The composer's reputation spread rapidly throughout Austria, and commissions began arriving from abroad. 1790 saw the death of Prince Nicholas Esterházy, Haydn's employer since 1762, and the musically ...

while the ever-generous Haydn described Mozart as ‘the greatest composer known to me either in person or by name’ and set about promoting Mozart’s works rather than his own. The two learnt much from ...

Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions Charles Hazlewood outlines the plans for Haydn broadcasts ... church was gutted in the Great Fire of London (1666). The Composers of the Year feature ...

Beethoven was so overawed by Haydn’s talent and reputation as a quartet composer that when he came to publish his own early efforts he rearranged them as short piano pieces to avoid comparison.

It was an exciting time that produced some great music from composers such as Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.

"The great thing about our orchestra is that ... and finally another allegro. Generations of composers who came after Haydn roughly stuck to the same format. Aside from the excitement of embarking ...

99 in E-Flat,” as well as Igor Stravinsky’s “Violin Concerto in D.” Franz Joseph Haydn was a composer of the Classical period, and he might be the most underappreciated composer by modern ...