Symphony No. 34 (Michael Haydn)

His Symphony No. 34 in E flat major composed by Michael Haydn in 1788.

General

The Symphony No. 34 is characterized by the following features:

• Occurrence of a bassoon solos in the second movement and high tones for the first horn in the final movement
• Polyphonic technique in the final movement ( fugal )

About the Music

Instrumentation: two oboes, two horns in E flat and B, two violins, viola, cello, double bass. (If available in the orchestra ) were to reinforce the bass voice then even without separate listing bassoon and harpsichord used, which consist different views on involvement of the harpsichord in the literature. Performance time: about 9-10 minutes.

1st movement: Allegro con brio

E-flat major, 4/4-time, 97 cycles The sentence is written sonata form, without issuing repeat signs.

2nd movement: Adagietto

B flat major, 3/4-time, 44 cycles Simple two-part form, with low notes in the trumpets.

3rd movement: Finale - fugal. allegro

E-flat major, 2/2-Takt, 182 cycles, mixture of fugue and sonata form earlier: fugal The unison main motive of the movement is based on the main theme of the first movement.

• Symphony by Michael Haydn