The symphony has been the major genre for orchestra since the eighteenth century. While its viability seemed questionable as the twentieth century waned, it still has its adherents among contemporary composers, and will probably survive, though not with the same universality and vitality as before. As one can well imagine, from its roots in the early eighteenth-century opera overture to the...
Symphony No. 101 in D Major, H. I:101 (“Clock”)
The symphony has been the major genre for orchestra since the eighteenth century. While its viability seemed questionable as the twentieth century waned, it still has its adherents among contemporary composers, and will probably survive, though not with the same universality and vitality as before. As one can...
Symphony No. 103 in Eb Major, H. 1/103 (“Drum Roll”)
The symphony has been the major genre for orchestra since the eighteenth century. While its viability seemed questionable as the twentieth century waned, it still has its adherents among contemporary composers, and will probably survive, though not with the same universality and vitality as before. As one can well imagine, from its roots...
Symphony No. 59 in A Major, H. I:59 (“Fire Symphony”)
The symphony has been the major genre for orchestra since the eighteenth century. While its viability seemed questionable as the twentieth century waned, it still has its adherents among contemporary composers, and will probably survive, though not with the same universality and vitality as before. As one can...
Symphony No. 60 in C Major, H. I:60 (“Il distratto”)
Haydn, more than any other, contributed significantly to the development of the symphony over the course of his long career. He wrote more than one hundred of them, taking advantage of his relative isolation out on the Hungarian plains at the estate of his employer, Prince Esterházy, to experiment and develop the genre...
Symphony No. 85 in B Flat Major, H. I:85 (“La Reine”)
The symphony has been the major genre for orchestra since the eighteenth century. While its viability seemed questionable as the twentieth century waned, it still has its adherents among contemporary composers, and will probably survive, though not with the same universality and vitality as before. As one can...
Symphony No. 92 in G Major, H. I:92 (“Oxford”)
The symphony has been the major genre for orchestra since the eighteenth century. While its viability seemed questionable as the twentieth century waned, it still has its adherents among contemporary composers, and will probably survive, though not with the same universality and vitality as before. As one can...
Symphony No. 94 in G Major, H. I:94 (“Surprise”)
The symphony has been the major genre for orchestra since the eighteenth century. While its viability seemed questionable as the twentieth century waned, it still has its adherents among contemporary composers, and will probably survive, though not with the same universality and vitality as before. As one can...
Trumpet Concerto in Eb Major, H. VIIe:1
The Trumpet Concerto is from Haydn’s last period of composition, when he was universally recognized as one of the world’s greatest composers. The composition and publication of his “London” symphonies had sealed his success, and he returned to Vienna, where he focused primarily upon sacred vocal music for the rest of his...