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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 4: The New Archbishop

Johann Michael Haydn (1737-1806)

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Episode 4: The New Archbishop

The New Archbishop

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

Michael Haydn's life under Salzburg's new Archbishop, Count Hieronymus von Colloredo.

Donald Macleod focuses on Michael Haydn's life under Salzburg's new Archbishop, Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, perhaps best-known as a thorn in the side of Mozart.

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 explores Michael Haydn's life under Salzburg's new Archbishop - Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, perhaps best known as a thorn in the side of Haydn's friend Mozart.

Michael Haydn: Missa In Honorem Sanctae Ursulae, MH 546 - Gloria
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

Michael Haydn: Responsory for Good Friday , MH 277 - First Matin-Nocturn
Purcell Choir
Members of Orfeo Orchestra
Gyorgy Vashegyi, conductor

Michael Haydn: Symphony in B flat major, MH 425/652
Deutsche Kammeracademie Neuss
Frank Beermann, conductor

Michael Haydn: Missa Hispanica, MH 422 - Sanctus & Benedictus
Mária Zádori, soprano
Judit Németh, mezzo-soprano
Péter Drucker, tenor
István Kovács, bass
Debrecen Kodály Choir
Capella Savaria
Pál Németh, 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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