A Farewell to the Keyboard
Exploring Haydn's final works. Today, Donald Macleod explores Haydn's final keyboard sonata and last major orchestral work, his much-loved Trumpet Concerto.
Exploring Haydn's final works. Today, Donald Macleod explores Haydn's final keyboard sonata and last major orchestral work, his much-loved Trumpet Concerto.
Haydn's "The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross" is one of the most remarkable and original musical works of the entire 18th century. Conceived as an instrumental oratorio for Cadiz in Spain, it vividly depicts the suffering of Christ in sound alone 鈥� a truly radical idea for the time. This week, Donald Macleod explores this little-known and beautiful work, as well as Haydn's own "last words" 鈥� his last compositions in a variety of genres: last opera, last symphony, last piano sonata, and many more, covering the period from 1786 to his death in 1809.
In today's episode, Donald Macleod tells the story of how Haydn came to make a choral arrangement of his "Seven Last Words", a decade after the pioneering instrumental version. We also explore the background to Haydn's last keyboard sonata, No.62, and the story of his much-loved Trumpet Concerto.
Introduzione: Largo e cantabile; Sonata 4: I Thirst (The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, choral version)
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Ruth Sandhoff (alto), Robert Getchell (tenor), Harry van der Kamp (bass)
Accentus / Laurence Equilbey
Piano Sonata in E Flat, Hob: XVI:52 [no.62]
Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin (piano)
Trumpet Concerto in E Flat
Maurice Andr茅 (trumpet)
Munich Chamber Orchestra / Hans Stadlmair
Chorus of The Danes (Incidental Music to Alfred: King of the Danes)
Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox
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Joseph Haydn
The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross (excerpt)
Singer: Sandrine Piau. Singer: Ruth Sandhoff. Singer: Robert Getchell. Singer: Harry van der Kamp. Choir: Accentus Chamber Choir. Ensemble: Berlin Academy for Early Music. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.- NAIVE RECORDS : V-5045.
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Joseph Haydn
Sonata 4: I Thirst - The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross - H.20.2
Singer: Sandrine Piau. Singer: Ruth Sandhoff. Singer: Robert Getchell. Singer: Harry van der Kamp. Choir: Accentus Chamber Choir. Ensemble: Berlin Academy for Early Music. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.- NAIVE RECORDS : V-5045.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in E flat major
Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.- HYPERION : CDA 67-554.
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Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in E flat major
Performer: Maurice Andr茅. Performer: M眉nchener Kammerorchester. Conductor: Hans Stadlmair.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOP : 419 874-2-.
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Joseph Haydn
Chorus of The Danes
Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- CHANDOS CHAN 0633.
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