Overture: The Desert Island

Symphony No. 103, in E flat (Drum Roll)

played by BBC Orchestra (Section C)
Led by Marie Wilson
Conducted by Clarence Raybould

Haydn's Symphony No. 103, in E flat (The Drum Roll) is the eighth of the series of symphonies written for Salomon in London, and is one of the most original of the twelve, both in form and in matter. Like most of Haydn's symphonies, the 'Drum Roll', which owes its name to the fact that the first movement opens with a roll of the timpani, is full of high spirits.