Day 29: Haydn Military Symphony
Picture to follow shortly.
After listening to Stravinsky, would it be awfully rude of
me to say how much I enjoyed listening to something simple, straightforward and
tuneful?! Haydn would probably not appreciate this comment, but I did find his
Military Symphony (no.100) nice and undemanding.
Haydn composed a series of symphonies known as the London
symphonies, of which there were twelve, this being the eighth. The symphony was
made up of the normal four movements and used the normal classical line-up of
instruments (two each of flutes, clarinets, oboes, bassoons, trumpets, standard
percussion and strings.
The name Military Symphony seems to have come from the idea
that the second movement contains trumpet fanfares and percussion that is
reminiscent of the sound of war. Despite this, (meaning the reminder of war)
the whole piece is a great piece of musical composition.
The rendition I was listening to was performed by the
Philharmonia Classica, and was conducted by Andreas von Aubel.
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