HKO: Bella Miah

Adam Fischer, conductor Miah Persson, soprano Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan, overture Béla Bartók: The Wonderful Mandarin, series Joseph Haydn: Berenice scene Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: “Bella mia fiamma, addio – Resta, oh cara”, concert aria Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 103 “The Drumroll” “Haydn was full of surprises. Audiences of his time loved them. People shouted and celebrated; the atmosphere was like a rock concert of our era.” According to conductor Adam Fischer, the core of a historically faithful performance is not that the music sounds exactly as it did 200 years ago, but that the performance affects the audience as it would have in the composer’s lifetime. “A historically precise performance is not good if it leaves people cold.” (Rondo magazine, 3/2025) Béla Bartók’s orchestral series The Wonderful Mandarin received its premiere accompanied by a choir and audience singers. The work’s expressive range stretches from barbaric and crude to noble and sophisticated.