This is the last of the sonatas for the Auenbrugger sisters. It is a skillful and charming work. The length of the movements, similar to that of pop music, suggests that this may be a natural musical limit.

A quizzical opening note turns into a bright and delicate melody. The treatment is seemingly careless and bold with nimble work but there is little urgency in this display. A passage suggestive of stomping feet interrupts this amusement and the original theme returns with a scalar motif that works in and out of the music. The adagio is one of Haydn's best, dreamily appealing. It too has a scalar motif. After a pause, there is a filigree of very high notes and a gentle arpeggiated close. The last movement is emphatically lively without being manic. It exploits the whole keyboard. The flourishes are gaudily circular and the work stops when it is done.



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