Mozart wrote many concertos, Haydn a mere handful. The reasons are fairly obvious - Haydn was not a virtuoso himself, and his secure gig with the Eszterhazy family meant that he didn't have to compete ...

On period instruments the wind concertos of the classical era take on a different personality. The plush uniformity of modern instruments is replaced by solo playing of quirky charisma. In Mozart’s ...

Joseph Haydn penned his Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major between 1761 and 1765, but it would be 200 years before anyone heard it. That’s because the piece somehow got placed in the Prague National ...

The prize-winning cellist joins forces with Camerata Chicago for Haydn's concertos - and a rarity from a Czech composer. Classic FM Drive Featured Album, 16 September 2013. Cellist Wendy Warner shot ...

Think Haydn’s concertos are all refined classical affairs? Check out the power and guts of this thrilling performance, which won a young soloist a major prize. This was one of those occasions when a ...

A musical masterpiece that went missing for 200 years will highlight this weekend’s concerts by the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. The musical score for “Cello Concerto in C Major,” written in the ...

The program the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is performing this weekend opens, deceptively, with a blast of quintessential ...

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An organ concerto is an odd duck. It doesn't fit into a church service, and most 18th-century theaters didn't have organs. But Haydn probably wrote his Organ Concerto in C to honor an old girlfriend ...

At this stage of her career, every new recording by Martha Argerich is welcome. This is not the first time she has committed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.1 to disc, but the partnership with conductor ...