Papa and the Prince
Recorded live in Alice Tully Hall on November 12, 2017.
Video produced by Ibis Productions.
Maid played by Leah Amory.
Everyone loved the composer Haydn so much they called him Papa Haydn. For most of Papa Haydn's life, he lived in the palace of Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, and wrote music at the prince's command. Sometimes the prince was the only person in the audience! What was Haydn's life like in the palace writing music day and night for the prince? Come find out and hear Papa Haydn's great music, too, in Papa and the Prince!
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Bruce Adolphe
Resident lecturer and director of family concerts for CMS since 1992, Bruce Adolphe is a composer of international renown, much of whose output addresses science, history, and the struggle for human rights.
Resident lecturer and director of family concerts for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center since 1992, Bruce Adolphe is a composer of international renown, much of whose output addresses science, history, and the struggle for human rights. His works are frequently performed by major artists, including Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Fabio Luisi, Joshua Bell, Daniel Hope, Angel Blue, the Brentano String Quartet, the Washington National Opera, the Metropolitan Opera Guild, the Human Rights Orchestra of Europe, and over 60 orchestras worldwide. Among his most performed works are the violin concerto I Will Not Remain Silent, the violin/piano duo Einstein’s Light, and Tyrannosaurus Sue: A Cretaceous Concerto.