The Block's Haydn has confirmed that he is now a father of two after welcoming daughter Matilda earlier in 2024 with wife ...

Haydn’s father was a wheelwright and the village sexton. Joseph was the second of his 12 children. His brother Michael, born five years later, also became a composer. Where did the music come from?

If anyone in the audience at Sunday’s performance at the Bing by the Spokane String Quartet of works by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Samuel Barber (1897-1957) or, for that matter, by the ...

Haydn is known as ‘the father of the string quartet’ because he was the first to compose four-part music for two violins, a viola and a cello on a regular basis. Beethoven was so overawed by ...

The Handel and Haydn Society has revealed details of its 2025-26 Season, the 211th consecutive season. Learn more about the season and see how to purchase tickets here!

While having been written over 200 years ago, Haydn’s music is still popular today. His innovative approach to composition has meant his work has stood the test of time. Haydn’s compositions ...

Starring in the programme is Gioachino Rossini’s L’ Italiana in Algeri: Overture, a work that premiered in 1813 at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice when the composer was just 21 years old ...