Symphony No. 18 (Michael Haydn)

Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 18 in C major, Perger 10, Sherman 18, MH 188, written in Salzburg in 1773, is the fifth of the C major symphonies attributed to Joseph Haydn in Hoboken's catalog.

Scored for 2 oboes, 2 English horns, 2 fifes, 3 bassoons, tamburo and strings, in four movements:

  1. Allegro molto
  2. Andante, in F major
  3. Minuet and Trio
  4. Vivace

The Minuet is unusual in that it has a composed coda (as opposed to a mere da capo repeat after the trio) something which would become standard in the Scherzi of Ludwig van Beethoven.