Most of Haydn's symphonies between these early works and the late 'London' symphonies were composed during his three decades of service at the Eszterházy court.
Composition History
The earliest of the four symphonies on this album are numbers 10 and 11, both composed no later than 1761.
Interpretation
The Hanover Band performs on period instruments at a pitch of A = 430Hz, and the director, Roy Goodman, conducts from the harpsichord for symphonies 1 to 92.
Composer Biography
At age 27, Joseph Haydn gained his first secure musical appointment as Kapellmeister and Kammer compositeur to Count Morzin.
Compositional Technique
As early as 1759, Haydn was already thinking of the symphony as a motivically coherent whole.
Composition History
Haydn's accepted numbering of his symphonies bears little relationship to their true chronology.
Compositional Technique
Symphony No. 11 harks back to the old Italian sonata da chiesa, or church sonata, in its four-movement form.
