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Composer of the Week: Haydn

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Donald Macleod charts the attempts by concert promoters Pleyel and Salomon to lure Haydn to participate in their rival London concert series of the 1790s.
Sinfonia Concertante in B flat minor
Christopher Blake (oboe), Charles Miller (bassoon), Lesley Hatfield (violin), John Leeming (cello), UlsterOrchestra, conductor Raymond Leppard Cantata: The Storm
Haydn Society Chorus, Orchestra of the Golden Age, conductor Denis McCaldin Symphony No 94 in G (Surprise)
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, conductor Frans Bruggen

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Oboe:
Christopher Blake
Oboe:
Charles Miller
Bassoon:
Lesley Hatfield
Violin:
John Leeming
Conductor:
Raymond Leppard
Conductor:
Denis McCaldin
Conductor:
Frans Bruggen
Source: Radio Times

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