# Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra at Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church, January 29, 2017

[Philharmonia Baroque](http://philharmonia.org/1617-season/haydn-mozart/), featuring Elizabeth Blumenstock  
[Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church](http://www.lopc.org/)  
[49 Knox Drive, Lafayette, CA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=49+Knox+Drive,+Lafayette,+CA&hl=en)  
4:00 PM, Sunday, January 29, 2017

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## Original Program, featuring Isabelle Faust

* Haydn: Symphony No. 63 _La Roxelane_
* Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 _Turkish_
* Haydn: Symphony No. 91

## November 2016 update, featuring Elizabeth Blumenstock

* Adalbert Gyrowetz: Symphony Op. 6, No. 3
* Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 _Turkish_
* Haydn: Symphony No. 91

## Set One

[4:04 PM lights down, concert tuning]

### Gyrowetz: Symphony in F major

Adalbert Gyrowetz (1763-1850): Symphony in F major, Op. 6, No. 3 (1783)

01. [4:06 PM] _Allegro_
02. [4:11 PM] _Andante_
03. [4:16 PM] _Minuetto: Allegretto_
04. [4:20 PM] _Finale [Rondo]: Allegro Vivace_  
[work ends 4:23 PM]

### Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5, K. 219

[4:24 PM concert tuning]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 _Turkish_ (1775)

01. [4:26 PM] _Allegro Aperto_
02. [4:36 PM] _Adagio_
03. [4:47 PM] _Rondeau: Tempo di Menuetto_  
[set ends 4:57 PM; flowers for EB, all off after a minute or so]

## Set Two: Haydn: Symphony No. 91

[5:20 PM lights down, band out, announcements from Nick]

Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 91 in E-flat major, Hob.I:91 (1788)

01. [5:23 PM] _Largo – Allegro assai_
02. [5:36 PM] _Andante_
03. [5:43 PM] _Menuet. Un poco Allegretto – Trio_
04. [5:48 PM] _Finale. Vivace_  
[show ends 5:56 PM, all off after a few minutes of applause]


## Performers

### Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

[Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra](http://www.philharmonia.org/)

* Paul Avril: horn;
* Elizabeth Blumenstock: violin;
* David Daniel Bowes: viola;
* Maria Ionia Caswell: viola;
* Stephanie Corwin: bassoon;
* Lisa Grodin: principal viola;
* Paul Hale: cello;
* Robert Howard: cello;
* R.J. Kelley: principal horn;
* Katherine Kyme: concertmaster, violin;
* Tyler Lewis: violin;
* Nicholas McGegan: conductor, music director;
* Carla Moore: violin;
* Maxine Nemerovski: violin;
* Ellie Nishi: viola;
* Linda Quan: violin;
* Gonzalo X. Ruiz: principal oboe;
* Marc Schachman: oboe;
* Andrew Schwartz: principal bassoon;
* Sandra Schwarz: violin;
* Janet See: flute;
* David Sego: violin;
* William Skeen: cello;
* Timothy Spears: contrabass;
* Noah Strick: principal second violin;
* Tanya Tomkins: principal cello;
* Jolianne von Einem: violin;
* Lisa Weiss: violin;
* Gabrielle Wunsch: violin;
* Kristin Zoernig: principal contrabass.


## Notes

The opening piece by Gyrowetz was a pleasant enough appetizer: an excellent light classical piece exhibiting all the taste and refinement one would expect of someone following the example of Haydn.

The Mozart centerpiece, featuring Elizabeth Blumenstock as soloist, was also terrific. I suppose I would have preferred that McGeg an drive the group a little harder (and move away from the evocation of Mozart as a composer of fey, twee pieces for polite company), but perhaps his choice was to do that only in the "Turkish" section so as to create greater contrasting tension across the work. I dunno. I guess I think today's version was just OK, but not super duper great.

And I suppose I'd say the same thing about the closing Haydn: it was pleasant to listen to, but not particularly exciting. That's the big trick with the height of refinement: retaining that sense of taste and discrimination while pulling off the big finale without appealing to the base and vulgar.

PBO posted [Program Notes](https://philharmonia.org/program-notes-haydn-mozart/) thanks to Bruce Lamott.

Joshua Kosman posted a [review](http://www.sfchronicle.com/music/article/Philharmonia-unearths-an-18th-century-unknown-10895450.php) of Wednesday’s show at Bing Hall (featuring the same program) on SFGate, while Steve Winn posted a [review](https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/philharmonia-baroque-orchestra/elizabeth-blumenstock-dazzles-on-the-turkish-violin-concerto) of the following night’s gig at Herbst on SFCV. Remarkably, both critics opinion align pretty well with my own for once!

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