‘Belgian National Orchestra, Bolton & Lezhneva’

Russian star soprano Julia Lezhneva, renowned for her clear, angelic voice and impeccable technique, portrays two women abandoned by their lovers. Haydn composed his Scena de Berenice as a showcase for the legendary singer Brigida Giorgi Banti. Around the same time, Beethoven–then at the beginning of his career unlike Haydn–wrote the concert aria Ah! perfido.

The undisputed highlight of Mozart's purely symphonic music is his Forty-First Symphony, which quickly earned the nickname Jupiter because of its powerful, grand themes. The final movement of this work achieves a masterful union between a baroque five-voice fugue and the gallant classical style.