Episodes
| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 01 | A Choral Scholar | 20161024 | Donald Macleod explores the pre-Salzburg days of the man who would became known as the Salzburg Haydn - Joseph's brother Michael Haydn. Having a world famous composer for a brother isn't easy. Despite being hugely respected in his own lifetime and thought, especially in sacred music, to be at least the equal of Franz Joseph, Michael Haydn has not been kindly dealt with by history. A modest man, comfortable in his Salzburg surrounds, Michael Haydn's lack of ambition seems to have held him back, and his works are rarely heard today. This week Donald Macleod tries to redress the balance by exploring the life and work of a composer admired and respected by Mozart, and revered by Schubert. In today's programme, Donald explores Michael Haydn's early years as a choral scholar with his brother Joseph, and then in his first appointment to bishop Baron Adam Patachich in the town of Grosswardein. Michael Haydn: Symphony in D major, MH 287 - Finale German Chamber Academy Neus Johannes Goritski, conductor Michael Haydn: Missa Sanctae Crucis, MH 56 Purcell Choir Members of Orfeo Orchestra Gyorgy Vashegyi, conductor Michael Haydn: Symphony in G, MH 26 Savaria Baroque Orchestra Pကl N退meth, conductor Michael Haydn: Violin Concerto in B flat, MH 36 - 1st movement Barnabas Kelemen, violin Erkel Ferenc Chamber Orchestra Producer: Sam Phillips. Donald Macleod focuses on Michael Haydn's early years as a choral scholar. |
| 2016 | 02 | Salzburg | 20161025 | Having a world famous composer for a brother isn't easy. Despite being hugely respected in his own lifetime and thought, especially in sacred music, to be at least the equal of Franz Joseph, Michael Haydn has not been kindly dealt with by history. A modest man, comfortable in his Salzburg surrounds, Michael Haydn's lack of ambition seems to have held him back, and his works are rarely heard today. This week Donald Macleod tries to redress the balance by exploring the life and work of a composer admired and respected by Mozart, and revered by Schubert. In today's programme, Donald focuses on Michael Haydn's first years in the city in which he would make his name, and where he'd live for over forty years - Salzburg. Michael Haydn: Concerto in C for viola, organ and string orchestra - 3rd movement Simon Preston, organ Stephen Shingles, viola Academy of St Martin in the Fields Neville Marriner, conductor Michael Haydn: Serenade in D - 6th movement Dieter Klocker, clarinet Prague Chamber Orchestra Gernot Schmalfu߀, conductor Michael Haydn: Ave Regina Caelorum, MH 140 St Jacob's Chamber Choir Gary Graden, conductor Michael Haydn: Requiem: Pro Defuncto Archiepiscopo Sigismundo - Versus, Sanctus & Benedictus, Agnus Dei & Communio, Requiem Aeternam Carolyn Sampson, soprano Hilary Summers, alto James Gilchrist, tenor Peter Harvey, bass Choir of the King's Consort Robert King, conductor Producer: Sam Phillips. Donald Macleod focuses on Michael Haydn's first few years in Salzburg. |
| 2016 | 03 | Haydn And Mozart | 20161026 | Having a world famous composer for a brother isn't easy. Despite being hugely respected in his own lifetime and thought, especially in sacred music, to be at least the equal of Franz Joseph, Michael Haydn has not been kindly dealt with by history. A modest man, comfortable in his Salzburg surrounds, Michael Haydn's lack of ambition seems to have held him back, and his works are rarely heard today. This week Donald Macleod tries to redress the balance by exploring the life and work of a composer admired and respected by his contemporaries, and revered by Schubert. In today's programme, Donald explores the relationship between Michael Haydn and Wolfgang and Leopold Mozart who worked alongside him at the Salzburg court. Michael Haydn: Symphony in G major, MH 334 Bournemouth Sinfonietta Harold Farberman, conductor Michael Haydn: Incidental music to Voltaire's Zaire (Turkish Suite) - 4th movement Deutsche Kammerorchester Johann Goritzki, conductor Michael Haydn: Missa Sancti Hieryonymi (Oboe Mass) - Agnus Dei & Dona Nobis Pacem St Jacob's Chamber Choir Ensemble Philidor Ulf Soderberg, organ continuo Gary Graden, conductor Michael Haydn: Duo for Violin and Viola No. 1 in C Major, MH 355 ? 2nd movement Rachel Podger, violin Jane Rogers, viola Michael Haydn: Requiem: Pro Defuncto Archiepiscopo Sigismundo - Introitus, Kyrie and Dies Irae Johannette Zomer, soprano Helena Rasker, alto Markus Schafer, tenor Klaus Mertens, bass Choeur de Chambre Suisse Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne Christian Zacharias, conductor Producer: Sam Phillips. Donald Macleod explores the relationship between Michael Haydn and the Mozart family. |
| 2016 | 04 | The New Archbishop | 20161027 | Having a world famous composer for a brother isn't easy. Despite being hugely respected in his own lifetime and thought, especially in sacred music, to be at least the equal of Franz Joseph, Michael Haydn has not been kindly dealt with by history. A modest man, comfortable in his Salzburg surrounds, Michael Haydn's lack of ambition seems to have held him back, and his works are rarely heard today. This week Donald Macleod tries to redress the balance by exploring the life and work of a composer admired and respected by Mozart, and revered by Schubert. In today's programme, Donald explores Michael Haydn's life under Salzburg's new Archbishop - Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, perhaps best known as a thorn in the side of Haydn's friend Mozart. Michael Haydn: Missa In Honorem Sanctae Ursulae, MH 546 - Gloria Carolyn Sampson, soprano Hilary Summers, alto James Gilchrist, tenor Peter Harvey, bass Choir of the King's Consort Robert King, conductor Michael Haydn: Responsory for Good Friday , MH 277 - First Matin-Nocturn Purcell Choir Members of Orfeo Orchestra Gyorgy Vashegyi, conductor Michael Haydn: Symphony in B flat major, MH 425/652 Deutsche Kammeracademie Neuss Frank Beermann, conductor Michael Haydn: Missa Hispanica, MH 422 - Sanctus & Benedictus Mကria Zကdori, soprano Judit N退meth, mezzo-soprano P退ter Drucker, tenor Istvကn Kovကcs, bass Debrecen Kodကly Choir Capella Savaria Pကl N退meth, conductor Producer: Sam Phillips. Michael Haydn's life under Salzburg's new Archbishop, Count Hieronymus von Colloredo. |
| 2016 | 05 LAST | A Sad End | 20161028 | Having a world famous composer for a brother isn't easy. Despite being hugely respected in his own lifetime and thought, especially in sacred music, to be at least the equal of Franz Joseph, Michael Haydn has not been kindly dealt with by history. A modest man, comfortable in his Salzburg surrounds, Michael Haydn's lack of ambition seems to have held him back, and his works are rarely heard today. This week Donald Macleod tries to redress the balance by exploring the life and work of a composer admired and respected by Mozart, and revered by Schubert. In today's programme, Donald focuses on the last years of Michael Haydn's life, a period when despite his reputation growing outside of Salzburg, within the city he was under-appreciated and became increasingly disappointed with his lot. Michael Haydn: Three Marches, MH 421/515/441 German Chamber Academy Neus Johannes Goritski, conductor Michael Haydn: Te Deum, MH 800 Jeunesses Musicales Choir Erd怀dy Chamber Orchestra Domonkos H退ja, conductor Michael Haydn: Trumpet Concerto No. 2, MH 104 Wynton Marsalis, trumpet English Chamber Orchestra Raymond Leppard, conductor Michael Haydn: Missa subtitulo Sancti Francesci, MH 826 - Kyrie and Gloria Ibolya Verebics, soprano Judit N退meth, mezzo-soprano Martin Klietmann, tenor J zsef Moldvay, bass Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra, Budapest Helmuth Rilling, conductor Producer: Sam Phillips. Donald Macleod explores the last years of Michael Haydn's life. |