Haydn Symphony No 81 G major Christopher Hogwood Academy of Ancient Music

Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 81 in G major (Hoboken 1/81), it was composed in 1784 as part of a trio of symphonies that also included symphonies 79 and 80. Christopher Hogwood conducts Academy of Ancient Music 1. Vivace 0:15 2. Andante, 6/8 10:10 3. Menuetto and trio: Allegretto, 3/4 17:40 4. Finale: Allegro ma non troppo, 2/2 22:27 In the first and third movements, Haydn explores “ambiguities of tonality ... which eventually reach their peak of subtlety“ of the first movement of Symphony No. 94. The first movement begins “with an unusual and exciting pedal point ... [and] uses a subsidiary subject that appears like a cordial greeting to the newly won friend [Mozart].“ The pedals and dissonances point to Mozart’s K. 465. The second movement is a siciliano theme with three variations. The variations are for the most part strophic and straightforward with the exception of a minor-key interlude in the center of the movement between the first and second variations. The