No Haydn!

[Stanfordian]

I've just read that there is not a note of Haydn being played at this year's BBC Proms. It's hard to believe that this master composer is not represented. Personally I'd be happy if a Haydn work was programmed at every concert I heard.

[gurnemanz]

Personally I'd be happy if a Haydn work was programmed at every concert I heard.

Presumably Prince Esterházy would be with you there.

[Lento]

But we have a fair bit of Mozart, including symphonies 1 and 40. Mozart symphonies were an omission from some recent seasons (not that it worries me too much, I have to say).

[MrGongGong]

No

Boulez
Cage
Stockhausen
Feldman
Ligeti
Xenakis



and so on and so on and so on ........

[Serial_Apologist]

No

Boulez
Cage
Stockhausen
Feldman
Ligeti
Xenakis



and so on and so on and so on ........

The few Proms this year of any interest to me also include at least one work I happen to detest - so, there's no going back, though the two new modernist works being premiered I shall definitely tune in for are:

Aug 15 - Bernard Rands: Piano Concerto
Aug 16 - Benedict Mason - Meld

As in previous years there are however a number of Cadogan Hall afternoon chamber proms I have down as must attends:

July 28 - All CPE Bach
Aug 9 - CPE Bach, Honegger, Birtwistle, Sibelius
Aug 30 - PM Davies portrait
Sept 6 - Birtwistle portrait

I wonder why these chamber proms are not included in the Radio Times Proms pullout....

[Stanfordian]

Presumably Prince Esterházy would be with you there.

Hello gurnemanz,

Maybe I'm related to Prince Esterházy.

[maestro267]

There's no Havergal Brian or Krzysztof Penderecki either. They can't satisfy everyone.

[french frank]

There were a lot of works in ........ 2009 (wonder why?). Since then I can only see one string quartet (2010) and one symphony 2012. I suppose they haven't yet recovered from the riches of the bicentenary of his death.

[P. G. Tipps]

Have the Proms Powers-That-Be something of a seriously chronic allergy when it comes to Austrian composers ... ? (if one excludes that Bohemian Mahler)

[Barbirollians]

With the very greatest of respect to the other composers mentioned on this thread - Haydn is in a different league .

His neglect at the Proms is scandalous . Surely some HIPP orchestra could have been invited along to play a symphony or two .

[cloughie]

With the very greatest of respect to the other composers mentioned on this thread - Haydn is in a different league .

His neglect at the Proms is scandalous . Surely some HIPP orchestra could have been invited along to play a symphony or two .

To be honest I do not need HIPP Haydn - my intro to Haydn was Beecham - play it like that and I'm happy -102'll do!

[MrGongGong]

With the very greatest of respect to the other composers mentioned on this thread - Haydn is in a different league .

His neglect at the Proms is scandalous . Surely some HIPP orchestra could have been invited along to play a symphony or two .

That's an opinion NOT a fact IMV
(not that I have anything "against" Haydn

[Barbirollians]

That's an opinion NOT a fact IMV
(not that I have anything "against" Haydn

I suggest it would be a widely held opinion . I regard it as a fact .

[MrGongGong]

I suggest it would be a widely held opinion . I regard it as a fact .

That's a dangerous road to take

One could argue that there's plenty of Haydn about and it's easy to seek it out

[richardfinegold]

By coincidence I had ordered Colin Davis recordings ofthe London Symphonies with the Concertgebouw and have been playing them quite a bit these last two days. They are just marvelous example of what a Conductor with a sense of style and a flair for orchestral colorand balances can produce with a non HIPP Orchestra.
Barbs, maybe the London Symphonies are why the left Haydn off the Proms schedule this year. Perhaps someone reasons that your Capital has done a lot in the past to promote his music