18th Century Music

Beethoven is one of the most influential composers to come out of the 18th century. In the lead-up to the Australian Haydn Ensemble’s June 2024 concert tour, Artistic Director Skye McIntosh takes a look at unknown early 19th-century chamber arrangements of two of his Fifth Symphony, his relationship with Ferdinand Ries and one of Boccherini’s most famous works - The Night Streets of Madrid. 

In this episode of AHE's pre-concert podcast, Skye McIntosh, Artistic Director of the Australian Haydn Ensemble, explores the role of sacred music in the 18th century. McIntosh delves into the captivating beauty of Hasse’s Oratorio, "Santus Petrus et Sancta Maria," the motet "Alte Nubes Illustrata," and Pergolesi's poignant "Stabat Mater." With insightful co...

Haydn is one of the most influential composers to come out of the 18th century and played a huge part in the development of the string quartet as a genre. In this podcast, we explore his Op. 20 No. 4 quartet along with Mozart’s D minor (K. 421) and Mendelssohn’s early string quartet, Op. 12 No. 1 in E flat major.

Haydn is one of the most influential composers to come out of the 18th century who started from humble beginnings. In the lead-up to the Australian Haydn Ensemble’s December 2023 concert tour, Artistic Director Skye McIntosh takes a look at Haydn’s early career when he took up his position with the Esterhàzy’s and some of the stunning music he composed at that time.

Vivaldi and Telemann are two of the best-known composers of the 18th century. In the lead-up to the Australian Haydn Ensemble’s June 2023 concert tour, Artistic Director Skye McIntosh takes a look at some of the works by these two composers that feature in The Australian Haydn Ensemble's upcoming concert, Die Stille Nacht (The Silent Night) with baritone, David Greco, and flautist Melissa Far...

The Mozart family is probably the best-known musical family of the 18th century next to that of the Bachs, but there were others that were connected to them and each other - including The Haydn brothers - Joseph and Michael  - and also an important influencer of the young Mozart, Johann Christian Bach. In the lead-up to the Australian Haydn Ensemble’s April 2023 concert tour and performance at the...

In this first episode, Artistic Director Skye McIntosh talks about the composer C.P.E. Bach who is central to the Australian Haydn Ensemble's final tour program for 2022: C.P.E. Bach: Universe of Harmony. CPE Bach was arguably one of the most important and influential composers of the 18th century.  We are looking forward to performing our December 2022 program CPE Bach: Universe of  Harmony....