Summary: “Times of the day” As we “fall backwards” we turn to Papa Haydn. Prince Esterházy spent some time in Naples as a diplomat and developed an Italian taste in music. His collection of Italian music included Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’. It has been suggested that the Prince mentioned to Haydn that he should compose a similar set of pieces inspired by the different times of the day, and thus this trio of works, first performed in May or June of 1761. Details on our archive page @ https://archive.org/details/pcast236
