DXLIII. HAYDN, Franz Joseph (1732-1809)
Overture to "La Vera Constanza" (1779)
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra
Antal Doráti, cond.
(5:39)
Described as an operatic dramma giocoso (comical, farcical), the plot devolves around a sentimental heroine abandoned by a mad lover.
The overture is typical crisp no-nonsense Haydn:
After navigating through the dominant (F), and permutating the main theme in various ways, he returns to the tonic with a firm conclusion.
There follows this lovely Allegretto in the sub-dominant (E-Flat):
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