A Choral Scholar
Donald Macleod on Michael Haydn's early years as a choral scholar with his brother Joseph, and then in his first appointment, to bishop Baron Adam Patachich in Grosswardein.
Donald Macleod explores the pre-Salzburg days of the man who would became known as the Salzburg Haydn - Joseph's brother Michael Haydn.
Having a world famous composer for a brother isn't easy. Despite being hugely respected in his own lifetime and thought, especially in sacred music, to be at least the equal of Franz Joseph, Michael Haydn has not been kindly dealt with by history. A modest man, comfortable in his Salzburg surrounds, Michael Haydn's lack of ambition seems to have held him back, and his works are rarely heard today. This week Donald Macleod tries to redress the balance by exploring the life and work of a composer admired and respected by Mozart, and revered by Schubert.
In today's programme, Donald explores Michael Haydn's early years as a choral scholar with his brother Joseph, and then in his first appointment to bishop Baron Adam Patachich in the town of Grosswardein.
Michael Haydn: Symphony in D major, MH 287 - Finale
German Chamber Academy Neus
Johannes Goritski, conductor
Michael Haydn: Missa Sanctae Crucis, MH 56
Purcell Choir
Members of Orfeo Orchestra
Gyorgy Vashegyi, conductor
Michael Haydn: Symphony in G, MH 26
Savaria Baroque Orchestra
P谩l N茅meth, conductor
Michael Haydn: Violin Concerto in B flat, MH 36 - 1st movement
Barnabas Kelemen, violin
Erkel Ferenc Chamber Orchestra
Producer: Sam Phillips.
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Michael Haydn
Symphony In D Major P.43
Orchestra: Neuss Chamber Academy. Conductor: Johannes Goritzki.- CPO:9993802.
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Michael Haydn
Concerto In D Major P.56
Choir: Purcell Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Orfeo Orchestra.- HUNGATRON: HCD32567.
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Michael Haydn
Symphony (Divertimento) In G Major Mh.26
Orchestra: Savaria Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: P谩l N茅meth.- HUNGATRON HCD 32202.
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Michael Haydn
Concerto In B Flat Major P.53
Performer: Barnabas Kelemen. Orchestra: Erkel Ferenc Kamarazenekar.- HUNGAROTON : HCD-32057.
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