Joseph Haydn

Alim Beisembayev review – mature and intelligent playing from a future piano star
With a programme of Haydn, Beethoven and Liszt, the Kazakhstan-born winner of last year’s Leeds Piano Competition confirmed that he is a musician to watch
Andrew Clements
08, Aug, 2022 @9:44 AM

Royal Northern Sinfonia/Włoszczowska review – lacklustre start for new venue
A predominantly baroque programme at this brand new concert hall found the RNS on disappointing form, although Haydn and Herschel brought drama and energy
Hugh Morris
14, Dec, 2021 @9:44 AM

Cultural prescription: film, books, plays and more to help you embrace autumn
From A Midsummer Night’s Dream to When Harry Met Sally, Guardian critics suggest comforting culture for the changing seasons
Peter Bradshaw, Tim Ashley, Adrian Searle, Alison Flood and Arifa Akbar
04, Oct, 2021 @9:00 AM

Haydn: where to start with his music
Humorous, earnest, prolific and always deeply humane, the Austrian composer is credited with inventing the symphony and the string quartet. Even if that’s not strictly true, his creativity shaped western classical music
Rian Evans
14, Oct, 2020 @11:00 AM

Prom 14: BBC Phil/Wellber review – creative approach makes for a magnificent Creation
Conducted from the keyboard, Omer Meir Wellber’s Haydn might have been idiosyncratic, but at its best this Proms performance was magical
Tim Ashley
30, Jul, 2019 @11:39 AM

Alisa Weilerstein Transfigured Night – Haydn and Schoenberg CD review - captures each shift of colour
There’s beautiful balance and tenderness between cellist Alisa Weilerstein and the buoyant Trondheim Soloists on this yearning, soulful recording
Erica Jeal
30, Aug, 2018 @2:00 PM

Lady Gaga, Rigoletto, Ode to Joy and Eliza's Aria? Earworms, all of them
Mark Twain wrote about it in 1876 and he didn’t even have a radio … some music gets stuck in our heads. Mind you, classical composers intended it that way
Tom Service
13, Oct, 2017 @8:00 AM

Readers recommend playlist: songs about chaos
Chaos and confusion reign this week, with Bob Dylan, the Temptations, Devo and Philip Glass all making this week’s reader-curated playlist
George Boyland
13, Jul, 2017 @11:00 AM

Haydn: Sun Quartets, Op 20 Nos 4-6 CD review – immaculate and spirited
The four musicians tackle the composer’s boldness with intensity and ferocity, but without losing poise and grace
Kate Molleson
22, Jun, 2017 @5:30 PM

Haydn: Symphonies 8 & 84, Violin Concerto in A major CD – review
(Coro)
Stephen Pritchard
05, Feb, 2017 @7:15 AM

Haydn: String Quartets Opp 54 & 55 CD review – countless pleasures
London Haydn Quartet
(Hyperion)
(Hyperion)
Fiona Maddocks
22, Jan, 2017 @7:25 AM

BBC Symphony Orchestra: this week’s best UK classical concerts
Edward Gardner focuses on music from eastern Europe. Plus: BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Cuarteto Casals, Andris Nelsons and Written On Skin
Andrew Clements
06, Jan, 2017 @9:00 AM
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