Historically informed playing can be so enchantingly easy: The Hunting Symphony as Hetz without Huntz and David Guerrier on natural horn and keyed trumpet.
The Concentus Musicus WIen specializes in the performance of early music. Dieter Nagl
If it is played really well, with dedication and without ego, then almost 250 years later there is nothing more exhilarating than the music of Haydn and Mozart. Everyday annoyances fall away and exhaustion is forgotten. The soul smiles and the eardrum vibrates contentedly. Fortunately, that was the case in the Golden Hall from the first movement of Haydn’s Hunting Symphony, in the last music club concert of the season Concentus Musicus Vienna. Light and lively, not hesitant, but not with a crowbar either, the matter was approached tastefully. Despite the symphony’s nickname “La chasse”, the tempi were chosen to be moderate and heartfelt – not a rush, but a rush – and rousing in the finale with shiny, perfectly starting hunting horns. And you still fall for the wrong conclusion. Haydn chuckled quietly.
