Welcome to the year 1761! First, we’ll visit the Burgtheater in Vienna with the Konzerthaus Kammerorchester led by concertmaster Michael Erxleben. Unfortunately, we won’t arrive quite in time for the world premiere of what was then a novel form of narrative ballet, composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck around the character of world-famous seducer Don Juan. But dont't worry, we’ll still catch the “Finale”! Given the subject matter, it promises plenty of musical tension and emotion.

Afterward, we head to Burgenland, to Eisenstadt Palace, where Joseph Haydn has just been hired  as a court musician, (vice)kapellmeister, and composer by count Esterházy. His Highness requests a symphony cycle based on the times of day from his new composer in residence - and, of course, he gets it. Morning, noon, and evening unfold in three symphonies that give the court orchestra lots of opportunities to showcase its great skill. Whether Haydn also wrote a night symphony is unknown. If that were the case, it has long been lost.