Symphony No. 32 (Michael Haydn)

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Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 32 in D major, Perger 23, Sherman 32, MH 420, was written in Salzburg in 1786.

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Scored for flute, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings. It is Haydn's only symphony in two movements; this it has in common with Carl Nielsen's Symphony No. 5 but not much else (Delarte, 2006).

  1. Vivace assai
  2. Rondeau

The first movement, in 3
8
, begins softly with a somewhat dancelike theme.


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At measure 20, a new theme is introduced forte with a more pronounced dance character. After the establishment of A major, the second subject group begins at measure 41:


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leading to a much more lyrical theme at measure 55. After a typical unison scale run, the exposition concludes with A major firmly established as the tonic. The development is concerned almost exclusively with Example 2. A general pause precedes the recapitulation, which besides reorienting the second subject group to D major, also mixes the subjects of the groups together, with special emphasis on Example 2. Haydn indicated the development, recapitulation and coda are to be repeated as a unit, but that repeat is normally ignored in modern performance.

For the slow movement, the second oboist switches to flute.

The concluding Rondo's principal theme


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is triadic to an extent not encountered in the previous movement, while the contrasting themes tend to be stepwise.

Discography

On the CPO label, this symphony is available on a CD that also includes Symphonies Nos. 21, 30 and 31; Johannes Goritzki conducting the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss. The exposition repeat in the first movement is obeyed, the repeat of the development and recapitulation is ignored.

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