![]() Such is the case for his trumpet concerto – which was especially challenging for the trumpets available during Haydn’s life. Few of his compositions are ostentatious, though paradoxically, many of his works are actually harder to play than they sound – due to the inability to mask mistakes with the high wire acrobatics on which many ostentatious and crowd-pleasing works rely. ![]() Haydn’s lack of concertos was not due to his inability to compose them, but rather his own personal taste and character. Of those that remain, the E-flat trumpet concerto is arguably the most popular of all. Many apparently were written for just a single performance and then set aside, with no eye towards the future. With 108 symphonies, 68 string quartets, and 47 piano sonatas, the catalog of his complete works lists a scant 17 concertos – most of which are lost. For someone who was one of the most prolific composers of the 18th and 19th centuries, Haydn wrote surprisingly few works to feature a soloist with an orchestra.
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