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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: Johann Michael Haydn (1737-1806)

Composer of the Week: Johann Michael Haydn (1737-1806): Episode 2: Salzburg

Johann Michael Haydn (1737-1806)

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Episode 2: Salzburg

Salzburg

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Johann Michael Haydn (1737-1806), Salzburg

Donald Macleod focuses on Michael Haydn's first few years in Salzburg.

Donald Macleod focuses on Michael Haydn's first years in Salzburg, the city where he made his name and went on reside for over 40 years.

Having a world famous composer for a brother isn't easy. Despite being hugely respected in his own lifetime and thought, especially in sacred music, to be at least the equal of Franz Joseph, Michael Haydn has not been kindly dealt with by history. A modest man, comfortable in his Salzburg surrounds, Michael Haydn's lack of ambition seems to have held him back, and his works are rarely heard today. This week Donald Macleod tries to redress the balance by exploring the life and work of a composer admired and respected by Mozart, and revered by Schubert.

In today's programme, Donald focuses on Michael Haydn's first years in the city in which he would make his name, and where he'd live for over forty years - Salzburg.

Michael Haydn: Concerto in C for viola, organ and string orchestra - 3rd movement
Simon Preston, organ
Stephen Shingles, viola
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor

Michael Haydn: Serenade in D - 6th movement
Dieter Klocker, clarinet
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Gernot Schmalfuß, conductor

Michael Haydn: Ave Regina Caelorum, MH 140
St Jacob's Chamber Choir
Gary Graden, conductor

Michael Haydn: Requiem: Pro Defuncto Archiepiscopo Sigismundo - Versus, Sanctus & Benedictus, Agnus Dei & Communio, Requiem Aeternam
Carolyn Sampson, soprano
Hilary Summers, alto
James Gilchrist, tenor
Peter Harvey, bass
Choir of the King's Consort
The King's Consort
Robert King, conductor


Producer: Sam Phillips.

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Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Joseph's brother, Michael Haydn

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Joseph's brother, Michael Haydn. He was a composer admired and respected by Mozart and revered by Schubert

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