Par HAYDN JOSEPH. Only eleven of the over one hundred symphonies by Joseph Haydn are composed in a minor key. Written in the early 1770s, the Symphony Hob.I:52 in C minor bears some similarities to the slightly earlier Symphony in E minor Hob.I:44 (?Mourning?, BA 10988), not only because they both are composed in a minor key but also because they both feature a pair of horns tuned at different pit…

Il Distratto. Par HAYDN JOSEPH. The six movements of Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 60 “Il Distratto” once served as incidental music for the comedy “Le Distrait” by Jean-François Regnard (1655–1709), which was performed at the Esterházy court in 1772. This consisted of an overture, four entr’actes – the play is in five acts – and a finale. But this composition is not merely a compilation of stage mu…

Par HAYDN JOSEPH. Haydn composed his Symphony in B-flat major Hob.I:68 around 1774/75, almost ten years after his creative period began at the Esterházy Palace. At this time, the opera activities at the princely court were in a phase of development which was also reflected in the certain operatic quality of this symphony, for example, in the dramatically fluctuating slow movement. This movement …

Der Philosoph. Par HAYDN JOSEPH. Joseph Haydn wrote Symphony No. 22 in E-flat major in 1764 as part of his tenure as Vice-Kapellmeister at the Esterházy court. The work is unique because of its instrumentation with two cors anglais: this instrument, which Haydn had used in some divertimenti from around 1760 onwards, does not appear in any of his other symphonies – or indeed in those by other compo…

Hob I:81. Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. Haydn' s Symphony in G major Hob. I:81 comes from a series of three symphonies completed in late 1784 (nos. 81, 80 and 79, presumably in that order). No autograph score survives for Hob. I:81, thus our Urtext edition is based on copyists' manuscripts and first editions. As with so many of his symphonies, Haydn wrote this one to provide new music for his employer, …

Joseph Haydn
Sonate pour piano en Mi bémol majeur Hob. XVI:49
Georg Feder (Editeur)
Evgeny Kissin (Doigtés)
Silke Schloen (Préface, Commentaire critique)
Datée du 1er juin 1790 dans le manuscrit autographe, la Sonate en Mi bémol majeur a été écrite par Haydn pour Marianne von Gennzinger, dont il était personnellement proche et avec qui il faisait de la musique. La destinat…

Mass in Time of War. Par HAYDN JOSEPH. The “Missa in Tempore Belli”, also known as the “Mass in Time of War”, composed in 1796, makes prominent use of timpani as well as a wind fanfare at the beginning of the “Dona nobis pacem” – both clear and unusual references to a warlike context. One year after the first documented performance which took place in the year of its composition as part of the Fi…

Piano Trios (previously attributed to Joseph Haydn). Par PLEYEL IGNAZ. Quel meilleur professeur de composition de musique de chambre pourrait-on imaginer que Joseph Haydn? L’Autrichien Joseph Pleyel s’imprégna si bien du savoir-faire de son maître que ses trios avec piano en Ut majeur et Fa majeur composés dans un riche style galant furent d’abord attribués au grand maître (numéros d’inventaire Ho…

 Les quatuors de Haydn sont à la musique ce que les Pensées de Pascal ou les Propos d'Alain sont à la philosophie : ils constituent autant de moments spontanés et éphémères d'une réflexion en devenir qu'il appartient au lecteur (à l'auditeur) de reconstituer afin d'en apprécier la portée universelle,C'est cette pensée que ce livre se propose d'explorer, Dans la mesure où elle concerne le langage m…