Symphony No. 4 (Michael Haydn)

Symphony No. 4 (Michael Haydn)

Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Perger 51, Sherman 4, MH 62, was written in Salzburg, completed on December 7, 1763. Charles H. Sherman's modern edition of this work has been published by Musikverlag Doblinger and also appears in an anthology from Garland Publishing that includes symphonies by Anton Cajetan Adlgasser and Johann Ernst Eberlin, two other Salzburg composers.

Scored for 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, and strings, in three movements:

# Allegro
# Andante, in E-flat major, called "La Confidenza"
# Allegro molto

Charles Sherman finds the first movement "noteworthy for the length of its development section (nearly equal in number of measures to the exposition and to the recapitulation) and for the persistence with which it treats a motive derived" from the main theme. [C. Sherman, "Johann Michael Haydn" in "The Symphony: Salzburg, Part 2" London: Garland Publishing (1982): lviii - lix] . Another unusual feature of the first movement is that it ends piano, something rare even in the following century (for example, Beethoven's Eighth and Bruckner's Eighth).

Scholars aren't sure why the second movement is called "La Confidenza" ("the secret communication"). It changes from a slow tempo and 3/4 time to a faster tempo in 2/4. The horns are dismissed for this slow movement, but the two bassoons stay and are given independent parts.

The last movement is a fast rondo in 3/8, which this symphony has in common with the others Haydn wrote at about the same time.

Discography

Included in disc 2 of a set of 20 symphonies on the CPO label with Bodhan Warchal conducting the Slovak Philharmonic. An LP was released in 1983 on EMI by the Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Harold Farberman. [Sherman (1982): lxiii]

References

* A. Delarte, "A Quick Overview Of The Instrumental Music Of Michael Haydn" "Bob's Poetry Magazine" November 2006: 36 [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)


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