Wednesday - Bumper Haydn Day!
Post categories: Denis McCaldin
| 10:51 UK time, Tuesday, 10 February 2009
On Sunday I met the Lancaster Rehearsal Orchestra to conduct two Haydn symphonies - and in one of their regular study days. By the evening both the players and I thought No 99 was the finer work, with splendid clarinet parts. So the puzzle is - why doesn't it also have a name? We couldn't come up with one, but perhaps our blog readers can. All ideas welcome.
This Wednesday on Radio 3 is certainly a bumper Haydn day - with , a baryton trio and brother 's Requiem Mass in Classical Collection, and the brilliant playing Op 74 No 3 (The Rider) at lunchtime. Then comes Arianna a Naxos in and finally in Performance on 3.
Like No 99, this is another beautiful symphony without a name. I'm tempted to think of the bingo connection - 'Two Fat Ladies' for 88, and whatever it is for 99 - but I'm not sure that it would catch on.
The week's schedule's a bit like the London buses. Nothing happens for a while, and then suddenly, a whole lot come together! Happy listening, anyway!
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