Haydn: Symphony No. 59 in A major “Fire Symphony“ (with Score)

Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 59 in A major, Hob. I/59 “Fire Symphony“ (with Score) Composed: 1768 Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner 00:00 1. Presto (A major) 04:39 2. Andante o più tosto Allegretto (A minor – A major) 09:39 3. Minuet (A major) – Trio (A minor) 13:17 4. Allegro assai (A major) Haydn composed his Symphony No. 59 in A major, for two oboes, two horns, and strings, during a period in which he was primarily occupied with writing operas. The symphony exhibits an unusual power and is quite strange in some places. These traits, and other such “evidence,“ have led some historians to suggest that the music was originally intended for the stage. A note inscribed on a manuscript now in the northern German city of Schwerin tells us that the music was written for use between acts of the play, Die Feuersbrunst (The Conflagration), by Gustav Friedrich Wilhelm Grossman (1746-1796), performed at th