Debates about "best" composers are silly, but in this year of Haydn, his admirers are seizing the opportunity to right a few wrongs when it comes to their favorite composer. And wronged they feel.
Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. Picture: Classic FM John Suchet plays a track from ...
A well-known pianist colleague confessed a dislike of Haydn because “his music is like playing parlour games in Latin.” So let’s play some parlour games: In what year did Mozartkugeln (chocolate balls ...
Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. This week: Live in Concert - Haydn and Mozart by ...
This concert from the Australian Haydn Ensemble explores JC Bach's influence on Mozart. In the words of Artistic Director Skye McIntosh: "Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 12 was written the year after JC ...
It was a text to the radio show the other week that got me thinking. A Dublin listener, Michael Conaghan, was reminding me of the place Michael Haydn occupies in the musical canon. The younger of the ...
Joseph Haydn died 200 years ago Sunday. He was, by any measure, a prolific composer. In addition to the five dozen or so string quartets, he wrote hundreds of trios, piano sonatas, oratorios, masses, ...
In case you are wondering, there really was someone named Haydn Zug. Today, the restaurant in the heart of East Petersburg that bears his name stands as a tribute to the colorful character who once ...
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