Symphony No. 43 (Haydn)


Symphony No. 43 in E major, Hoboken I/43, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. Since the nineteenth century it has been referred to by the subtitle "Mercury". The symphony was composed by 1771. It is scored for two oboes, bassoon, two horns and strings.
The work is in four movements:
  1. Allegro,
  2. Adagio in A major,
  3. Menuet & Trio,
  4. Allegro,
H. C. Robbins Landon describes the slow movement "as a chamber symphony opens with muted strings". It is the only movement of any of Haydn's symphonies to be in the key of A major.