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Allegro: arresting fanfare 1st theme and nice contrasting 2nd theme Un poco adagio, cantabile: Just plain lovely. Everything as it should be – tension and release. Loads of variations – this puts me in mind of folk music improvisation. Oh and some beautiful darkness towards the end that a bright line shines through. Menuet & … Continue reading Haydn Symphony 47 G major

Adagio: very reflective sounding Presto: a real awakening after the slow start. Nice duets between wind and strings. Arresting rhythm figure. Menuetto & Trio: jolly sounds. I get a good sense of ensemble – the parts all joining together so the players fit into the whole without losing their individual identity. Finale (Presto): Haha – … Continue reading Haydn Symphony 22 E♭ major

Vivace: Feels slightly more controlled than others from this period. Poco adagio: Restless, inventive and full of nice colours but an overall dark effect. Doesn’t move me much though. The second half has some very nice moments. Menuet: This is interesting – and the Trio is very effective. In this one, Haydn is playing with … Continue reading Haydn Symphony 46 B major

A truly remarkable start to a long career. Presto: it’s like “let’s roll our sleeves up and show them we’ve arrived”. It’s all there in a few bars: scales, arpeggios, songs. Fireworks basically. Every detail fits and you feel the music is inescapable. The recapitulation is so securing. Andante: And already there’s Haydn himself with … Continue reading Haydn Symphony 1 D major

  Adagio: mysterious to say the least. Second theme is a lovely song, full of quietly intense passion. Allegro di molto: bustle again – very restless. Some nice sustained chord progressions above the bustle. This feels like a Haydn characteristic. Menuet: Hardly a jolly dance this time. Lovely horn & oboe contributions. The Trio is … Continue reading Haydn Symphony 49 F minor

In stats classes, we are taught that there are 4 types of variable, (and mysteriously given more than 4 names for them): Categorical (aka Nominal): categories, groups or labels (eg. dog, cat, goat, parrot) Ordinal: ordered values (eg single cream, double cream) Interval: numbers where doing addition and subtraction makes sense (eg age – in … Continue reading The Campaign to Abolish Ordinal Variables