Episode 5
Donald Macleod looks at Haydn's late compositions, including The Creation, inspired partly by the music of Handel and also by a visit to the observatory of William Herschel.
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.
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- Fri 23 Jan 200912:00BBC Radio 3
- Fri 23 Jan 200922:00BBC Radio 3
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