Composer of the Week - Michael Haydn
Donald Macleod explores the works of Michael Haydn
Composer of the Week - Michael Haydn - Episode 1
Donald Macleod explores the work of Joseph Haydn's younger brother, focusing on his time as music director to the Bishop of Grosswardein and as a concertmaster in Salzburg.
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Composer of the Week - Michael Haydn - Episode 2
Donald Macleod explores two distinct Haydn works: his Concertino for Horn and the Requiem for Archbishop Sigismund, a piece which influenced Mozart.
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Composer of the Week - Michael Haydn - Episode 3
Donald Macleod looks at a major change in Haydn's life, following the arrival on the scene of the new archbishop of Salzburg, Hieronymus Colloredo.
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Composer of the Week - Michael Haydn - Episode 4
Donald Macleod discusses Haydn's unusual Oboe Mass, written to mark the tenth anniversary of his boss's accession to the archbishopric of Salzburg, as well as his Symphony in G.
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Composer of the Week - Michael Haydn - Episode 5
Donald Macleod explores music from Haydn's last two decades, including his last symphony and another work commissioned by Empress Maria Theresa - the Missa sub titulo Sti Leopoldi.
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