“No, because they stole his freakin’ skull and passed it around for phrenologist to fondle!” Ok, the old joke stops before the decapitation of one of the greatest composers who ever lived. Joseph ...

Premieres Friday, September 18 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings), pbs.org/nowhearthis and the PBS Video app When Joseph Haydn visited England, he was so taken ...

This is the problem: He did not die tragically young, but lived to a ripe old age. He did not leave a trove of letters scattered with four-letter words. And they haven’t made a famous film about him.

Is Joseph Haydn's music boring? Not at all, say Paavo Järvi and the musicians of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. On ...

The host of Now Hear This and Mexico City Philharmonic music director shares the pieces by Joseph Haydn, also known as “the king of strings,” that mean the most to him. A playlist is available where ...

On this week’s episode of Music in the Making, we’re celebrating National Friendship Day, with music by a pair of composer compatriots, Franz Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Haydn and Mozart ...

Is Joseph Haydn's music boring? Not at all, say Paavo Järvi and the musicians of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. On their musical journey through Haydn's symphonic works, they discover new and ...

The 53rd season for Chamber Singers of Iowa City concludes our journey from darkness to light with a performance of Joseph Haydn’s masterpiece, The Creation. Completed in 1798, this oratorio remains ...

The String Quartet version op. 51 Hob XX/1B is the most often performed and recorded. But it is not the original and only presumably (though not certainly) a transcription of his own – as opposed to ...

Making music is a mental workout. The brain must simultaneously co-ordinate sound and vision, as well as fine motor control, focus and imagination. Over time this stretches the brain like a muscle.