HAYDN: Allegro, Trumpet Concerto - Niklas Eklund (tpt), Swedish CO/ Roy Goodman (Naxos 8. HAYDN: Adagio, Symphony No 51 - Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/ Franz Brüggen (Philips 473 015) HAYDN: Symphony No 45, Farewell - English Concert/ Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 435 001) HAYDN: Menuet, from Baryton Trio - Netherlands Baryton Trio (Etcetera KTC 1313) He is often known as the father of the symphony. HAYDN: Andante, Symphony No 94 - Stuttgart Radio SO/ Roger Norrington (Hanssler CD 93.252) Some interesting facts: He was one of the greatest composers of the classical period. The Haydn family would give informal weekend concerts. He used that skill in his spare time to make musical instruments for his family to play. He had the skills of a blacksmith, stonemason, and carpenter. We used music from the following recordings in the programme: Life Haydns father made wheels for a living. What does Haydn have in common with Jane Austen? How many works did he write for the baryton? What is the baryton? Why did he write the Farewell Symphony? Which keyboard instrument was common in Haydn’s time? Which of Haydn’s well-known works do we wish we hadn’t heard of? What was life like in the Enlightenment?įor the answers to these questions and other quirky, entertaining and just plain interesting facts, tune into Steve Danby’s programme on Franz Joseph Haydn. In his teens, Franz left the choir to begin working as a freelance musician and composing when he had time. 9am Sunday 7 April and 7pm Monday 8 April 2012 Haydn joined the Choir at age 5 Joseph Haydn’s voice was quite angelic that he was recruited to the choir at a very young age of 5. Austrian composer, born on the 31st of March 1732 at Rohrau (Trstnik), a village on the borders of Lower Austria and Hungary. At a very early age his parents, Mathias and Maria, recognized their sons musical talent and accepted an offer to allow schoolmaster and choirmaster, Johann Matthias Franck, to train young Franz as a musician.
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