Fire has long sparked inspiration for history’s great writers. From the metaphor of cleansing, to its great destructive power, listen as musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) and director Sharon Grigoryan (Associate Principal Cello of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra) play with fire in this Thursday morning performance.
With radiant energy, Haydn’s Symphony No.59 – aptly nicknamed Fire – opens the performance, crackling with dramatic, restless, and surprising force. With the scene set, the primal power of de Falla’s Danza ritual del fuego (Ritual Fire Dance) brings audiences a fiery ornamented piece from a rarely heard ballet by the intriguing Spanish composer. Exploding with bursts of colour, Debussy’s Feux d'artifice seamlessly leads into the mystical intensity and blazing climax of Scriabin's Vers la flamme.
Written in honour of his childhood friend’s elevation to nobility, Mozart’s fiery and forceful ‘Haffner’ Symphony closes the morning. From the opening moments right through to the dazzling finale, Mozart presents his own brand of fire; not one of destruction but radiance, celebration, and energising brilliance.
Join us for coffee plus sweet and savoury treats from 10am in the ground floor foyer.
Joseph HAYDN Symphony No. 59 in A Major, Hob. I:59 ‘Fire’
Manuel DE FALLA Danza ritual del fuego (from El amor brujo, 1915 version)
Claude DEBUSSY Feux d’artifice (from Préludes, Book II)
Alexander SCRIABIN Vers la flamme, op. 72
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 'Haffner'
Sharon Grigoryan (Alum 2008) director/cello
ANAM Orchestra
Duration: approximately 1 hour (no interval)
Presented in partnership with Melbourne Recital Centre
10% ANAMates applies to Standard, Concession, Student and U40s (single tickets only, not packages)
Packages on sale 12pm Wednesday 12 November
Single tickets on sale 11am (subject to change) Monday 15 December
Image credit: Pia Johnson