Name: "BEETHOVEN'S FOURTH" in SYDNEY | Beethoven, Mozart & Boccherini
Start: 2026-05-03T06:00:00+10:00
Location: The Neilson, ACO ON The Pier, Hickson Rd, the Rocks, Sydney

"BEETHOVEN'S FOURTH" in SYDNEY | Beethoven, Mozart & Boccherini

★★★★1/2 "...elegance, invention and emotional depth.‍” Limelight, Beethoven's Eighth, 2025
How does that one go again? Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 in B-flat might not leap to mind, but once you hear it, its wit, fun and life-affirming qualities come rushing in.
In this revelatory program, the Australian Haydn Ensemble brings Beethoven’s Fourth to new life in a rarely heard historical chamber arrangement for flute and string sextet by Watts.
AHE has played a significant role in reviving unheard chamber arrangements of Beethoven’s symphonies, uncovering new layers of these masterworks - you’ll hear them in a whole new way!
Also on the program is Mozart’s Haffner Symphony, once again in a historical chamber arrangement, made by Cimador. Written in a whirlwind of deadlines, weddings and house moving, and almost forgotten by Mozart himself, it bursts with joyous and irresistible momentum.
✨ Big symphonies, up close. ✨ Surprising, joyful, and full of life.
A Fourth to be reckoned with.

ARTISTS
Skye McIntosh, violin
Matthew Greco, violin
Rafael Font, viola
John Ma, viola
Daniel Yeadon, cello
Pippa MacMillan, double bass
Melissa Farrow, flute

PROGRAM
BOCCHERINI String Quintet in A Minor Op. 25 No. 6
MOZART Symphony No. 35 in D major Haffner arr. Cimador
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 in B flat Major arr. Septet (Watts)