The Arts Society Corinium: How Symphonies were Born in a London Pub

Today we talk of “symphony concerts” and “symphony orchestras”, but where did these come from? The answer involves a fascinating story stretching across the whole of the eighteenth century, as the new and strange idea of just sitting and listening to music, rather than singing or dancing to it, gradually took off in musical life across Europe.

One of the most surprising aspects of this story is the part played in it by Britain: this talk begins with Haydn’s five seasons in 1790s London, which he described as the happiest of his professional life. It then shows how Mozart and Beethoven, both friends of Haydn, followed his new idea of how to arrange concert programmes. And like so many good ideas, this one really did begin in a London pub.

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