Composer | Music |
Haydn | Symphony No.68 (Finale) |
Haydn | String Quartet Op.20, No.4 (Finale) |
Haydn | String Quartet Op.20, No.5 (Adagio) |
Haydn | Piano Trio No.25 (Rondo all' Ongarese) |
Haydn | String Quartet Op.76, No.1 (Menuetto) |
Haydn | Symphony No.92 ("Oxford"), (Adagio) |
Haydn | Piano Trio No.26 (Adagio cantabile) |
Haydn | Sinfonia Concertante (3rd mvt) |
Haydn | Symphony No.90 (Finale) |
Haydn | Symphony No.88 (Largo) |
Haydn | The Seasons (Winter - excerpt) |
Haydn | The Seasons (Summer - excerpt) |
Haydn | String Quartet Op.76, No.5 (Finale) |
Haydn | String Quartet Op.76, No.5 (Largo) |
You're probably wondering about the title of this programme! What could an all-Haydn programme have to do with Napoleon? Susi kept us all wondering nearly until the end. Eventually we learned how, when the French army captured Vienna, Napoleon placed an armed guard on Haydn's house to protect the ageing composer from harm or harassment.