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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 4: The Shakespeare of Music

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Episode 4

Episode 4: The Shakespeare of Music

The Shakespeare of Music

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), The Shakespeare of Music

Donald discusses how Haydn became a sought-after celebrity in London.

Donald discusses how Haydn was tempted to London by the impresario Johann Peter Salomon and became a sought-after celebrity. With Keyboard Trio No 24 (Gypsy Trio).

Haydn is tempted to London by the impresario Johann Peter Salomon and becomes a sought-after celebrity, composing a dozen symphonies which contain some of his finest music. The English capital was much more important in building the composer's fame and legacy than his home of Vienna, as Donald Macleod discovers.

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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