Joseph Haydn, Paris Symphony No. 83 in G Minor (The Hen)

Joseph Haydn, “Paris“ Symphony No. 83 in G Minor (“The Hen“) W.A. Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216 featuring Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin An Uncommon Chevalier Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 2:30 pm Zilkha Hall, The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts DIGITAL PROGRAM BOOKLET: This program transports us to a lively Parisian concert hall in the mid 1780s, just before the Revolution changed everything. An accomplished composer, violinist, conductor, fencer, and dancer, Joseph de Bologne became the toast of Paris in the early 1770s. The son of a plantation owner and an African slave, the younger mixed-race Bologne acquired the title Chevalier de Saint-Georges thanks to Louis XV, in whose personal guard he briefly served, and eventually became a favorite of Marie Antoinette. The program features a tuneful violin concerto from Saint-Georges, a comparable work from a contemporary, an