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Delicate, elegant and charming, the lower strings provide the ‘tick-tock’ motion of a clock’s pendulum in the movement that gives this symphony its nickname ‘The Clock’. Written in Haydn’s first visit to London, it’s proved a hit ever since.

Composer: Joseph Haydn
Performers: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier
Recording date: 24 July 1999
Date of broadcast: 24 July 1999