Symphony No. 7 (Michael Haydn)

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Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 7 in E major, Perger 5, Sherman 7, MH 65, written in Salzburg in 1764, is one of the few symphonies in E major written in the 18th century, and was the first of four symphonies in the key to be mistaken for a symphony by Joseph Haydn (Hob. I:E1).

Scored for 2 oboes (the first of these switching to flute for the slow movement), 2 bassoons, 2 horns and strings, in three movements:

  1. Allegro
  2. Andantino in A major
  3. Allegro

Discography

Included in a set of 20 symphonies on the CPO label with Bohdan Warchal conducting the Slovak Philharmonic.

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