DXV. HAYDN, Franz Joseph: Sonata #22 in E Major for Piano

DXV. HAYDN, Franz Joseph (1732-1809)

Sonata #22 in E Major for Piano (1773)
1. Allegro moderato (6:00)
2. Andante (3:39)
3. Finale: Tempo di Menuet (4:10)
Ursula Dütschler, piano

First movement

E Major -- a bright, spritely key.

Haydn moves to the dominant for the second subject. Beethoven was fond of this sort of two-hand interplay:

Several bars of the dominant B precedes a return to the tonic:

Second movement

A lyrical flow of 16th-note triplets in the parallel minor (E); check out how Haydn creates a feeling of two across a few bars ...

Third movement

A lovely minuet, moving nicely from major to minor -- an insistent octave of B's in the bass reinforce the movement back to major.