Symphony No. 16 (Haydn) Explained

Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 16 in B-flat major, Hoboken I/16, may have been written between 1757 and 1761.^[1]

It is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings and continuo, with a solo cello part in the slow movement.^[2] It is in three movements:

1. Allegro,
2. Andante in E-flat major,
3. Allegro or Presto,

The slow movement features a solo cello doubled in octaves with muted violins.^[3]

Notes and References

1. [H. C. Robbins Landon]
2. Landon (1955): 640. "2 ob., 2 cor. (B flat, prob. alto), str. [fag., cemb. ]; vcl. obl. in Andante."
3. A. Peter Brown, The Symphonic Repertoire, volume 2, Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press (2002): 65–66. .