Cappella Andrea Barca, Andras Schiff

In 1999, when András Schiff initiated the complete cycle of Mozart’s piano Concertos in Salzburg, he gathered around him a new orchestra titled after a mysterious composer named Andrea Barca. This composer was entirely imaginary. In fact, the name is the Italian translation of the Hungarian pianist and conductor’s own name. Born from a linguistic jest, the ensemble established itself over time as the ideal interpreter of the instrumental repertoire of Viennese classicism. This is evidenced by the program of this concert, which frames one of Haydn’s legendary London Symphonies with the two adjacent Mozart piano concertos composed in 1786.

Program and cast

András Schiff - piano, conductor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto in C major KV 503

Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony n.99 in E flat major Hob.I:99

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto in C minor KV 491