The numbers game
Post categories: Denis McCaldin
| 11:22 UK time, Tuesday, 3 February 2009
This week's quota of Haydn symphonies began with a leap out of sequence to played on Monday afternoon by the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Philharmonic conducted by . Actually written for performance in Paris, No 92 takes its name from a performance Haydn gave in Oxford in the course of a visit to receive an honorary degree in 1791.
I found the performance a bit rough & ready, with the slow movement definitely pushed slightly too hard. The engineers gave us a nice forward presence for the wind players and the natural hornists {in G!] were splendid. Do catch this on the iPlayer (follow this link) if you can.
On Wednesday at 10am we return to the early works with and Sinfonia Finlandia [new to me] followed by at 10.32 on Friday.
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