Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 104 “London”

Haydn expert Giovanni Antonini conducts Haydn's last symphony When Joseph Haydn arrived in London in the 1790s, he was received like a rock star, and there was also tumultuous applause at his farewell concert, where his last symphony was on the programme. At this concert you will also hear the Mozart serenade that made Salieri hear the “voice of God” in the film Amadeus, and an overture by the almost forgotten German-Swedish Joseph Martin Kraus, whom Haydn called a genius. In Vienna, Stockholm and London, three composers created works that have kept their power through the centuries. Mozart's Gran Partita made the composer Salieri hear the “voice of God” (at least if we are to believe the film Amadeus). Kraus' Olympie overture shows a composer who dared to give his emotions free rein. And Haydn's farewell symphony is a prime example of why he is today called the father of the symphony. Programme: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Gran Partita KV. 361 Joseph Martin Kraus: Olympie overture Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 104 “London” Performers: Giovanni Antonini, conductor

• Giovanni Antonini

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Joseph Haydn: Symfoni nr. 104 i D-dur, Hob. I:104, «London»

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