Symphony No. 5 (Haydn)

The Symphony No. 5 in A major, Hoboken I/5, by Joseph Haydn, is believed to have been written between 1760 and 1762, while he was employed either by Count Morzin, Prince Paul II Anton Esterházy.

This article is about the symphony by Joseph Haydn. For the symphony by Michael Haydn, see Symphony No. 5 (Michael Haydn).

It is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings and continuo.[1] A sonata da chiesa, it is in four movements:

  1. Adagio ma non troppo, 2
    4
  2. Allegro, 3
    4
  3. Menuet and Trio, 3
    4
  4. Presto,

The opening slow movement and the trio in the third movement feature very high horn parts. Of Haydn's works, only those in the Sonata a tre, Hob. IV/5, and the 51st symphony are more difficult.[2]

References
  1. H. C. Robbins Landon, The Symphonies of Joseph Haydn (London: Universal Edition & Rockliff, 1955): 618. "2 ob., 2 cor., str., [ fag., cemb. ]"
  2. A. Peter Brown, The Symphonic Repertoire, volume 2 (Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press, 2002): 50–51. ISBN 025333487X.
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