Franz Josef Haydn

Some days, it really seems like everybody who came after him was just sort of thrashing about, maybe doing great stuff sometimes, sure, but never with the grace and elegance and economy and style of the guy who can lay claim to the "Father of the Symphony" title. Today is one of those days for me. Everybody show love to Franz Josef, because he is that dude.

"The Creation": badass

dan otm

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i go back and forth on fjh, but when he hits the spot, and it'll usually be with a string quartet or a symphony, yeah, he seems like the only thing. the fact he recognised mozart was greater than him is to his credit too.

Haydn died at the end of May in 1809, shortly after an attack on Vienna by the French army under Napoleon. He was 77. Among his last words was his attempt to calm and reassure his servants when cannon shot fell in the neighborhood (Geiringer 1982, p. 189). "My children, have no fear, for where Haydn is, no harm can fall." Two weeks later, a memorial service was held in the Schottenkirche on June 15, 1809, at which Mozart's Requiem was performed.

I'm a fan. John D. otm: His music rarely seems Great in the accepted grandiose, lapel-grabbing sense, but it's consistently wonderful.

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Classic for that one alone. And great trumpet concerto too :)

Looks like Mostly Mozart is doing The Creation this year.

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is this Hayden or Westbam

I have definitely had similar thoughts about classical music after Haydn. Chopin, though, was a profound exception to any negative general perceptions that one might make about Romantic music. And I do think that Chopin's respect for some of his contemporaries and immediate precursors (Beethoven, Weber, Mendelssohn) is, at the very least on a structural and theoretical basis, notable.

is this Hayden or Westbam

It's Haydn, his 94th symphony, more known as "Surprise". :)

This is incredible:

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LOL WikiAnswers:

Q: was joseph haydn black?
A: No. He was born in Austria.

hahahaha

according to the documentary i watched over the weekend, haydn and mozart both used fortepianos made with wood from the same tree

And that tree was Goethe's beloved Gingko tree.

according to the documentary i watched over the weekend, haydn and mozart both used fortepianos made with wood from the same tree

please to identify said documentary by name! thx

stream here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kfqgq

they talk about the fortepiano at around 38 minutes

(you'll need to skip forward to episode 3)

He would own that "preposterously Prolific" poll.

if you start your day with the Alain Planes Sonatas Vol. 2 pictured above, you will feel instantly great about how your day is goin'

just so you know

i've been listening to his piano stuff all week. well, him and chopin. in the mood for some piano, i guess.

On March 27th went to see the Belcea Quartet at Lincoln Center-- main impetus for my attendance was Beethoven's op. 130 quartet with the Great Fugue in its proper place as its finale. But the opening Haydn quartet-- Op. 77 no. 1 -- stole the show. Absolutely killed me. Kicked off a week of nonstop Haydn listening which is now turning into 2 weeks. Highlights:

Florestan Trio performing FJH's piano Trios on Hyperion -- kick ass.

Bernstein/NYPO's set of the "Paris" symphonies-- yes, finally a version of these that hits me the way it always seemed thay should (Kuijken didn't do it, Sanderling didn't do it, Marriner didn't do it).

Live radio recital by Deszo Ranki from Hungary 2009 of four Piano Sonatas-- effortlessly, mysteriously dead on target. My late friend Manuel was right about Ranki. His radio recitals will be passed around 30 years from now the way Richter's are today.

Quartets, quartets, quartets. Quatuor Mosaiques, the Leipzig String Quartet, the Tatrai Quartet, the Lindsays. Have to try not to imbibe too many of these but really digest them instead. Focussing on Op. 77, 50, and 76 for starters.

The Belcea Quartet, to my annoyance, have not recorded Op. 77 no. 1. But the concert I saw on the 27th was recorded for broadcast, so hopefully one of my webcast-capturing CM friends will record it.

FJH is seriously getting me through some of the worst weeks within memory.

i still like the aeolian quartets from the 70s. which are amazing. and will take me 20 years to hear all of.

everybody who came after him was just sort of thrashing about, maybe doing great stuff sometimes, sure, but never with the grace and elegance and economy and style

huh, i didn't realize derek simpson from the aeolian quartet was also part of the 'eleanor rigby' octet

http://www.haydn107.com/index.php?id=1&lng=2

this is some v. nice work

god

i can't express how amazing his string quartets are 2 me

otm

For the string quartets, I alternate between the Alban Berg Quartett on modern instruments and the Quatuor Mosaïques when I'm in the mood for a more historicist sound.

The piano sonatas merit attention as well. I got acquainted with them via Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's remarkably thorough interpretations. The Variations in F minor, although not a sonata, strike me as the highlight.

My local HMV has the Takacs Quartet recording for a few quid (string quartets) - can anyone recommend?

Their second recording of Bartók's quartets is a desert island disc as far as I'm concerned, but I'm not too fond of their forays into pre-20th century material, so I'd check out Mosaïques or the ABQ first if I were you.

Jerusalem Quartet's couple of Haydn discs on Harmonia Mundi are wonderful, too

Thanks both, will investigate.
On a separate note, I've been enjoying the Piano Trios a lot - very melodic. The disk I have is performed by the Bayeux Arts Trio.

listening to his trumpet concerto in E-flat -- the economical beauty of this piece is impressive, i don't know how else to describe it. i mean it's more than impressive: it's otherworldly.

god

― example (crüt), Thursday, February 2, 2017 6:33 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink

i can't express how amazing his string quartets are 2 me

― example (crüt), Thursday, February 2, 2017 6:33 PM (two years ago)

still true

you've had two and a half years, have you even been trying to express it

maybe you'll do it someday