Composer of the Week
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Episode 5
Donald Macleod looks at Haydn's late compositions, including his masterpiece The Creation, inspired partly by the music of Handel and also by a visit to the planetary observatory of William Herschel. Part of Radio 3's Composers of the Year 2009 season. Trumpet Concerto Jurgen Schuster (trumpet) Cologne Chamber Orchestra Helmut Muller-Bruhl (conductor) Naxos 8.570482 T10-12 Arianna a Naxos Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) Hyperion CDA67174 T1-4 The Creation (excerpt) Michael Schade (Uriel) Christian Gerhaher (Raphael) Arnold Schoenberg Choir Concentus Musicus Wien Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director) Harmonia Mundi 82876583402 CD1 T1-3 String Quartet, Op 76, No 3 (Emperor) - 2nd mvt Alban Berg Quartet EMI CDC5561662 T6-10.