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An exasperated Beethoven may have given up on his composition lessons from Haydn, but Eun Sun Kim makes her 麻豆社 Philharmonic debut in a programme that is wholly inspired by the Father of the Symphony.

Caroline Shaw wrote 贰苍迟谤鈥檃肠迟别 after hearing the Brentano Quartet play Haydn鈥檚 Op. 77 String Quartet No. 2. Building on a minuet and trio form, Shaw loves 鈥榯he way some music (like the minuets of Op. 77) suddenly takes you to the other side of Alice鈥檚 looking glass, in a kind of absurd, subtle, Technicolour transition鈥�. There鈥檚 also a full colour palette on display in Haydn鈥檚 First Cello Concerto. Harking back to Baroque concerto grosso form, the cello moves in and out of the limelight, though its star power is never in doubt whether picking up the plush opening orchestral theme or the breakneck bravura of the final movement.

Following Haydn鈥檚 object lesson in concerto form, Beethoven unfurls a classical masterclass of his own, beginning with that unmistakable four note motif.