Slow Movement and Finale from 'Surprise' Symphony...Haydn

The Symphony gets its name from one chord in the Second Movement. This Movement, a gently, but steadily progressing Air with Variations, begins very softly on Strings alone. Then, at the sixteenth bar, comes a crash from the whole Orchestra - the 'surprise.'

The Last Movement is a quick, jolly one. Note the many instances of Haydn's playful use of alternating Wind and String passages.

Dorothy Ansell (pianoforte)
Group of Waltzes...Brahms