Cellist Jean Hatmaker to take the stage with Sinfonietta DuPage
On Tuesday, July 22, join the Sinfonietta DuPage for its summer concert featuring guest cellist Jean Hatmaker, principal cellist with the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra.
She will feature Joseph Haydn’s Cello Concerto No 2 in D Major. Also showcased on the concert is Haydn’s contemporary Francesco Antonio Rosetti’s Symphonie de Chasse in D major.
The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Peace Church, 21W500 Butterfield Road, Lombard. Tickets are available only at the door. Admission is $22 or $12 for students and seniors. Information can be found through the SBC website. sinfoniettabelcanto.org. Parking is free and there is ample intimate seating.
Jean Hatmaker is one of the most versatile and sought-after cellists in the Chicago area. She’s also a member of Kalamazoo Symphony, Madison Symphony, and Chicago Philharmonic. She received her bachelor and master degrees in cello performance from Indiana University, studying with both Helga Winold and Janos Starker. She is the founding member of Chicago-based Kontras Quartet, as well as appearing regularly on the Bach Cantata Vespers Series in River Forest. She was on the faculty of Elmhurst University from 2013 to 2024.
Haydn’s 2nd cello concerto had its premiere March 24, 1784, with the principal cellist of the Italian Opera in London. The work is regarded as one of the greatest cello concertos of the classical era and shows complete mastery of all aspects in perfect control and balance. In it’s three movements, there is symmetry of form and content, total organic development, and certain repose and lyrical beauty. Haydn was an incredible trendsetter and innovator and noted as the father of the symphony (104) and string quartet (84).
Francesco Antonio Rosetti was born in 1750 in Litomerice, a town in Northern Bohemia. Rosetti composed “Symphonie de Chasse” in 1786 while employed by Prince Kraft Ernst, where he served as Kapellmeister.
Rosetti composed over 400 compositions, primarily instrumental, including many symphonies and concertos. He is perhaps best known for his horn concertos and well as writing the Requiem that was performed at a memorial for Mozart in 1791.
“Symphonie de Chasse” is in four movements, with the last movement entitled “A la Chasse,” in reference to music for hunting. Here horns and trumpets in D outline the sounds of the hunt.
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency and National Endowment for the Arts, and Arts DuPage foundation.