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NO.12 __LES JEUX ET LES PLAISIRS
Basel Chamber Orchestra
Giovanni Antonini, conductor
Philippe Claudel, writer
Cristina García Rodero, photographer
Symphony No.61, No.66 and No.69 "Laudon"
Johann Michael Haydn (1737–1806) et al. attrib: Sinfonia in C "Berchtoldsgadner" ("Toy Symphony")
With Les Jeux et les ris – the phrase derives from the classic comedy of the French and generally stands for the joys of life – we'll reach a significant milestone on our musical journey to Haydn Year 2032: Twelve projects, thirty-six and one symphony – that's already one third made!
No. 69, 66 and 61 – here stringed together according to the presumed sequence of their creation – Joseph Haydn wrote on the eve of all evening theater operation at Eszterháza Castle, starting in spring 1776. Opera, drama, dance, concert – all of them were part of that highly effective system based on the maxim of entertainment and princely showmanship, which was to inspire the imagination of our Kapellmeister throughout his life and enrich his artistry.
By the way: Rarely has he shown himself in such an undisguised easiness, the laughing and clapping of his audience immediately composed into the score. From the “Laudon” (winner of the “Golden Raspberry” for the least popular Haydn Symphony), over rough jokes and fun fair magic in B (major) to the great return of the solo flute between tutti crash and final gallop – a buffoon bids you welcome!
En Poésie, on dit , Les jeux , les ris et les grâces , les jeux et les plaisirs , les jeux et les amours ; et dans ces phrases on entend par les jeux, tout ce qui contribue à l'agrément, à la joie ; au divertissement d'une compagnie.
On dit de même , en parlant d'une belle Personne, que Les jeux , les ris et les grâces l'accompagnent par-tout.
Nouveaux Dictionnaire François, Tome Premier, Paris 1793, p. 692
Program
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809): Symphony No.69 in C Major «Laudon» Hob. I:69 (1775?)
Vivace / Un poco adagio più tosto andante / Menuet – Trio / Finale. Scherzando e presto
SYMPHPONY NO.69 C MAJOR «LAUDON» Hob. I:69 (1775?)
Time of creation: till 1779 [1775/1776]
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Joseph Haydn (1732–1809): Symphony No.61 in D Major Hob. I:61 (1776)
Vivace / Adagio / Menuet. Allegretto – Trio / Prestissimo
SYMPHONY NO.61 D MAJOR HOB. I:61 (1776)
Time of creation: [after april?] 1776
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Joseph Haydn (1732–1809): Symphony No.66 in B Major Hob. I:66 (1775?)
Allegro con brio / Adagio / Menuet – Trio / Finale. Scherzando e presto
SYMPHONY NO.66 B MAJOR I:66 (1775?)
Time of creation: till 1779 [1775/1776]
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Johann Michael Haydn (1737–1906) et al. attrib.: Sinfonia in C Major «Berchtoldsgadner» („Toy Symphony“) Hob. II:47 (~1760/1770)
Urtext Edition Sonja Gerlach
Allegro / Menuetto – Trio / Presto
J. M. HAYDN ET AL. ATTRIB.: SINFONIA IN C «BERCHTOLDSGADNER» („TOY SYMPHONY“) (~1760/1770) HOB. II:47
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Line-up
Basel Chamber Orchestra
Giovanni Antonini, conductor
- Line-up orchestra
1st violin Stefano Barneschi, Nina Candik, Valentina Giusti, Matthias Müller, Mirjam Steymans-Brenner, Irmgard Zavelberg
2nd violin Anna Faber, Elisabeth Kohler-Gomes, Regula Schär, Fanny Tschanz, Tamás Vásárhelyi
Viola Katya Polin, Bodo Friedrich, Carlos Vallés García, Eva Miribung
Cello Christoph Dangel, Georg Dettweiler, Ekachai Maskulrat
Bass Stefan Preyer, Simon Hartmann
Flute Isabelle Schnöller
Oboe Thomas Meraner, Priska Comploi
Bassoon Carles Cristobal Ferran, Letizia Viola
Horn Konstantin Timokhine, Mark Gebhart
Trumpet Simon Lilly, Christian Bruder
Timpani Alexander WäberToy Symphony:
Trumpet Simon Lilly
Drum Alexander Wäber
Triangle Carles Cristobal
Ratchet Peter Pudil
Quail Katya Polin
Organ hens Regula Schär, Katya Polin
Cuckoo Priska Comploi
Past concerts
Vienna
Tuesday, 21.04.2020, 19:30 pm
Musikverein Vienna, Brahms-Saal
We regret to announce that we have to cancel the «Les jeux et les plaisirs» concert in Vienna due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Rome
Wednesday, 22.04.2020, 20.30 pm
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Sala Sinopoli
We regret to announce that we have to cancel the «Les jeux et les plaisirs» concert in Rome due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Basel
Thursday, 23.04.2020, 19.30 pm
Martinskirche Basel
Haydn Lounge and Reading: 18.30 pm, with Giovanni Antonini
Concert: 19.30 pm
Haydn Soup during interval
We regret to announce that we have to cancel the «Les jeux et les plaisirs» concert in Basel due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Paris
Friday, 24.04.2020, 20.00 pm
Auditorium du Louvre, Paris
We regret to announce that we have to cancel the «Les jeux et les plaisirs» concert in Paris due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Biographies
Orchestra
Basel Chamber Orchestra
Orchestra
The Basel Chamber Orchestra is deeply rooted in the city of Basel - with its two subscription series in the Stadtcasino Basel as well as its own rehearsal and performance venue, Don Bosco Basel. With world tours and more than 60 concerts per season, the Basel Chamber Orchestra is a popular guest at international festivals and in Europe’s most important concert halls.
As the first orchestra to be awarded the Swiss Music Prize in 2019, the Basel Chamber Orchestra stands out for its excellence and diversity as well as for its depth and consistency. Its interpretations are deeply immersed into the relevant thematic and compositional worlds: in the past with the "Basel Beethoven" or with Heinz Holliger and our "Schubert Cycle". Or as with the long-term project Haydn2032, the study and performance of all Joseph Haydn's symphonies up to the year 2032 under the direction of principal guest conductor Giovanni Antonini and together with the Ensemble Il Giardino Armonico. From the current season onwards, the Basel Chamber Orchestra has decided to devote itself to all the symphonies of Felix Mendelssohn under the direction of the early music specialist Philippe Herreweghe.
The Basel Chamber Orchestra frequently collaborates with selected soloists such as Maria João Pires, Jan Lisiecki, Isabelle Faust and Christian Gerhaher. The Basel Chamber Orchestra presents its broad repertoire under the artistic direction of the first violins and the baton of selected conductors such as Heinz Holliger, René Jacobs and Pierre Bleuse.
The concert programmes are as diverse as the 47 musicians and range from early music on historical instruments to contemporary music and historically informed interpretations.
An important element of the work is the future-oriented education programs in large-scale participatory projects involving creative exchange with children and young people.
The creative work of the Basel Chamber Orchestra is documented by an extensive and award-winning discography.
The Clariant Foundation has been the presenting sponsor of the Basel Chamber Orchestra since 2019.
Conductor
Giovanni Antonini
Conductor
Born in Milan, Giovanni studied at the Civica Scuola di Musica and at the Centre de Musique Ancienne in Geneva. He is a founder member of the Baroque ensemble “Il Giardino Armonico”, which he has led since 1989. With this ensemble, he has appeared as conductor and soloist on the recorder and Baroque transverse flute in Europe, United States, Canada, South America, Australia, Japan and Malaysia. He is Artistic Director of Wratislavia Cantans Festival in Poland and Principal Guest Conductor of Mozarteum Orchester and Kammerorchester Basel.
He has performed with many prestigious artists including Cecilia Bartoli, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Giuliano Carmignola, Isabelle Faust, Sol Gabetta, Sumi Jo, Viktoria Mullova, Katia and Marielle Labèque, Emmanuel Pahud and Giovanni Sollima. Renowned for his refined and innovative interpretation of the classical and baroque repertoire, Antonini is also a regular guest with Berliner Philharmoniker, Concertgebouworkest, Tonhalle Orchester, Mozarteum Orchester, Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, London Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
His opera productions have included Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Bellini’s Norma with Cecilia Bartoli at Salzburg Festival. In 2018 he conducted Orlando at Theater an der Wien and returned to Opernhaus Zurich for Idomeneo. In the 21/22 season he will guest conduct the Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin, Stavanger Symphony, Anima Eterna Bruges and the Symphonieorchester de Bayerischer Rundfunks. He will also direct Cavalieri’s opera Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo for Theatre an der Wien and a ballet production of Haydn’s Die Jahreszeiten for Wiener Staatsballett with the Wiener Philharmoniker.
With Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni has recorded numerous CDs of instrumental works by Vivaldi, J.S. Bach (Brandenburg Concertos), Biber and Locke for Teldec. With Naïve he recorded Vivaldi’s opera Ottone in Villa, and, with Il Giardino Armonico for Decca, has recorded Alleluia with Julia Lezhneva and La morte della Ragione, collections of sixteenth and seventeenth century instrumental music. With Kammerorchester Basel he has recorded the complete Beethoven Symphonies for Sony Classical and a disc of flute concertos with Emmanuel Pahud entitled Revolution for Warner Classics. In 2013 he conducted a recording of Bellini’s Norma for Decca in collaboration with Orchestra La Scintilla.
Antonini is artistic director of the Haydn 2032 project, created to realise a vision to record and perform with Il Giardino Armonico and Kammerorchester Basel, the complete symphonies of Joseph Haydn by the 300th anniversary of the composer’s birth. The first 12 volumes have been released on the Alpha Classics label with two further volumes planned for release every year.
Recordings
VOL. 12 _LES JEUX ET LES PLAISIRS
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Giovanni Antonini, Basel Chamber Orchestra
Symphonies No.61, No.66, No.69 "Laudon"
J. M. Haydn et al. attrib. : Sinfonia in C "Berchtoldsgadner" (Toy Symphony)
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© Cristina García Rodero / Magnum Photos
Biography
Photographer, Magnum Photos
Cristina García Rodero
Photographer, Magnum Photos
Cristina García Rodero graduated with a degree in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid in 1972. In 1973, she began a research and documentation on rituals, traditions and festivals in Spain, publishing 15 years later España Oculta (Spain Occult, 1989), España, fiestas y ritos (Spain, festivals and rites, 1993). Later, she traveled the Mediterranean and the Caribbean, publishing Rituales en Haití (Rituals in Haiti, 2001) and María Lionza, la diosa de los ojos de agua (Maria Lionza, the goddess of the eyes of water, 2008), Transtempo (2010), Con la boca abierta (With the mouth open, 2013), Tierra de sueños (Land of dreams, 2016) and Lalibela, cerca del cielo (Lalibela, near the sky, 2017).
She worked with the VU’ agency (1989-2005) and joined Magnum Photos in 2009.
She won various prizes such as the Erich Salomon Prize (1990), the National Prize for Photography (1996), the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts (2005), Madrid’s Culture Award for an artistic career (2006), the prize of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando (2013), Gold Medal of Merit at Work by the Spanish Government (2014), the Prize for the Photographic Career at PhotoEspaña (2017) and the Honorary Academic title by the Royal Academy of Belas Artes (2019).
Among others, Cristina García Rodero exhibitions include those at PS1, MOMA Contemporary Art Center in New York, at the 49th and 51th editions of the Venezia’s Biennal, at the Prado and Reina Sofia Museums in Madrid, at the International Center of Photography in New York, at the Meadows Museum in Dallas, the Seattle Art Museum in Washington, the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Tucson, Arizona and at The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago.
Her photography always manifests a strong interest in human behavior with a poetic style of great emotional depth.
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Hier, oui, hier, je crois, à moins que ce soit il y a quelques minutes ou bien la semaine passée, j’ai senti pour la première fois en ce printemps l’odeur des tilleuls. Leur troublant parfum exalté par la douceur de la nuit. J’ai songé soudain à l’adagio de la 61 ème symphonie de Haydn et à la femme brune.
Excerpt from the essay "De sex et de tilleul" by Philippe Claudel
The essay "De sex et de tilleul" (in english) by Philippe Claudel will published in the vinyl edition vol. 12.
