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The Prairie Ensemble, Kevin Kelly, Music Director;
Finale, Symphony #104 "London Symphony";
"The melody of the finale is said by some to be a Croatian song. (Haydn spent much time amid Croatian villages). Others believe the melody to be the London street cry folk melody 'Hot Cross Buns." "In 1795, the year this symphony was composed, Joseph Haydn was the most popular composer alive."---from program notes by Philip Huscher-courtesy of the Chicago Symphony and the Illinois Council of Orchestras.