Why Haydn Is Best

3. Symphony 3

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:15:45 GMT

Or 'Baroque to the Future'. Where we're going we don't need fugues! But we're not there yet, and for this early stopover in the symphonic life of Haydn, JL has chosen a symphony full of counterpoint, canon and fugue; which he elects to explain using 1970s TV theme tunes only. Mozart gets bigged up in this one, surprisingly, although an attempt is made to outdo him (again using 1970s TV theme tunes only)

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2. Symphony 94 "Surprise"

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:02:36 GMT

One of Haydn's most famous - but for some reason there's an awful lot about Seinfeld in this one. Is that a surprise? It won't be for long. But there are many other surprises along the way. Warning: contains surprises.

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1. Symphony 77

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:22:27 GMT

And we're off! With a symphony NOBODY knows. Again, Jeremy Limb is forced to defend his bizarre choices and does so by using a disconcerting edit of the Monty Python theme tune, revealing where in sonata form a car chase would most likely occur, and adopting the most unidentifiable accent ever attempted.

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Introduction

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 14:40:50 GMT

Jeremy Limb explains why he is embarking on this grand folly

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