The Mozartists

Ian Page’s visionary MOZART 250 series continues to build a widespread and highly enthusiastic following. The first of The Mozartists’ concerts in 2021 is a diverse and illuminating overview of the musical year 1771, featuring an exquisite selection of works by Mozart, Myslivecek, Boccherini and Salieri. It culminates in Haydn’s magnificent ‘Trauer’ symphony, whose elegiac slow movement the composer was said to have wanted to be performed at his funeral. The mezzo-soprano soloist in arias by Myslivecek and Salieri is former BBC New Generation Artist Kitty Whately, and Ian Page conducts his outstanding period-instrument orchestra.