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...Papa Haydn wrote this tune, And a chord is coming soon. It will be a big surprise. Open sleepy eyes. Bang. -Sigmund Spaeth
Growing up, learning to play the piano, singing patronizing ditties like that, small wonder that thousands upon thousands of young children ended up with kindly but bored thoughts of old Papa Haydn. Set to the jolly theme from the Surprise Symphony, not unlike Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, it conjured up an image of a doddering prankster whose place in history was unquestioned but whose music was best ignored. For much of the late 19th century and most of the 20th, that is exactly what almost everyone thought of Franz Joseph Haydn...
...know better, and that is why all of Washington, D.C., was resounding to Haydn last week. It was the start of a three-week Haydnfest at the Kennedy Center, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Gallery of Art, the Library of Congress and countless homes to which radio station WGMS began beaming daily Haydn programs. The performers include the city's own National Symphony, soloists like Violinist Isaac Stern and Cellist Janos Starker, orchestras and choruses from Yale, Shenandoah Conservatory and Kent State University...
...successful summer series of free Garden Concerts on the lawn of Longfellow's home, 105 Brattle Street in Cambridge, runs into the school year for as long as the weather is bearable. This Sunday, the Trafford String Trio plays Beethoven, Mozart and Haydn...
...Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 93-104 -"London Symphonies", Vol. 9 (Philharmonia Hungarica; Antal Dorati, conductor; London/Stereo Treasury; 6 LPs; $20.94). Dorati herewith completes his collection of all the Haydn symphonies, one of the most successful and rewarding projects in the history of recording. Along the way, Dorati has offered many a joy. Among them are the zestful accounts of Symphonies Nos. 36-48 (Vol. 6), notably including the somber "Trauer" (No. 44), the amusing "Farewell" (No. 45) and the radiant "Maria Theresia " (No. 48), a rich collection of middle-period Haydn. He has also offered an "appendix" album, with alternate Haydn...