The News Letter of Adam Fischer & Haydn Orchestra Fan Club
'Barátom' means 'My Friend' in Hungarian
November 1, 1997 - No. 17
International Haydntage 97 Report
September is the season of annual International Haydntage in Eisenstadt,
Austria. The program for Adam Fischer and the Haydn Orchestra this year was various
including Haydn's Opera, Il Mondo della Luna and the world premiere of the winning
piece of the Haydntage composition competition.
Adam Fischer given Grand Haydn Award
Adam Fischer was awarded the Grand
Haydn Award of Burgenland, which is given by the Burgenland State to persons dedicated to
the research of Haydn. Following H.C.Robbins Landon and Prof.Georg Feder from the Haydn
Institute in Cologne, Adam Fischer is the first musician to win the award.
The ceremony took place during the final concert just after the intermission. When Adam entering the stage for the performance, State counselor Mrs. Prets announced the award and together with Mayer of Eisenstadt Alois Schwartz, presented the certificate, a statue of Haydn and the relief of his autograph celebrating the 10 years of activity of Adam Fischer.
Recollections:
Adam Fischer was very happy about the award and went home in Hamburg
with the prize by airplane, however the statue and relief was so heavy and it was a little
problem for the flight. At first Adam was stopped by the security check and he must
explain what was in his bag. Finally airline took it at the gate because it is too heavy
and he must pay the extra charge for the overweight luggage.
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The composer S. Thomas
The winner composer Stefan Thomas was born in Köln in 1968 and he had studied at Musikhochschule Köln.
Haydnfestspile organized the composition competition autumn of '96 and the winning piece
was chosen on February of 1997. The composer looked happy that Adam Fischer
and Haydn Orchestra performed the world premier and praised some musicians such as, oboe,
clarinet, bassoon and double bass players.
He shared some interesting story about Adam Fischer that Adam had lost his score in the airplane just before the premier. Also, when Mr. Thomas was invited to Adam Fischer's house in Hamburg to discuss the music, Adam lost the key and they could not get in.
( This article was revised on 05/03/99. Original article was inaccurate. We apology and corrected the information.)
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New CD of Haydn Orchestra Released The new CD of Adam Fischer and Haydn Orchestra has just released from Nimbus Record. It is the volume three of the Esterhazy Recordings of Haydn Symphonies. This five CD sets contains Haydn symphonies No. 40 - No. 54 and the total playing time is 5 hours 27 minutes.
At the moment Adam Fischer and his Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra is recording the all of Haydn symphonies and this is the fifth edition. (Details please refer to Discography of Haydn Orchestra.) In total, they had released 59 symphonies. Some other symphonies are already recorded and expected to release soon. As far as we know, there are still 24 symphonies which are not recorded yet. The next recording is planned on May 3-15, 1998 at Eisenstadt.
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German, Hungarian Mini Lesson
These are useful expressions when checkin out the hotel. | Bitte machen Sie meine Rechnung.(G) |
| Kérem a számlámat.(H) |
Can I pay by credit card?
| Kann ich mit Kreditkarte bezahlen?(G) |
| Hitelkártyával fizethetek (H) |
Can you get us a taxi?
| Können Sie uns ein Taxi rufen? (G) |
| Tudna nekünk egy taxit hívni? (H) |
It's been a very enjoyable stay.
| Wir haben uns sehr gut gefühlt (G) |
| Nagyon jól éreztuk magunkat. (H) |
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Editorial Note
This issue is the report from the Haydntage, but there is not enough space in the paper newsletter. Please refer to the Internet.
In summer there were many chances to report Adam Fischer's
concert including the Mahler festival at Kassel and the Mostly Mozart Festival in New
York. We will report them in next issue of Barátom.
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