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Composer of the Week: Haydn

BBC Radio 3
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The Haydn Revival, 1932-96
Richard Wigmore traces Haydn's steady comeback from a century of neglect. After the war, a young American officer founded the Haydn Society and produced many premiere recordings in Vienna. HC Robbins Landon remembers his pioneering days.
String Quartet in D minor, Op 103 (3rd mvt)
Busch Quartet
Missa Cellensis in Honorem BVM
(Missa Sanctae Ceciliae) (excerpt) Soloists, Vienna Academy Chamber Choir, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, conductor Hans Gillesberger Symphony No 56 in C
Vienna State Opera Orchestra, conductor Anton Heiller
Piano Sonata in D, H XVI 51
Virginia Pleasants
Repeated next Tuesday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Wigmore
Unknown:
Robbins Landon
Conductor:
Hans Gillesberger
Conductor:
Anton Heiller
Source: Radio Times

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