Haydn Symphony 87

Haydn's Symphony 87 is the final work in a set of six symphonies that Haydn composed for the city of Paris and their most prestigious orchestra, the  Concert de la Loge Olympique. The Olympique Lodge which sponsored the orchestra was founded in 1782 by the Comte d'Ogny, a French nobleman and patron of the arts.

THE COMTE D'OGNY

Haydn's Symphony 87 was specifically designed to appeal to the Parisians. The second movement, for example, is composed in the style of a sinfonia concertante featuring the wind instruments as soloists playing several cadenza passages. Both the sinfonia concertante style and the timbres of wind instruments were very popular in French music.


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