Joseph Haydn & Michael Haydn: Overtures and Symphonies

Featuring

Enrico Onofri
Österreichisch-Ungarische Philharmonie
Michael Haydn
Joseph Haydn

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Composer Biography

Michael Haydn spent his entire career in Salzburg, where he was appointed Court Musician and Concert Master in 1763 and remained until his death in 1806.

Composition History

Joseph Haydn's puppet opera 'Philemon and Baucis' premiered in 1773 to celebrate the opening of a new puppet theatre at the Esterházy palace in Fertöd, during a visit by Empress Maria Theresa.

Critical Reception

Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 96, 'Miracle', earned its nickname from an anecdote about a chandelier falling during a concert, though Haydn later clarified it happened during Symphony No. 102.

Historical Context

Joseph Haydn served as Kapellmeister to the Hungarian princes of Esterházy from 1761 to 1803, working for four different princely administrators.

Performer Biography

The Haydn Philharmonie was founded in 1987 by Adam Fischer with musicians from Vienna and Hungarian orchestras to overcome borders through music before the fall of the 'Iron Curtain'.

Compositional Technique

Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 39 showcases rich timbres in its Andante movement, with the wind section, augmented by trumpets, featuring alternating individual instruments.