This week’s musician is an important composer from the Classical Period: Joseph Haydn, whose birthday is this Wednesday (March 31)! One of his famous works, The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross, is fitting for Good Friday this week.
Some of this famous works:
– Surprise Symphony (No. 94) (Watch the whole symphony)
– The Paris Symphonies, Nos 82-87 (No. 86)
– The London Symphonies, Vol 1 (Nos 95, 96, 98, 102, 103, 104)
– String Quartets, Op.64 Nos 1 – 6
– String Quartets, Op.76 Nos 1 – 6 (No. 3 “Emperor”)
– The Seven Last Words Of Christ On The Cross (FOUR versions: originally an orchestral work, commissioned in 1786 for a Good Friday service in Spain –> adapted it in 1787 for string quartet –> approved a version for solo piano in the same year –> adapted in 1796 as an oratorio, with both solo and choral vocal forces)
– Missa In Angustiis (Nelson Mass)
– The Creation
– The Seasons
– Cello Concerto No 1
– Trumpet Concerto