1621: Sir Francis Bacon is imprisoned in the Tower of London for one night. 1659: The Netherlands, England and France sign Treaty of The Hague. 1669: The last entry in Samuel Pepys’s diary.

Featured composers include Florence Price, Dvorak, Xavier Foley, Molly Joyce, Gabriel Fauré, Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert and Marianna von Martinez. In addition to orchestral concerts ...

Franz Joseph Haydn was the grand old man of Austrian music ... Given how prolific a composer he was — for example, 104 acknowledged symphonies and 68 string quartets (plus any number of ...

Image: DW The film shows the passion and precision with which the musicians interpret Joseph Haydn's music. Paavo Järvi exudes his enthusiasm for the undervalued composer and the musicians ...

Perhaps the greatest masterpiece of masterful composer Franz Joseph Haydn, “The Creation” tells the tale of the beginning of all things within nearly two hours of symphony orchestra and a full ...

He said he took inspiration from Franz Joseph Haydn’s “Toy Symphony” from about 1760 which also has a playful arrangement including toy trumpet, bird calls and glockenspiel. However ...

The film shows the passion and precision with which the musicians interpret Joseph Haydn's music. Paavo Järvi exudes his enthusiasm for the undervalued composer and the musicians rhapsodize about ...

the orchestra musicians who played for Haydn desperately wanted a vacation, so the composer wrote a piece where musicians would literally leave the stage, one by one, at the end of the piece.

The Symphony No. 94 in G by Franz Joseph Haydn - better known as the “Surprise” Symphony ... Rather, it was added on a whim for the composer’s London premiere of the work.

Mozart named these works for Franz Joseph Haydn, the father of the string quartet. When Haydn had heard them six months prior, he told Mozart’s father “your son is the greatest composer known ...

Even so, the three works on The Cleveland Orchestra’s October 4 program gave listeners a taste of the styles of composers writing ... opened with music by Franz Joseph Haydn, the “Father ...

Haydn Selections: • Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet ... Quartets will perform a new quartet of approximately 9 minutes in length by Canadian composer Kati Agócs. The work will be available to ...