Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Do you need an alarm clock? Then you've come to the right place. In this video, Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" with the kettledrum stroke is performed by Andris Nelsons and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra.
The “Surprise Symphony” is the second of Haydn’s twelve London Symphonies and a model of the classical four-movement symphony. Its nickname derives from the famous moment at the beginning of the second movement, when, after 15 measures of a gentle melody, a sudden fortissimo chord with timpani stroke bursts forth. Legend has it that Haydn wanted to wake up dozing London concertgoers with this jolt.
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Do you need an alarm clock? Then you've come to the right place. In this video, Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" with the kettledrum stroke is performed by Andris Nelsons and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra.
The “Surprise Symphony” is the second of Haydn’s twelve London Symphonies and a model of the classical four-movement symphony. Its nickname derives from the famous moment at the beginning of the second movement, when, after 15 measures of a gentle melody, a sudden fortissimo chord with timpani stroke bursts forth. Legend has it that Haydn wanted to wake up dozing London concertgoers with this jolt.
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