo’ (Don Giovanni K. 527)
Aria ‘Non più andrai farfallone amoroso’ (Le nozze di Figaro K. 492)
Orchestra Contradance: ‘Les filles malicieuses’ K. 610
Recitative and aria ‘Hai gia vinta la causa!... Vedrò mentre io sospiro’ (Le nozze di Figaro K. 492)
Tickets: €55, €47.50 ,€37.50, €22.50 Tel: 01 417 0000 or www.nch.ie

Conversation with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra on Bach's Brandenburg Concerto

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For further information please contact: Sinead Doyle, Marketing & PR Manager, National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2. Tel: 01 417 0057/ 087 1775334