Joseph Haydn died 200 years ago Sunday. He was, by any measure, a prolific composer. In addition to the five dozen or so string quartets, he wrote hundreds of trios, piano sonatas, oratorios, masses, ...

“No, because they stole his freakin’ skull and passed it around for phrenologist to fondle!” Ok, the old joke stops before the decapitation of one of the greatest composers who ever lived. Joseph ...

The host of Now Hear This and Mexico City Philharmonic music director shares the pieces by Joseph Haydn, also known as “the king of strings,” that mean the most to him. A playlist is available where ...

On this week’s episode of Music in the Making, we’re celebrating National Friendship Day, with music by a pair of composer compatriots, Franz Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Haydn and Mozart ...

Is Joseph Haydn's music boring? Not at all, say Paavo Järvi and the musicians of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. On their musical journey through Haydn's symphonic works, they discover new and ...

Premieres Friday, September 18 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings), pbs.org/nowhearthis and the PBS Video app When Joseph Haydn visited England, he was so taken ...

If it weren’t for Mozart, Franz Joseph Haydn would be the most famous composer of the Classical era. And yet, Haydn and Mozart were friends and mutual admirers, and Beethoven studied composition with ...

The documentary film "The Haydn Expedition" tells the story of artistic and democratic freedom, and premiered at a special event in Hamburg. The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and Joseph Haydn ...

The 53rd season for Chamber Singers of Iowa City concludes our journey from darkness to light with a performance of Joseph Haydn’s masterpiece, The Creation. Completed in 1798, this oratorio remains ...

April 7, 2011 • Japan's vibrant classical music heritage spawned one of the great string quartets of the last 30 years. Hear the Tokyo String Quartet play Beethoven, Bartok and Haydn in New York ...

If it weren’t for Mozart, Franz Joseph Haydn would be the most famous composer of the Classical era. And yet, Haydn and Mozart were friends and mutual admirers, and Beethoven studied composition with ...