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Composer of the Week: Haydn

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With Donald Macleod.

The move of the Esterhazy household to the summer palace at Esterhaza revived Haydn's interest in the string quartet and marked the beginning of a new style in his music - Sturm und Drang.

String Quartet in C, Op 20 No 2 (Sun) (2nd mvt) - Salomon Quartet

Piano Sonata in C minor, H XVI 20 - Mikhail Pletnev

Symphony No 44 in E minor (Trauersinfonie) - Academy of Ancient Music, director Christopher Hogwood

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Presenter:
Donald Macleod
Source: Radio Times

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