"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

31 March 2017

Happy birthday, Haydn.

Hoppner, Franz Joseph Haydn, 1791


Franz Joseph Haydn was born on this day in 1732.

Il Giardino Armonico, under the enthusiastic flailings of Giovanni Antonini, performs the Symphony No.22 in E-flat major, Hob.I:22, "The Philosopher"...

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