Over the last five decades, the period-instrument movement has steadily colonised more and more of the orchestral repertory. The process has been very fully documented on disc, so that there are now ...

Franz Joseph Haydn never gets the attention he deserves. His friend Mozart and his student Beethoven tend to soak up most of the spotlight, but neither of those guys is called the “father” of anything ...

The first of Haydn's Esterhazy symphonies, in Le Matin nothing is taken for granted, and its musical structure is full of startling moments How else should the most productive period of symphonic ...

The Seocho Symphony Orchestra, a resident ensemble of the Seocho Culture Foundation in Seoul's Seocho-gu, will bring its ...

Symphony No. 53, 'Imperial' Oregon Symphony Orchestra Joseph Haydn, Composer Carlos Kalmar, Conductor Symphony No. 64, 'Tempora mutantur' Joseph Haydn, Composer Carlos Kalmar, Conductor Oregon ...

A complete cycle of Haydn’s 104 symphonies on period instruments has always seemed just out of reach. After two earlier cycles were aborted part way through Decca decided to bring those together and ...

Is Joseph Haydn's music boring? Not at all, say Paavo Järvi and the musicians of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. On their musical journey through Haydn's symphonic works, they discover new and ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. For most of us a standard diary, or a five-year one at best, is sufficient for booking engagements. Imagine having ...

Symphony No. 43, 'Mercury' Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra Thomas Fey, Conductor Joseph Haydn, Composer Symphony No. 25 Thomas Fey, Conductor Joseph Haydn, Composer Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra ...

In this short film Howard Goodall analyses 18th century music, Joseph Haydn' impact on composition, and the rise of the symphony and opera as prominent musical forms. The simplicity, elegance and ...