Haydn: From Esterháza to Hanover Square

Sir András Schiff explores the thrilling contrasts of Haydn's musical personality: from the electrifying 'storm and stress' era via an encounter with Hungarian folk music to the refinement of his London residencies.

The tempestuous minor key sensibility of Haydn’s Symphony No. 39 (1765) buzzes with the energy of the ‘sturm und drang’ (storm and stress) movement sweeping literature and art at the time. In the Keyboard Concerto No. 11, from nearly 20 years later, we hear the influence of Mozart on Haydn in the enterprise of the writing for the solo instrument and the famous ‘Rondo all’Ungarese’ finale.

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