Symphony No. 28 (Michael Haydn)

Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 28 in C major, Opus 1 No. 2, Perger 19, Sherman 28, MH 384, was written in Salzburg in 1784, was the third in the set of the only three symphonies of Haydn's published in his lifetime. The publisher, Artaria, also published several of Joseph Haydn's symphonies.

Scored for 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings. In three movements:

# Allegro spiritoso
# Un poco adagio, in F major
# Fugato. Vivace assai

This is the first of Haydn's symphonies to conclude with the kind of fugato "that Haydn introduced in several of his late symphonies and which so clearly forecast Wolfgang Mozart's procedures in the "Jupiter" Symphony." (Sherman, 1988)

Charles Sherman based his 1988 edition of the score for Ludwig Doblinger on the Artaria edition but compared it with a Breitkopf & Hartel score of 1895 and manuscript parts from the Kroměríz castle in Moravia.

Discography

Included in a set of 20 symphonies on the CPO label with Bodhan Warchal conducting the Slovak Philharmonic. It has also been recorded by Hans-Peter Frank conducting the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra on BIS, and by Pál Németh conducting the Capella Savaria on Hungaroton.

References

* A. Delarte, "A Quick Overview Of The Instrumental Music Of Michael Haydn" "Bob's Poetry Magazine" November 2006: 23 [http://bobspoetry.com/Bobs03No.pdf PDF]
* Charles H. Sherman and T. Donley Thomas, "Johann Michael Haydn (1737 - 1806), a chronological thematic catalogue of his works". Stuyvesant, New York: Pendragon Press (1993)
* C. Sherman, "Johann Michael Haydn" in "The Symphony: Salzburg, Part 2" London: Garland Publishing (1982): lxviii
* C. Sherman, Foreword to score of Sinfonia in C, Perger 19 Vienna: Doblinger K. G. (1988)