Surprise symphony

When violist Steven Fisher joined the UMW-Community Symphony at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, conductor Kevin Bartram got a pleasant surprise: Fisher also is a musicologist, and has unearthed a long-overlooked symphony by Joseph Haydn.

The work, dating from the early 1770s – around the same time that Haydn composed his familiar "Farewell" Symphony (No. 45) – will be performed in an Oct. 23 concert by the orchestra, Jennifer Strobel reports in The Free Lance-Star of Fredericksburg:

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2009/102009/10222009/501393/index_html?page=1

The University of Mary Washington-Community Symphony Orchestra, Kevin Bartram conducting, performs at 8:30 p.m. Oct. 23 in UMW's Dodd Auditorium, George Washington Hall. Admission is free. Details: (540) 654-1012; http://www.umw.edu/events/