Details

West Road Concert Hall
11 West Road
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB3 9DP
England

Wednesday 12th November 2025
7:30 PM

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Les petits riens, K.Anh.10/299b
Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-George – Violin Concerto in A major, Op.7 no.1
Joseph Haydn – Symphony no.82 in C major 'The Bear', Hob.I:82

Performers

Laurence Cummings – Conductor / harpsichord

Academy of Ancient Music

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Programme Note

Paris in the 1780s was the musical centre of Europe. Academy of Ancient Music plays showpieces by Mozart, Haydn and the Chevalier de Saint-Georges: three geniuses on the edge of a volcano.

They knew how to party in 18th century Paris. The son of an enslaved woman becomes a master-musician – and proves as brilliant with a violin as he is with a sword. A French super-orchestra commissions an explosive new symphony from the far side of Europe. And the young Mozart tells a tale of soldiers, shepherdesses and – of course – love.

Admit it: you’re intrigued. For Laurence Cummings and Academy of Ancient Music, that’s always been the mission – to uncover the stories of a vanished world, and bring them sparkling back to life. The genius of the Chevalier de Saint-Georges has only recently been rediscovered: today he takes his place alongside Mozart and Haydn in a glittering celebration of a supremely elegant age.