The CBSO Chorus and Orchestra and Kazuki Yamada in a live performance of Haydn's Creation at Birmingham's Symphony Hall, with soloists Carolyn Sampson, James Way and Ashley Riches. Show more ...

After Haydn’s voice broke Queen Maria Theresa apparently reported that, while Michael sang beautifully, Franz Joseph sang ‘like a crow’. Haydn’s dismissal from the choir would have been on ...

Joseph was the second of his 12 children ... From this period come the six late Masses, The Creation and The Seasons. In his mid-sixties, Haydn’s health began to fail and he resigned as Kapellmeister ...