RNS: A Journey to Haydn (Stream)
Dinis Sousa conductor
Rachel Redmond soprano
Steffan Morris cello
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Duarte Sinfonia No.4
JS Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.3
Rameau Suite of Arias and dances from the operas
Interval
CPE Bach Cello Concerto in A minor
Haydn Symphony No. 8 ‘Le Soir’
“There was no-one to distract me, so I was forced to become original” said Joseph Haydn, but in fact he was at the heart of a Europe-wide network of composers and performers. Dinis Sousa takes the Royal Northern Sinfonia on a whirlwind tour of the music that might have inspired him: from the splendour of Versailles, through two generations of Bachs to the man himself – in all his youthful exuberance.