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Classic chic could be the title of this program which showcases music evoking 18th-century Paris.<div> Concert program:</div><div> - Johann Christian Bach, Amadis de Gaule Overture - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concerto for Flute and Harp - Joseph Haydn, The Hen - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Paris Symphony Overture</div><div><br></div><div> Parisian Classicism, Classic Chic could be the title of this program, which showcases music evoking 18th-century Paris. With the orchestra's soloists, flautist Hélène Giraud and harpist Florence Dumont, the orchestra presents us with such well-known pieces as Mozart's essential Concerto for Flute and Harp, as well as the very famous "Hen" Symphony and its delightfully clucking second movement, which Joseph Haydn composed in Paris in 1785.</div><div><br></div><div> Hits and rarities: A great interpreter with a deep understanding of history, conductor Reinhard Goebel also invites us to discover a few notes from a lesser-known opera with the instrumental overture to Amadis of Gaul, the last operatic work by Johann Christian Bach, the youngest son of Johann Sebastian. This musical setting of the eponymous 16th-century novel recounts the fantastical adventures of a knight-errant, a slayer of giants, and of such great beauty that he is nicknamed "the Darkly Handsome"...</div><div><br></div><div> Reinhard Goebel, conductor. Soloists: Hélène Giraud, flute / Florence Dumont, harp</div><div><br></div>