Franz Joseph Haydn:
Symphony No. 50 in C major, Hob. I/50 (with Score)
Composed: 1773
Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Béla Drahos
00:00 1. Adagio e maestoso - Allegro di molto (C major)
04:45 2. Andante moderato (G major)
08:53 3. Menuet (C major) - Trio (F major)
13:36 4. Finale. Presto (C major)
Symphony No. 50 in C major, Hoboken I/50, by Joseph Haydn was written partly in 1773 and partly in 1774.
It is possible that the first two movements of this symphony were reconstructed from a marionette opera by Haydn called Der Gotterath (Prologue to Philemon und Baucis), now lost. The marionette show was performed for the Empress Maria Theresa in 1773.
Given that Empress Maria Theresia held rather conservative tastes in music and that this symphony is in some ways less "advanced" than No. 48, scholars such as H. C. Robbins Landon have suggested that No. 50 may be the symphony Haydn wrote for the imperial visit to Eszterháza.
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