Haydn Symphony #45 Finale (Presto-Adagio)
Franz Josef Haydn / Larry J. VanMersbergen
This is the famous last movement that became the first protest song. The "Farewell Symphony" is completed when each instrument is finished in the adagio and the player quietly leaves the stage and walks down the center aisle. It is up to …
Read MoreThis is the famous last movement that became the first protest song. The "Farewell Symphony" is completed when each instrument is finished in the adagio and the player quietly leaves the stage and walks down the center aisle. It is up to the conductor how this is done. It is possible to have groups of strings leave as each wind instrument leaves, or to have the group slowly become smaller down to the last two violins.