Leader, Philip Whiteway
Conductor, B. Walton O'Donnell
Frances Allsom (mezzo-soprano)
Philip Warde (baritone)
Haydn's Symphony No. 103, in E flat (The Drum Roll) is the eighth of the series of symphonies that he wrote for Salomon in London. It shows the classical symphony brought to its highest state of organisation. Apart from added richness of detail and subject matter, the orchestration is characterised by more freedom of the wind instruments and the lower strings, which obviously results in greater effects of contrast and variety of colour.
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