1762: Haydn: Symphony No. 20 in C major (Three Blind Mice), age 30

Mr. Peabody Says:

The symphony numbers are pure nonsense hear. This is a later symphony, more movements, more energy, and now we have trumpets and timpani. Hogwood is better here. For a bit more than three minutes, start here: Presto 3:17

No Nickname, but I gave it one:

It’s actually “see how the run”, the second line of Three Blind Mice, but that’s all I could hear at the beginning.

Christopher Hogwood/The Academy of Ancient Music

Total Time: 18:10

Ernst Märzendorfer/Vienna Chamber Orchestra

Instruments:

  • 2 oboes
  • bassoon
  • 2 horns
  • 2 trumpets
  • timpani
  • strings
  • continuo

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