MITA Session: Act II of The Amazing Ascension of Joseph Haydn

Music in the Air lead author Robert Winter tracks the twists and turns of
Joseph Haydn’s second London sojourn in 1793-94, which was about as perfect and satisfying an experience as any human could ever hope for—and in this case one most richly deserved.

0:00 Welcome
1:06 Back in the Hanover Square Rooms with the “Military” Symphony
1:37 The Explosive Allegretto
10:26 A Festive Minuet
16:39 Competing Views of Haydn
18:20 A Witty but Learned Finale
30:02 A Glowing Review, Tristram Shandy, and a Scottish woman
35:13 The String Quartet
36:58 Op. 76, No. 5 (1797)
38:05 The 2nd Movement: Sad Singing
47:26 The Minuet: What is a Hemiola?
48:27 The Finale: A Hurdy-Gurdy on Steroids
57:10 MITA Stashes and Haydn on Haydn