Matthew Greco

Skye McIntosh

Daniel Yeadon

Rafael Font-Viera

##### Haydn, Beethoven, Mysliveček & Wranitzky.

**Meet the new-to-Melbourne Australian Haydn Ensemble in a program of Beethoven and rarely performed Bohemians.**

Composers hailing from the now proud Czech Republic were surprisingly numerous in the 18th century and, though not household names today, had a significant impact on some who are.

These Bohemians were not wistful romantics lingering in garrets. No, these guys skipped straight onto express carriages bound for Austria, Germany or Italy, and never looked back.

Franz Xaver Richter and Paul Wranitzky made good; the first as violinist/composer at the Mannheim court and the latter as Vienna's most respected conductor (he premiered Beethoven's 1st Symphony).

Josef Mysliveček so out-Italianed the Italians that they dubbed him _il divino boemo_. A friend and mentor to the young Mozart, their relationship touchingly survived his fall from grace.

This concert samples their prolific output: a forward-looking Richter quartet from 1757, a tender Mysliveček _larghetto_, and a superb late quartet by Wranitzky - rounded out with Beethoven's elegant 18 No. 3, written for the music super fan Prince Lobkowitz.

Meet the new-to-Melbourne Australian Haydn Ensemble and Czech this one out.

DIVINE BOHEMIANS

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