In his lifetime Haydn achieved a degree of fame that easily surpassed that of Mozart and Beethoven. Yet today in concert halls he is often overshadowed in favour of his younger contemporaries. By speaking to the world’s leading experts on Haydn’s music, this film intends
to readdress the balance and to shed light on the great composer and his work. Featuring the world’s greatest musicians and orchestras including: Emanuel Ax, Sophie Bevan, Ronald Brautigam, Marc-André Hamelin, Sir Roger Norrington, The Endellion String Quartet, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Classical Opera Company, Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques, Gautier Capuçon, Alison Balsom and many more.