Conductor Ian Page has established an outstanding reputation as one of the world’s leading interpreters of the music of Mozart and his contemporaries. He is the founder and artistic director of The Mozartists (formerly Classical Opera), and is the creative driving force behind MOZART 250, a ground-breaking project which between 2015 and 2041 is exploring the chronological trajectory of Mozart’s life, works and influences. His numerous recordings have attracted widespread international acclaim, and include an ongoing complete cycle of the Mozart operas and a new ‘Sturm und Drang’ series. More…

‘1773  – A Retrospective’
17 January 2023 – Wigmore Hall, 7.30pm

Ian and The Mozartists continued their 25th anniversary season at Wigmore Hall on 17 January with a concert entitled ‘1773  – A Retrospective’.

This entertaining and illuminating selection of works composed in 1773 began with one of Mozart’s most genial middle-period symphonies, No. 27 in G major, K.199, and ended with his first enduringly popular masterpiece, the motet “Exsultate, jubilate”, K.165. In between, Haydn’s famed horn writing takes the instrument to the almost ridiculous extremes of its compass in his Symphony No. 51 in B flat major. Soprano Alexandra Lowe, making her eagerly anticipated company début, sang arias by turns dramatic, lyrical and virtuosic: “Zwischen Angst und zwischen Hoffen” from Schweitzer’s Alceste, “Potea quel pianto” from Mysliveček’s La Passione di Gesu Cristo, and  “È la pompa un grand’imbroglio” from Haydn’s L’infedeltà delusa. Abel’s Andante un poco Adagio from Symphony in A major, Op. 10, no. 6 served as a welcome encore.

Listen to Ian introduce the concert.

Conductor Ian Page has established an outstanding reputation as one of the world’s leading interpreters of the music of Mozart and his contemporaries. He is the founder and artistic director of The Mozartists (formerly Classical Opera), and is the creative driving force behind MOZART 250, a ground-breaking project which between 2015 and 2041 is exploring the chronological trajectory of Mozart’s life, works and influences. More…

NEXT CONCERT

‘Blackest Night’ – Handel Arias
16 June 2023 – Wigmore Hall, 7.30pm

Celebrated Swedish mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg, one of the brightest stars of today’s international Baroque scene, makes a welcome return with this captivating exploration of the theme of night in Handel’s operas and oratorios.

There will be a free pre-performance talk by Richard Wigmore at 6.15pm.

Ann Hallenberg soprano

The Mozartists 

Ian Page conductor

General booking opens on 14 February. Find out more…

‘1773  – A Retrospective’
17 January 2023 – Wigmore Hall, 7.30pm

Ian and The Mozartists continued their 25th anniversary season at Wigmore Hall on 17 January with a concert entitled ‘1773  – A Retrospective’.

This entertaining and illuminating selection of works composed in 1773 began with one of Mozart’s most genial middle-period symphonies, No. 27 in G major, K.199, and ended with his first enduringly popular masterpiece, the motet “Exsultate, jubilate”, K.165. In between, Haydn’s famed horn writing takes the instrument to the almost ridiculous extremes of its compass in his Symphony No. 51 in B flat major. Soprano Alexandra Lowe, making her eagerly anticipated company début, sang arias by turns dramatic, lyrical and virtuosic: “Zwischen Angst und zwischen Hoffen” from Schweitzer’s Alceste, “Potea quel pianto” from Mysliveček’s La Passione di Gesu Cristo, and  “È la pompa un grand’imbroglio” from Haydn’s L’infedeltà delusa. Abel’s Andante un poco Adagio from Symphony in A major, Op. 10, no. 6 served as a welcome encore.

Listen to Ian introduce the concert.