80
d minor
Sinfonien 1782-1784
Herausgeber: Sonja Gerlach und Sterling E. Murray; Reihe I, Band 11; G. Henle Verlag München
Hob.I:80 Symphony in D Minor
Symphony in D Minor, No. 80, begins with an animated tremolo, highly dramatic gestures and passionate accents. Shortly before the end of the exposition the listener is suddenly startled by an ornamental waltz melody with the flute, indicating that what came before it was not meant to be taken so seriously. But that’s not all: the melody dominates the development; twice it begins the developmental passage with coquettish hesitation (each time after a general pause of two bars). Moreover, the movement features a highly abbreviated reprise: since Haydn knows he can no longer approach the listener with the expressive affectation of the beginning, he simply disregards it and immediately commences with the second half of the exposition. The adagio is heartfelt and melodious, the minuet of its own dark, almost melancholic (d minor) colour, whereby the trio resumes the accompaniment of the secondary theme in adagio. The finale is also arranged in the plan of a sonata movement. Its principal theme is syncopated against the metrical scheme so that the ear fails to find its metric bearings at the beginning, but later learns to appreciate the exquisite effects with which Haydn knows how to lead his listeners up the garden path.
Analysis

Analysis of the movements




Musicians

Musicians
Due to the unclear time of origin of most of Haydn’s symphonies - and unlike his 13 Italian operas, where we really know the exact dates of premieres and performances - detailed and correct name lists of the orchestral musicians cannot be given. As a rough outline, his symphony works can be divided into three temporal blocks. In the first block, in the service of Count Morzin (1757-1761), in the second block, the one at the court of the Esterházys (1761-1790 but with the last symphony for the Esterház audience in 1781) and the third block, the one after Esterház (1782-1795), i.e. in Paris and London. Just for this middle block at the court of the Esterházys 1761-1781 (the last composed symphony for the Esterház audience) respectively 1790, at the end of his service at the court of Esterház we can choose Haydn’s most important musicians and “long-serving companions” and thereby extract an "all-time - all-stars orchestra".
Flute | Franz Sigl 1761-1773 |
Flute | Zacharias Hirsch 1777-1790 |
Oboe | Michael Kapfer 1761-1769 |
Oboe | Georg Kapfer 1761-1770 |
Oboe | Anton Mayer 1782-1790 |
Oboe | Joseph Czerwenka 1784-1790 |
Bassoon | Johann Hinterberger 1761-1777 |
Bassoon | Franz Czerwenka 1784-1790 |
Bassoon | Joseph Steiner 1781-1790 |
Horn (played violin) | Franz Pauer 1770-1790 |
Horn (played violin) | Joseph Oliva 1770-1790 |
Timpani or Bassoon | Caspar Peczival 1773-1790 |
Violin | Luigi Tomasini 1761-1790 |
Violin (leader 2. Vl) | Johann Tost 1783-1788 |
Violin | Joseph Purgsteiner 1766-1790 |
Violin | Joseph Dietzl 1766-1790 |
Violin | Vito Ungricht 1777-1790 |
Violin (most Viola) | Christian Specht 1777-1790 |
Cello | Anton Kraft 1779-1790 |
Violone | Carl Schieringer 1768-1790 |
Medias

Music
Antal Dorati
Joseph Haydn
The Symphonies
Philharmonia Hungarica
33 CDs, aufgenommen 1970 bis 1974, herausgegeben 1996 Decca (Universal)



