Visitors to Britain
With Richard Baker.
1: Haydn. Several of the works Haydn wrote during his visits to London in the 1790s were dedicated to women he met in the city. Music filled theatres, coffee houses and the new concert halls that were opening up everywhere: for these, Haydn wrote his great London symphonies. Including:
Haydn Symphony No 92 in G (Oxford) (1st mvt)
Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Leonard Bernstein
Handel Coronation Anthem No 1:
Zadok the Priest
Westminster Abbey Choir,
English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Martin Neary
Haydn String Quartet in G minor, Op 74 No 3 (Rider) (2nd mvt) Endellion Quartet
Haydn Sonata in E flat, H XVI 52 Yevgeni Kissin (piano) Producer Tony Sellors
SOUNDING THE CENTURY