The piano sonatas of Haydn; Fifth program, part two

The next Sonata number 39 is one of the most eloquent sonatas of the set dedicated to Prince Nicholas. It is easy to imagine what a pleasure it must have given to both performer and listener alike in the music rooms of the nobility such a room as the now called Haydn of the magnificent palace at Eisenstadt with its high frescoed ceilings and superb acoustics. This Sonata in three movements contains a minuet like developed in sonata form followed by a serene and beautiful adagio which is joined to the last movement a quick Rondo set of variations Sonata Urtext number thirty nine indie Allegro Adagio and Preston. The sonata number 47 in B minor which closes today's broadcast is one of

only five sonatas Haydn wrote in the minor key and is one of the few works that exhibit a certain sadness throughout. Beginning with the first movement that has an almost haunting feeling of a lament. The presta finale is developed contrapuntally and opens with a single note repetition pulsating nervously with an elaboration of spinning sixteenth notes like the finale of the C minor Sonata with its serious intensity. The driving force of the B minor key. Give it the overtones of the tragic. It is as if the Sonata were a testament of fate. It does not have a slow movement but Haydn reverts to the pattern of the early diverter mento with all the movements in one key. In this case the middle movement is naturally the minuet and trio. This is not it was a great favorite in its time. Expressiveness and technical this let us hear the beautiful miner

number 47 a Lego model and presto. I am.

On this program in the piano sonatas of Haydn. We have heard the numbers 34 35 38 39 and finally 47 performed undiscussed by Raymond Dudley. The Concert Artist in Residence at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music for the text and numbering. Mr. Dudley is using the new universal Urtext edition of the sonatas published in Vienna. This is a production of the University of Cincinnati station WAGA U.S. production and recording by Myron Bennett. This is the national educational radio network.