Symphony in Eb major Hob. I:103 SE : Symphony in Eb major Hob. I:103 (Drumroll)

The twelve London Symphonies” comprise the sublime final statement of Haydn’s symphonic œuvre. They were written for the London impresario Johann Peter Salomon, and Haydn himself conducted their premieres during his lengthy stays in the English metropolis in 1791/92 and 1794/95. The E-flat-major Symphony no. 103 was composed in 1795 as the penultimate of the London Symphonies. It owes its epithet to its unique beginning: a solo drumroll in the timpani ushers in the slow introduction. This opening bar, marked with Haydn’s heading Intrada” and a pause, even inspires many a performer to venture a short timpani improvisation. This study edition adopts the musical text of the HaydnComplete Edition, thereby guaranteeing the highest scholarly quality. An informative preface and a brief Critical Report make the handy score an ideal companion for all current and soon-to-be Haydn fans.

Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartets Op.77 And Op.103 (Urtext Edition)

These are the last of the nearly seventy quartets in Haydn ’s oeuvre. Originally he intended to write a set of six quartets, as so often in the past, but at the time they were written, in 1803, Haydn ’s health was so poor that he could not fully satisfy the commission from Prince Lobkowitz. Instead he published only two complete quartets as op. 77. Later he allowed an incomplete work consisting of two middle movements to appear as op. 103, adding to the print the portentous words: “Gone is all my strength, old and weak am I”. Musically, however, these quartets are anything but weak: they represent the aged composer virtually at the zenith of his powers. Haydn even went so far as to call op. 77, no. 2, his “most beautiful string quartet”.

7 Bagatellen Op. 103

Songs with Piano accompaniment Op. 103?121 : with Critical Report