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Today's commute, a.m.: Howells - King's Herald, Paradise Rondel, Pastoral Rhapsody. Today's commute, p.m.: Howells - Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra, Threnody for Cello and Orchestra, Procession.

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yesterday's commute, a.m.: Hindemith - Symphony 'Mathis der Maler'. Yesterday's commute, p.m.: Hindemith - Trauermusik, Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber. Today's commute, a.m & p.m.: Holst: 1st Choral Symphony. 𝘊𝘈𝘕𝘊𝘌𝘓𝘓𝘌𝘋 𝘛𝘙𝘈𝘐𝘕 𝘉𝘖𝘕𝘜𝘚: Holst: Suite 'The Planets'.

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Can't blame you for that...!

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Why Haydn Is Best episode 6 now available! Warning: A major can be unpredictable and may not be a suitable key to adopt if you live in a block of flats. shows.acast.com/6a4a6c1a5ef1... podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w... on.soundcloud.com/8imEPUchzBaI...

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6. Symphony 65 | Why Haydn Is Best

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Today's commute: (emergency stand by) - Elgar 1st Symphony

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A few pronunciation trip hazards in the list of composers for this year's ABRSM piano syllabus

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Yesterday's and today's commute, a.m. and p.m.: Haydn - 6 String Quartets op.33.

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I reckon you can add Jack Snipe to the list

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Ep.5 of Why Haydn is Best now available! Contains strong references to Terry and June from the outset. shows.acast.com/why-haydn-is... via @acast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w... on.soundcloud.com/CpmzHKutlfIP...

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5. Symphony 41 | Why Haydn Is Best

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Ep.4 of Why Haydn is Best now available! And it's an Easter Special, though more in the suffering sense than the Cadburys sense shows.acast.com/why-haydn-is... via @acast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w... on.soundcloud.com/zpCpelcSYcgH...

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4. Symphony 26 "Lamentatione" | Why Haydn Is Best

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Newsagents are secret agents who can't keep secrets.

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

New! SOFT BEDS, HARD BATTLES (1974) With @paullitchfield.bsky.social & @jlimb.bsky.social Peter Sellers got to cosplay as Hitler & 5 other characters in this ill-judged wartime comedy. Stand by for farting Nazis, himself in yellowface & a whirlwind romance with Liza Minnelli! pod.link/1569929507

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I think Nature Boy sounds like a prick

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Episode 3 of Why Haydn is Best is now available, and this time we go right back to the beginning. Then have to backtrack a bit. shows.acast.com/why-haydn-is... via @acastroaraujo.bsky.social t.co/4avSBWL96Z on.soundcloud.com/hqXvHpB2wwRh...

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3. Symphony 3 | Why Haydn Is Best

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Re: When I'm 64 64 is 28 IF you're in Base 28 #paulisdeadagain

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I'm quite good at fizzling in

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The perils of attribution (a novel by Henry James). Actually you've given me an idea for a future episode's secondary narrative strand... Thanks again for the positivity - mucho appreciatum. Ep.3 coming within days!

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Was only reading your lovely description of him in the Clue Bible this morning, and was struck anew by his uniquity compared to all of his peers. Absolute one off. Gutted.

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Ep.2 of Why Haydn is Best now available! Which symphony is it this week? I'll give you a clue: it's no.94, the "Surprise". Is there a "Surprise" guest...? No. Why Haydn Is Best shows.acast.com/why-haydn-is... via @acast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w... on.soundcloud.com/Z7nbItOgLIvF...

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Nothing funner than writing music for Tintin (animation by Martin White) youtu.be/jbvs_uXbTbY

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King Ottokar's Sceptre (Tintin fan film, part 1 of 4)

YouTube video by Martin White

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Why Haydn Is Best ep.1 has arrived! And we start with his obscurissimus obscurissimorum - the 77th symphony. Has anyone actually ever heard it? Well, finally you have a reason to. shows.acast.com/why-haydn-is... via @acast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1... on.soundcloud.com/FeOx9PGhp9Jb...

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Introductory episode of my new podcast about Haydn's symphonies is now up. Don't all rush at once. Why Haydn Is Best shows.acast.com/why-haydn-is... via @acast on.soundcloud.com/DqtGgf2X5qw9...

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

One of my favourite things is people in fancy dress looking furious

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

POTOm 033. We're 33er than Jesus right now. Sketches incl. Alan Sugar's toilet endorsement, Coffee-tee-fee & the Granosphere. Chat topics incl. courtroom artwork in the Take Hart gallery + the DFS man & his partner Lettice Cootes-Campbell. Evryone's talkin about em! www.patreon.com/TheTrapComed...

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POTOm 033 by The Trap on Patreon. Join The Trap's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Today's commute, a.m.: Haydn - The Creation Part 3; Handel - Water Music nos.1-3. Today's commute, p.m.: Handel - Water Music no.4-end; Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks.

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Today's commute, a.m.: Haydn - The Creation (not Die Schöpfung) Part 1 Today's commute, p.m.: Haydn - The Creation Part 2.

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Anyway, before I get too carried away again, just to say that the already-familiar no.80 is a work of unalloyed genius. The mood swings of the 1st movement are almost Mahlerianly surreal. And as for the finale... well, just listen to it. And try to clap along.

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

basically swallows up the recap, anticipating the 'continuous development' technique of a later era; & the hesitant phrasing and quirky rhythms of the Andante totally threw me; I checked the score afterwards - it was in 3. I'd thought it was in 4. And that's before the ALLEGRO CODA. Which is in 2.

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Today's commute, a.m.: Haydn - Symphony no.79. Today's commute, p.m.: Haydn - Symphony no.80. Don't worry, no essay today, just to say that no.79 ("seldom was Haydn less inspired" - Robbins Landon, Haydn's CHAMPION) I found to be as inspired as ever - the 1st movement's development section ...

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Thanks! Will give it a listen.

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

For many listeners, it's this sort of thing that puts them off Haydn. Cos GREAT music is SERIOUS and must end with some GRAND STATEMENT or other, mustn't it? Must it? All I know is: sorry K491 but if it's a choice between your endless string of im/perfect cadences and THIS, I know which way I jump

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

You can never outfox him, he is always ahead of you, laughing. Ah yes, laughing - but hang on, we're in C MINOR. A SERIOUS key. PROFOUND. The first mmt. sticks to its dramatic guns, but the finale...? Well, it opens in C minor but, like a cat wearing a t-shirt, Haydn shrugs it off as soon as he can

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

That's right; how d'you get from Db to Eb? Why, by sliding through D, that's how! Again, this is Beethoven avant le lettre, and a lot breezier. And, to cap it, when he reaches this moment in the recap, he has less of a harmonic gulf to cross (Db to Cm)... but ADDS a bar anyway!

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

So much life! So many great moments! Look at this for pure sauce:

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I'm not here to slag Wolfgang off; as I've said it's invidious to compare the two composers who, touchingly, were as fond of each other as any two geniuses ever have been. But it seems unfair that K491 is programmed incessantly and music like this never gets played:

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Anyway, it starts like this; and it has been pointed out that it anticipates Mozart's Piano Concerto in the same key, K491. Ah yes, the great K491, so deep, so sublime...

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

And then there's Symphony 78. Did you know it was in C minor? No, of course you didn't, because NO ONE FUCKING PLAYS IT.

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

... or this "wrong" note in the sublime slow movement, which much later diverts the music to an unexpected key... *cough*Beethoven 8*cough*...

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

... meant that counterpoint was in his blood in a way it never could be for Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert. Speaking of Ludwig, his claim that he learnt nothing from Haydn is utter bollocks, and he knew it. Check out the cross-rhythms in the Minuet (a Scherzo in all but name) ...

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Symphony 77 is utterly beguiling. H's phrasing is unpredictable but always apposite; his timing immaculate yet continually takes you by surprise. Both outer movements have the most breathtakingly insouciant contrapuntal writing - my theory is that his having been a choirboy in the High Baroque ...

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Again, is it only me?? Every bar of these works just sings directly into my heart. It's not humour, or wit, but something even more profound - JOY, bone-deep; the sheer pleasure this Empyrean peasant found in playing his sublime games with the sublime toy that was the late 18th century orchestra.

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