Haydn. Rameau. Schubert

For listeners who cherish the poise and clarity of the Baroque and Classical styles, this programme offers a chance to enjoy both at their very best. And not merely at their best, but with a fresh perspective. Distinguished conductor Marc Minkowski is internationally renowned for performances that combine scholarly insight and constantly evolving interpretative viewpoints with vivid presentation and the most natural stage presence.

Minkowski has long enjoyed widespread admiration for his historically informed interpretations of Haydn and the exceptional textural clarity, rhythmic vitality and expressive nuance he brings to the composer's music, which forms the very foundation of the Classical symphonic tradition. His treatment of Haydn's Symphony No. 39, with its dramatic minor tonality and the energetic drive of its outer movements, will be a rare concert treat indeed.

Music from the French Baroque masterpiece Les Boréades by Jean-Philippe Rameau – performed on this occasion from the conductor's own edition of the work – will be a further showcasing of the poise, balance and stylistic elegance for which Minkowski's interpretations are renowned. Rameau's refined orchestral writing and dramatic flair are the fruits of an ingenious musical-theatrical mind that bridges the Baroque and Classical eras.

A leap forwards in music history takes us on to a masterpiece of the late Classical period, Schubert's Symphony No. 6, in which Minkowski's historically informed insight will again come to the fore, letting this work's energy, warm lyricism and wealth of instrumental colour shine to the full.

And thus ends an evening combining tradition with new perspectives and reconnecting familiar masterpieces with the sound worlds and expressive possibilities of their own time.