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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Composer of the Week: Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): Episode 2: Esterhazy

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

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Episode 2: Esterhazy

Esterhazy

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Esterhazy

Donald Macleod investigates what working at the court of Esterhazy meant for Haydn.

Donald Macleod on what working at the court of Esterhazy meant for Haydn. With Adagio - Allegro (Symphony No 6 in D), String Quartet in B minor, H III 64 and Symphony No 83.

"As head of an orchestra I could experiment, observe what heightened the effect and what weakened it, and so could improve, expand, cut, take risks. I was cut off from the world, there was no one near me to torment me or make me doubt myself, and so I had to become original." Donald Macleod investigates what working the court of Esterházy meant for Haydn.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Donald Macleod investigates many aspects of Haydn's turbulent personality

Donald Macleod investigates many aspects of Haydn's turbulent personality, including commercial opportunism, double dealing, penny pinching and matrimonial misery

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