Franz Joseph Haydn
1732 - 1809
Austrian
Biography
A prominent and prolific composer of the Classical era, Franz Joseph Haydn (known as Joseph Haydn) was boron on March 31st 1732in Rohrau, Austria. He spent much of his career in the patronage of the wealthy Esterházy family in their remote estate that, for much of his career, isolated him from the wider musical landscape. He says that this ‘forced [him] to become original’. His substantial output and contribution to musical form earned him the nicknames of ‘Father of the Symphony’ and ‘Father of the String Quartet’. He was also a good friend of Mozart and a teacher to Beethoven. He was one of the most celebrated composers in Europe when he died, aged 77, on May 31st 1809.
Performances
21st March 2024
- SOLOISTS
- Alicia Carroll, Matthew Minter, Christopher Sheldrake
- PERFORMERS
- Downside Choral Society; Downside Schola Cantorum
- CONDUCTOR
- George Bevan
- LOCATION
- Downside Abbey Church, Radstock, United Kingdom
24th March 2024
- PERFORMERS
- Bedford School Choral Society
- LOCATION
- Bedford School Great Hall, Bedford, United Kingdom
5th April 2024
- SOLOISTS
- ; Michael Borthwick
- PERFORMERS
- Michael Borthwick
- CONDUCTOR
- Adam Hickox
- LOCATION
- St Endellion Church, St E, United Kingdom
7th April 2024
- SOLOISTS
- ; Michael Borthwick
- PERFORMERS
- Michael Borthwick
- CONDUCTOR
- Adam Hickox
- LOCATION
- Church, St Endellion, United Kingdom
18th April 2024
- PERFORMERS
- Columbia Civic Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- Dr. Stefan Freund
- LOCATION
- Missouri Theatre, Columbia, MO, United States of America