A Mozart symphony and a symphony with no strings attached.
The highlight of this concert is one of Mozart's most exuberant and warm-hearted symphonic creations, completed in Salzburg when he was just 23 years old.
But the music begins in 19th-century France with an unusual symphony - no strings attached. Gounod's "Petite Symphonie" uses just nine wind instruments for music that's fresh, perky and utterly charming.
In the middle Dene Olding and the orchestra perform a gem. The singing character of Berlioz's Rêverie et Caprice is a dead giveaway that the music was originally intended for an opera.
GOUNOD Little Symphony for Wind Instruments
BERLIOZ Rêverie et Caprice
MOZART Symphony No.33
Dene Olding violin-director
Pre-concert talk by David Garrett at 6.15pm in the first floor reception room.
AUDIO PLAYER LISTING
Track 1 - GOUNOD Little Symphony for Wind Instruments: I Allegro
Track 2 - GOUNOD Little Symphony for Wind Instruments: III Scherzo (Allegro moderato)
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra conducted by Christopher Hogwood
DECCA 430 2312
Track 3 - BERLIOZ Rêverie et Caprice
Arthur Grumiaux (violin) with the New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Edo de Waart
DECCA ELOQUENCE 442 8290
Track 4 - MOZART Symphony No.33 in B flat, K318: IVAllegro assai
Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Karl Böhm
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON ELOQUENCE 463 2302
Audio kindly supplied by Silver Partner Universal Music