Opening Night: Haydn's Surprise Tickets

CMS’s season opening offers an exploration of Joseph Haydn with a program demonstrating his versatility in a variety of genres. Renowned mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe lends her mesmerizing voice to Haydn’s cantata Arianna a Naxos. After Haydn’s bombastic ”Surprise” Symphony, join the artists and your fellow audience members for a celebratory toast.

• Joseph Haydn - Quartet in B-flat major for Strings, Hob. III:78, Op. 76, No. 4, “Sunrise" (1797)
• Joseph Haydn - Arianna a Naxos, Cantata for Voice, String Quintet, and Harpsichord, Hob. XXVIb:2 (arr. Jaffe) (1790)
• Joseph Haydn - Concerto in C major for Violin and Strings, Hob. VIIa:1 (1761–65)
• Joseph Haydn - Symphony in G major for Piano, Flute, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Hob. I:94, “Surprise” (1791)

Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano; Michael Stephen Brown, piano/harpsichord; Wu Han, piano; Aaron Boyd, Daniel Phillips, Pinchas Zukerman, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; David Finckel, cello; Nina Bernat, double bass; Viano Quartet (Lucy Wang, Hao Zhou, violin; Aiden Kane, viola; Tate Zawadiuk, cello); Tara Helen O’Connor, flute