The 27 (3 x 9) Responsories for the Triduum sacrum, the last three days of the Holy Week before Easter Sunday, are classic examples of Haydn’s manner of composing, as influenced by the “stile antico”. With these homophonic pieces, which are directed inwards and which concentrate on the expressive presentation of the text, Haydn stands in a long tradition of these multivoice settings: this tradition ranges from Victoria and Ingegneri at the end of the 16th century via Zelenka and Jomelli in the middle of the 18th through the composers of the Viennese classical school. According to his autograph of the completed cycle, dated 4 April 1778, Haydn provided three different ways in which to perform the work: for choir a cappella, choir with organ accompaniment, or choir with organ and an additional violone (as a “16’register”).
- ISMN: 9790007091446 (M007091446)
