Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. Début février 1794, Haydn se rendit à Londres pour son deuxième séjour en Angleterre. La Symphonie en Mi bémol majeur Hob.I:99 était déjà terminée à ce moment-là, et fut déjà créée le 10 février. Le public et la presse furent enthousiastes, ce que confirma une recension du lendemain: «Il s’agit là d’un des plus grands évènements artistiques auxquels nous ayons jamais assisté…

Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. Les douze «Symphonies londoniennes» forment le sublime accord final de l’œuvre symphonique de Haydn. Elles ont été conçues pour l’imprésario londonien Johann Peter Salomon, et Haydn lui-même en dirigea les créations, lorsqu’il se rendit, en 1791/1792 et 1794/1795, pour quelque temps dans la métropole anglaise. La première audition de la Symphonie en Si bémol majeur n° 98, en…

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…

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, Pr…

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 …

Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. Along with Symphonies Nos. 80 and 81, Haydn's Symphony in F major Hob. I:79 belongs to a group of works that he composed in late 1784. He wrote them for his employer Prince Nikolaus Esterházy who wished to be entertained with new music. The symphonies were tailored for the twenty-five to thirty musicians who were in the prince's court orchestra. Continuing the cooperation b…

Par HAYDN JOSEPH. According to his dating of the autograph, Haydn composed the Symphony no. 89 in F major in 1787, just one year after the six so-called Paris symphonies. It was written, together with its sister work, the G-major Symphony no. 88, for the violinist Johann Tost, who sold it to the Parisian publisher Sieber. In both works, Haydn continues the compositional achievements of the Paris s…

Par JOSEF STOIBER FRANZ. About London Symphony No. 12Urtext of the Haydn Complete Edition. By Franz Joseph Haydn. Edited by Hubert Unverricht. For Flute (2), Oboe (2), Clarinet (b flat) (2), Bassoon (2), Horn (2), Trumpet (2), Kettledrum. Score; Urtext Edition (paperbound). Hob. I:104. Duration 40'. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import). (BA4668 01) ISBN M006498253./ Répertoire / Orch…

Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. Along with Symphonies Nos. 76 and 77 Haydn composed Symphony No. 78 for a journey to England that never took place. Nonetheless, H. C. Robbins Landon referred to these works as the 'English Symphonies” as they are stylistically closely linked to 'the London Bach”, Johann Christian Bach. In a letter Haydn wrote to his Paris publisher Charles-Georges Boyer in 1783, he describe…

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