The music of Jopseph Haydn is fresh, clar and sparkling like mineral water (or champagne) and hence an ideal musical opening of the new year. A tribute to Haydn with four of his Sonatas for piano and an ‘Hommage à Haydn’ (Tribute to Haydn) by resp. Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.

The links to the livestreamings are the following:

for the 11:00 livestreaming: https://youtu.be/AS_Gxv8jb6M

for the 20:00 livestreaming: https://youtu.be/VXLPUkzjAEc

Program  ‘A Tribute to Haydn’

Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809)  

Sonata in D major Hob.XVI:14 (before 1767)

-Allegro moderato

-Menuet en Trio

-Finale: Presto

Sonata in G minor Hob.XVI:44 (date unknown)  

-Moderato

-Allegretto

Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937)

Menuet sur le nom de Haydn (1909) 

Joseph Haydn

Sonata in C minor Hob.XVI:20 (1771)  

– (Allegro) Moderato

-Andante con moto

-Finale: Allegro

Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)

Hommage à Haydn (1909) 

Joseph Haydn

Sonata in E flat major Hob.XVI:52 (1794)  

-Allegro

-Adagio

-Finale: Presto