Six Paris Symphonies (nos 82-87)Haydn’s Symphonies were printed as early as 1764 in Paris. Symphones performed in the Concerts Spirituel.Orchestra was large – forty violins and ten double-basses. Marie Antoinette attended, hence la reine no. 85. The Critic of Mercure de France noted “this vast genius who in each of his pieces knows how to draw developments, rich and varied.Symphony no. 88 in G major. First time to use Trumpets and Timpani in a slow movement. Exposition of first movement is monothematic. Finale is a moto-perpetuoSymphony no. 92 in G major “Oxford’. Honored with a Doctorate at Oxford university. Strong contrasts in stability and instability.