Haydn + Piazzolla

May 25th 2025 at 17:00 House of the Blackheads, Tallinn

HAYDN +  PIAZZOLLA

FRANCISCO GASPAR TOMAS LOPEZ  trumpet, Spain

Soloist and conductor VALLE-RASMUS ROOTS, violoncello

ESTONIAN SINFONIETTA

In the upcoming seasons, in the Estonian Sinfonietta's new series HAYDN+, in addition to the works of the Great Master, the audience can enjoy pieces that are undeservedly performed too rarely in concert halls.

Why HAYDN +? In addition to the exceptional music of Joseph Haydn, his 300th birthday will be celebrated in less than 8 years, on March 31, 2032! In the composer’s rich musical legacy, alongside well-known works, there are still pieces waiting to be discovered, and in some cases parts or even the whole work originally came from another opus. And so it is at this concert.
On Sunday 25 May at 17:00, the White Hall of the Tallinn Philharmonic's Blackheads' House, will be performed Overture in D, originally the finale of the Symphony No 53, alongside one of Joseph Haydn's most iconic works, the Trumpet Concerto.

2nd movement of Symphony No.63, main piece of this concert, subtitled La Roxelane, and was originally part of Haydn's incidental music for Charles Simon Favart's stage work. Roxelana was the chief consort, the first Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the legal wife of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. She became one of the most powerful and influential women in Ottoman history, and the first of a series of prominent Ottoman women who reigned during the period known as the Sultanate of Women. This was possible only due to the Sultan's fierce affection for Roxelana.
About the Tango King Astor Piazzolla's Le Grand Tango can be read in magazine ’’Strings’’: ’'It is a musical expression of Argentine culture and passions. It has everything. It makes us dance, sing, cry, argue and even laugh."
Welcome to an evening with passionate music!

Joseph Haydn          Overture in D, Hob. Ia:7

                                 Trumpet Concerto in E flat Hob.VIIe:1

Astor Piazzolla         Le Grand Tango

Joseph Haydn          Symphony No.63 in C, Hob. I:63

In collaboration with MTÜ Aavo Otsa Muusikastuudio