Listening paths

Listen with a purpose

Each path is a short series of works in an order that teaches something: a form, a composer’s years, a genre. Tick the works as you hear them.

Path 01

Understanding sonata form

The form behind most first movements, heard six times, from a small sonata to a symphony.

Mozart → Haydn → Beethoven → Schubert

6 works · 2 h 12 min

Path 02

The last five of the twelve symphonies Haydn wrote for London audiences, 1794–95.

Haydn

5 works · 2 h 7 min

Path 03

Short, complete works for a single sitting.

Mozart → Beethoven → Haydn → Ravel → Bach → Mendelssohn

6 works · 46 min

Path 04

Four players across a century and a half: Haydn shapes the conversation, Bartók breaks it open.

Haydn → Reger → Bartók

5 works · 2 h 5 min