Haydn organ concerto

[vaneramos]

Years ago I had a cassette tape of Haydn concertos. One was an organ concerto I have never heard since. It was a lovely thing I didn't appreciate until I lost it. This morning it came on the CBC Radio 2 website Classical music channel, so I was finally able to identify it. The Wikipedia List of concertos by Joseph Haydn identifies it as Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in C, Hob. XVIII/1 (1756). For future reference (the Youtube clip is audio only).

Comments

[lupinebear.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's wonderful. I know very little about classical music, but I'd love to hear more.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

You probably will if you spend much time around me, although I don't inflict it on anyone unless I know they're interested. It is one of my great passions, particularly the lush Romantic period music that came out a little later, in the 19th Century.

[lupinebear.livejournal.com]

Oh, inflict me! I love the stuff!

[quirkstreet.livejournal.com]

That's a nice piece. Thank you for sharing it.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

My favourite part is around 6:20 when the organ starts playing repeated arpeggios in a minor key. I'm a late-blooming Haydn fan. Last year CBC broadcast all 104 symphonies to celebrate the 200th anniversary of his death. It was an education, and I enjoyed the stories that went along with them. Sounds like he would also have been a delightful person to know.