A Concert of some of his lesser-known music given on the Eve of the 200th anniversary of his
Birth
NOEL EADIE (Soprano)
ERNEST HALL (Trumpet)
NOEL EADIE
Two Canzonets
HIS translator strongly disagrees with Bombet's remarks, previously quoted, about Haydn's songs. 'The canzonets, which Haydn wrote during his residence in England,' he remarks in a footnote, ' must surely have been absent from the author's recollection.' ... ' We would challenge any author, in any language, to produce their equal in simple gracefulness and exquisite sensibility.' Of course, this enthusiastic commentator could scarcely be expected to know that Schubert was in a few years utterly to refute him.
ORCHESTRA.
Symphony No. 96, in D (No. 6 of the London
Symphonies)
Adagio-Allegro; Andante ; Minuet; Finale, Vivace assai
HAYDN wrote this symphony in London, and relied on his experience to orchestrate it effectively. But at home he had a very different method. Bombet informs us that If any doubt arose during the composition of a symphony, his situation at Eisenstadt enabled him easily to resolve it. 'He rang his hell in the way agreed on to announce a rehearsal; the performers repaired to the rehearsing-room. He made them execute the passage which he had in his mind, in two or three different ways; and having made his choice, he dismissed them, and returned to resume his composition.'