eds., Walter Reicher and Michael E. Ruhling,. Haydn, Sacred Music, and Perspectives of the Viennese Classical Triad (Eisenstädter Haydn-Berichte, Vol. 13). Vienna ...

Michael Haydn died on August 10, 1806. He was younger brother to Joseph Haydn and counted Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart amongst his friends and admirers. The anniversary of his death prompted me to give his ...

John Sinclair, artistic director of the Bach Festival Society, challenged his audience Thursday night: Could we determine which of the Hadyn brothers composed each piece of music performed? The ...

Amid the wealth of music Mozart bequeathed us, his two quasi-conversational duo sonatas for violin and viola are easily overlooked. They were written in 1783 on the back of the Sinfonia concertante – ...

Here are spirited performances, cleanly engineered, of four chamber works by Joseph Haydn’s gifted younger brother. The Piccolo Concerto Wien use period instruments, making for some refreshingly tangy ...

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When I studied composition with the late Leonard Stein, one of my regular assignments was to compose minuets for string quartet “in the style of Mozart and Haydn.” It was no accident that Stein ...

Mozart had friends in high places, most notably his father who was one of the most important musicians in Salzburg. In his role, Leopold held control over which composers received commissions. Not ...

Haydn is presented with an exciting opportunity to take up a prestigious new role, in a new city. He immediately agrees but is quickly beset by doubts. With Donald Macleod Show more Donald Macleod ...