Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions Charles Hazlewood outlines the plans for Haydn broadcasts during the Composers of the Year celebrations. Charles was filmed specially for the website in the ...

Haydn and his brother Michael were choirboys at St Stephen ... Austrian national anthem in his ‘Emperor Quartet’. Several composers have written variations on the national anthem theme ...

Michael Haydn's Requiem in C minor: a guide to the best recordings David Threasher Friday, March 21, 2025 In our latest introduction to the history and recordings of a less familiar work, David ...

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. Haydn wrote 107 symphonies in total, as well as 83 string quartets, ...

I:97. Haydn’s celebrated London Symphonies were inspired by the composer’s highly successful visits to England between 1791 and 1795. These symphonies were composed for the impresario Johann ...

Haydn’s father was a wheelwright and the village sexton. Joseph was the second of his 12 children. His brother Michael, born five years later, also became a composer. Where did the music come from?

Franz Joseph Haydn was a composer of the Classical period, and he might be the most underappreciated composer by modern listeners. The BSO performed two of his symphonies — the 48th and the 99th.