Originally posted by Daniel
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I love Haydn but I think he may get sidelined a bit by programmers and a broader listening public, partly because his music/melodies don't seem to be headline grabbing in the way that those of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven can be, and partly perhaps because one senses in his music a less assertive, less demanding aspect to his psyche.
It is difficult (for me) to understand how others react to a composer - I wonder, though, if it's more simply a case of a vicious circle: the standard symphony orchestra programmer doesn't programme Haydn because "Haydn doesn't bring in audiences"; so audiences don't come to performances of his Music because it isn't programmed? I wonder this, because audiences for chamber Music events don't get smaller if Haydn is programmed, nor do smaller orchestras lose custom if they programme the works. It just seems to be the larger orchestral ensembles (? and just in the English-speaking parts of the world? - no idea about this).
There may be a number of talented people in the spotlight who wish privately they weren't there. Circumstances rather than desire having conveyed them.
But I was posing a query of Haydn, not stating a strong belief.
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