Sidney Sutcliffe (oboe)
London Chamber Orchestra
(Leader, Andrew Cooper )
Conductor, Anthony Bernard
Once when Mozart urgently needed a concert-piece he took four movements from a serenade and called them a symphony (the 'Haffner'). Last July a symphony derived in the same way from another ' Haffner ' work was conducted by Anthony Bernard , and tonight a third serenade (K.320) is being used. This is unfamiliar principally because its length precludes frequent concert performance. It has nine movements, of which two marches, a minuet, and a miniature wind-band concerto are being omitted tonight. The remainder is fully worthy of symphonic status. The movements are: Adagio, leading to Allegro; Andantino; Minuet; and Presto Exceptional points of interest are the recurrence within the Allegro of the slow introduction, and the dark-hued
Andantino in D minor.
All Schubert's symphonies (the third of which shows his debt to Mozart) are being played in chronological order in the Home Service. No. 4 will follow on September -28. Michael Whetvell