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Tag: Haydn

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NTSO’s Unfinished

April 22, 2018April 22, 2018 Fugue for Thought

featuring Rainer Honeck Undetermined, Unfinished, but Undeniably Excellent This is our second visit to Taipei this weekend from a member of a European ensemble, after Stefan Dohr Friday. Back in the day, a few centuries ago, a soloist leading the … Continue reading NTSO’s Unfinished

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NSO’s Eroica

April 22, 2017April 23, 2017 Fugue for Thought

featuring Carl St. Clair, conductor; Albrecht Mayer, oboe Yes. It’s called that for the reason that you think it is. But we’ll get there. It’s been more than a month since I’ve been in the concert hall, and that’s a … Continue reading NSO’s Eroica

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Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Taipei

December 2, 2016December 3, 2016 Fugue for Thought

We’re quite spoilt here in Taipei. I won’t go on again about having seen the world-famous ensembles from Berlin, Vienna, Chicago, and Munich come visit, along with the likes of the Concertgebouw and Philharmonia, and on and on, but we … Continue reading Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Taipei

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Podcast: Haydn Found

November 12, 2016November 13, 2016 Fugue for Thought

featuring Mike McCaffrey. Listen here or in iTunes. Once upon a time, I had a very long conversation with a guy who knew Haydn personally. Or that’s what it felt like. And if you go over to Mike McCaffrey’s website, Haydn Seek, (he calls … Continue reading Podcast: Haydn Found

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Podcast: Haydn Seek, pt. 2

October 2, 2016October 2, 2016 Fugue for Thought

featuring Mike McCaffrey. Listen here or in iTunes. This episode comes at a pretty cool time that I hadn’t planned. I’d planned for it to be uploaded this week (pretty low-fi operation here, so it depends largely on my spare … Continue reading Podcast: Haydn Seek, pt. 2

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Podcast: Haydn Seek, pt. 1

May 29, 2016June 19, 2016 Fugue for Thought

featuring Mike McCaffrey Listen here or in iTunes I started this podcast to hear and share stories and expertise, people’s unique musical experiences, be it a long-time career and tidbits from it, or a more specific story to share. But … Continue reading Podcast: Haydn Seek, pt. 1

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Haydn String Quartet no 23 in Fm, op. 20 no. 5

May 7, 2016April 30, 2016 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Buchberger quartet, or in a nice performance by the Quatuor Mosaïques This! This is the kind of thing we’ve been working toward. Haydn’s next quartet (reflecting the order in his own catalogue) is the string quartet no. … Continue reading Haydn String Quartet no 23 in Fm, op. 20 no. 5

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Haydn Symphony no. 11 in E-flat (H. I/11)

May 6, 2016April 30, 2016 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra under Adam Fischer, or below with the Philharmonia Hungarica under Antal Dorati Well, here we are… at our final Haydn (symphony) for a while, after another stretch of works. Again, I promise once we … Continue reading Haydn Symphony no. 11 in E-flat (H. I/11)

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Haydn Symphony No. 25 in C (H. I/25)

May 5, 2016May 5, 2016 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra under Adam Fischer, or below with the Philharmonia Hungarica and Antal Dorati Phew. Good thing this symphony is awesome, because they were starting to seem a little similar. There are a few notable differences with … Continue reading Haydn Symphony No. 25 in C (H. I/25)

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Haydn Symphony No. 19 in D (H. I/19)

May 4, 2016May 3, 2016 Fugue for Thought

Adam Fischer/Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, or below by the Philharmonia Hungarica under Antal Dorati Bam. Here we are again. More Haydn. Also, MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU. If it’s still the third, come back in twelve hours. Similar to yesterday’s … Continue reading Haydn Symphony No. 19 in D (H. I/19)

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Haydn Symphony No. 17 in F (H. I/17)

May 3, 2016May 3, 2016 Fugue for Thought

Adam Fischer/Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, or below with The Philharmonia Hungarica under Antal Dorati I’ll be typing that a lot this week. Symphony number 17. H. C. Robbins Landon’s The Symphonies of Joseph Haydn states that the work might have been written by 1757, … Continue reading Haydn Symphony No. 17 in F (H. I/17)

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Haydn Symphony no. 20 in C (H. I/20)

May 2, 2016May 6, 2017 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra under Adam Fischer, or below by the Philharmonia Hungarica under Antal Dorati Haydn symphonies, man. There’s a ton of them. I feel bad-ish for burning through them in quick stretches like this, but if … Continue reading Haydn Symphony no. 20 in C (H. I/20)

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SQS: Haydn String quartets 17-22, op. 17

April 30, 2016April 23, 2016 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Buchberger Quartet, or per the below links We’re just burning through the early Haydn quartets! (Maybe he should have, too! I kid, really.) The opus 17 quartets are as follows: Quartet No. 17 in F major, Op. … Continue reading SQS: Haydn String quartets 17-22, op. 17

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SQS: Haydn String Quartets #12-16, op. 9

March 27, 2016February 11, 2016 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Buchberger Quartet The opus 9 quartets, with links to performances of the works (not by Buchberger), are as follows: Quartet No. 11 in D minor, Op. 9, No. 4, FHE No. 16, Hoboken No. III:22 Quartet No. … Continue reading SQS: Haydn String Quartets #12-16, op. 9

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SQS: Haydn String Quartet no. 11, op. 9, no. 4 in Dm

March 26, 2016February 10, 2016 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Buchberger Quartet, or below by the Festetics Quartet The first string quartet (of all, but especially) of Haydn’s that we shall sink our teeth into for this series is his number 11, the fourth of his opus nine … Continue reading SQS: Haydn String Quartet no. 11, op. 9, no. 4 in Dm

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SQS: Haydn’s Divertimenti a Quattro, op. 2

March 20, 2016February 10, 2016 Fugue for Thought

again, performed by the Buchberger Quartet, or below by the Kodàly Quartet no. 8 no. 9 no. 10 Contained in this opus number are four quartets, per Wikipedia: Quartet No. 7 in A major, Op. 2, No. 1, FHE No. … Continue reading SQS: Haydn’s Divertimenti a Quattro, op. 2

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SQS: Haydn’s Divertimenti a Quattro, op. 1, no.s 1-6

March 19, 2016February 10, 2016 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Buchberger Quartet, or below by the Kodàly Quartet no. 2 no. 3 no. 4 no. 5 no. 6 The below from Wikipedia: Quartet No. 1 in B♭ major (“La Chasse”), Op. 1, No. 1, FHE No. 52, Hoboken … Continue reading SQS: Haydn’s Divertimenti a Quattro, op. 1, no.s 1-6

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Haydn Symphony no. 10 in D, H. I/10

March 18, 2016March 11, 2016 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra under Adam Fischer, or below by L’Estro Armonico under Derek Solomons This was originally intended to be the last post in the second installment of Haydn symphonies by fives. We did 1-5 sometime last … Continue reading Haydn Symphony no. 10 in D, H. I/10

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Haydn Symphony no. 27 G major, H. I/27

March 17, 2016March 11, 2016 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra under Adam Fischer, or below by the Academy of Ancient music under Christopher Hogwood (I enjoy Fischer’s much more) So here we are again with another Haydn symphony. As I mentioned yesterday, Haydn’s catalogue is not … Continue reading Haydn Symphony no. 27 G major, H. I/27

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Haydn Symphony no. 18 in G, H. I/18

March 16, 2016March 4, 2016 Fugue for Thought

performed (as always) by the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra under Adam Fischer (from whence comes the cover image for this article), or below by the Academy of Ancient Music under Christopher Hogwood So we’re going to get back around to Haydn … Continue reading Haydn Symphony no. 18 in G, H. I/18

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Concert Review: TSO’s Legendary Hungary

January 10, 2016January 10, 2016 Fugue for Thought

This is the final concert of the first half of the TSO’s season, and so nice to see them once again in our National Concert Hall. Word on the street is that there’s going to be a new hall for … Continue reading Concert Review: TSO’s Legendary Hungary

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