Before we hear music by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) for four strings later in the hour, we hear a little of his music for orchestra. From the Symphony No. 104, the Orchestra of St. Luke's plays the third ...

Germany's top classical music prize, the Opus Klassik, goes to a recording of Joseph Haydn's music by the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. The making of the album is featured in a new DW ...

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Nicholas McGegan is a conductor whose platform manner and music-making often manifest an unusually infectious bonhomie. It's a hugely attractive trait to bring to the late symphonies of Haydn, works ...

Stephen Moss by the Welcome to Eisenstadt (Haydnstadt) sign, Austria. Photograph: David Levene/Guardian Joseph Haydn's problem is that he didn't die young or go deaf. He survived until he was 77 and ...