Cello Concerto No. 2 (Haydn)

Joseph Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major ( Hob VIIb: 2) for Cello and Orchestra was composed in 1783. Haydn composed it for a cellist in the Esterhazy chapel, namely Antonín force. For a long time the work as not authentic until you found the manuscript in 1951 with Haydn's handwriting.

This concert is more relaxed and lyrical than the previous first Cello Concerto in C major. In the first sentence the sound is very leisurely and soothing, although soon begins the implementation that builds with a new theme to the first. In the recapitulation, the main theme returns.

The second movement is in the dominant key of A major, and is a very quiet Adagio.

The final movement is the shortest. It is a cheerful rondo, which ends with a jubilant conclusion.

Construction

Occupation

Cello solo, 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings