200 Years, Anniversary Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
haydnmania: the 2009 anniversaryArchive for April, 2009
“Haydn explosive” – an extraordinary exhibition!
This weekend I visited the “Haydn explosive. A European career at the court of the Esterházy Princes”- exhibition of the Esterházy Foundation at Schloss Esterházy at Eisenstadt.
Whow!
The Impressions I got were beyond comprehension: so poignant and overwhelming! And too much for one visit! If you go there, take time – one hour is almost not enough, believe me! (Ofcourse I plan my next visits there!)
The visitor’s experience starts right at the entrance and one does not know, where to go or look first: the wallpapers of Franz West, the expansive carpet of Roy Lichtenstein – both makes you suddenly feel that this exhibition is different!
And you walk through the rooms and exhibits with the wide open eyes of a child and a certain explorer-attitude (this was definitely my impression!) to find out more about this genius Haydn and the influences around him today and yesterday!
His relationship to the Esterházy-Dynasty, the age of his life and the effects of his works – all these things (and much more!) are presented and documented as well with historical exponats as with contemporary works in a sensational well-founded and appealing way.
Haydn, “pixeled”!
Monitors in the walls present information in a diversified way.
The explosion (videoinstallation) on the ceiling
is connecting the next (musical and visual) experience, the string quartet:
At least you go through the museum shop: books, Cds, ….. – it was too late for me to forage for things that might be interesting for me – because it was closing time! So I have to come once (or twice or …. ) more!
Opening times:
daily from 9 am to 6 pm
Sala Terrena, Esterházy
Palace, Eisenstadt
Gala concert with the prizewinners
picture © “haydn explosive”, Esterházy Foundation
The “International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition” organised by the University of Music in Vienna has been held ever since 2001. An eminent international jury elects the participants.
As a tribute to Haydn – the composer of genius – on the bicentenary of his death, the competition is being held a year early instead of retaining the triennial interval.
The 4th competition took place in Vienna from 15 to 23 April 2009, and the grand finale will be the galaconcert on friday, april 24 at Schloss Esterházy (Haydnsaal), Eisenstadt at 7.30 pm played by the prizewinners, organised by the Esterházy Private Foundation .
A novelty of this year’s anniversary competition will be the presentation of new compositions by the composition classes of the University of Music and the Performing Arts.
amendment:
the audience’s prize ( € 4.000,-) was won by the polish-german “Berolina Trio”
Fotocredit: F.E. Familien-Privatstiftung Schloss Eisenstadt /APA-OTS/Peter Hautzinger.
Fotocredit: F.E. Familien-Privatstiftung Schloss Eisenstadt /APA-OTS/Peter Hautzinger
a new orchid named “Joseph Haydn”
© pressfoto: W.Simlinger for Haydn2009
This is the new beauty of orchids: the Phalaenopsis “Joseph Haydn”. Her grower is Alois Handlbauer (Linz, Austria).
Mentor for the naming act was Adam Fischer, conductor and founder of the Austrian Hungarian Haydn Philharmonic Orchestra and one of the most profound knower of Haydn and his work.
to immerse oneself into the Haydn era
© Schloss Esterhazy Management, pressfoto
The “official” ehibition (by Burgenland governement) to the Haydn-Anniversary, “Phänomen Haydn” was opened. On 4 locations in Eisenstadt visitors can get an idea of Haydn’s era, the circumstances of his life & believe – if you like to immerse into a past era.
©Haydn 2009, pressfoto by W.Simlinger
The exhibition has nothing to do with any contemporary view on Haydn’s work or life – just focused on the past.
More inspiring, modern and interesting for a nowadays contemporary view on Haydn is the exhibition of the former “employers” of Haydn, the Esterházys at their exhibition “Haydn explosiv”. More about that soon here!
200 Years, Anniversary Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) 