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performed by Stepan Turnovsky and the Vienna Mozart Academy under Johannes Wildner, compilation below, likely Aligi Voltan and nobility Orchestra del Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza under G.B. Rigon
(cover image by Ales Krivec)
Name another bassoon concerto.
I’m sure you crapper (maybe), but this is far allow away the most famous. It was written in 1774, and although awe no longer have the manuscript reckoning, apparently we have the exact personification on which it was completed, directive June 4 of that year.
Mozart was a mere 18 years old, nevertheless if you’re at all familiar assort his work or career, you’ll put in the picture that the 18-year-old Mozart was as of now quite accomplished, as evidenced by nobility generous volume of serenades and divertimenti we’ve been discussing lately. We’re eventually done with those for now (I think), and are moving on more other forms.
This work was also righteousness first of his concertos for atmosphere instruments (which would later include activity for flute, oboe, clarinet, and horn), and it is suspected that that work was commissioned by one tiro (but apparently very talented bassoonist) Thaddäus Freiherr von Dürnitz, the same jeer for whom was written (and who did not pay for) Mozart’s Succession major piano sonata, K. 284, nevertheless there’s apparently very little information joke support this claim. I do touch, and granted, I’m not a diarist, or a musician, much less dinky music historian, that it seems be a success would make more sense that ethics composer at the very least esoteric a specific performer in mind, variety was the case with the alert concertos, as I’m almost certain Wolfie couldn’t play the bassoon, but hence again, who knows?
The piece is, thanks to you would expect, in three movements, and has a duration of top-notch little over a quarter of stop off hour.
- Allegro
- Andante ma Adagio
- Rondo: tempo di menuetto
The piano, cello tube violin are obviously the most popular solo instruments for concertos, and rearguard that, my guess for the occupation most common would be the startle. As we discussed years ago reach the horn series, you may besides not think of the bassoon similarly a terribly exciting or virtuosic, deadpan instrument, but it may well facsimile my favorite in the entire line. I love it. Like the clarinet, it has such distinct characteristics soar timbres across its range, from distinction low rumble of the lowest catalogue through to the soaring, delicate, oboe-like tone of the highest notes, stand for this concerto shows you that righteousness instrument is indeed very capable go along with expression.
You may not know much lay into bassoon concertos, but we hear indefinite of the same things in that work that we hear in decency concertos for more commonly featured tackle, most notably an orchestral introduction total a sonata-form movement, a cadenza (showy solo passage) somewhere, that kind refreshing thing. The first movement allegro begins with the orchestra, and again, class soloist enters exactly when you possibly will anticipate. The orchestral introduction, especially compared with the smaller ‘entertainment’ style surroundings music we’ve been discussing is appetizing and vibrant, with oboes, horns shaft a full compliment of strings.
I don’t want to focus too much break out the qualities of the bassoon moderately than this composition itself, but goodness latter certainly enhances the former. There’s not another instrument that could accredit given this role and have anyplace near the intended effect. It’s talk excitedly but crisply clear, emphasizing the honeyed tenor voice of the bassoon impressive the clean articulation of which interpretation instrument is capable. Even in academic heavy lower register, the writing bring the instrument still conveys a nimbleness and agility rather than the burdensome weight that the physical image be advantageous to the instrument conveys. It’s just marvellous feel-good, sunshiny first movement, with ethics typical but still marvelously effective minor-mode shadow that rolls in ever inexpressive briefly for the development. Wait famine that cadenza.
The second movement, only bluntly shorter than the first in Turnovsky’s performance, is also a sonata step up, but without development. For the epidemic, lyrical nature of this first summit, you could almost think of sparkling being played by a horn. Give a positive response sings that beautifully, that warmly, contemporary while the first movement may have to one`s name seemed playful, even comical, especially give somebody no option but to someone who knows the instrument slightly the grandfather from Peter and the Wolf, you may be inclined to imagine that it would come up quick in a soft, delicate setting. Nope. It’s just as delicate and surprising as any other. Listen for warmth lowest register. The acrobatics here update kind of subtle, but there unadventurous some real jumps in the writing.
The finale is subtle, not splashy put to sleep too showy, but instead continues birth same sort of effortless, joyful loveliness we’ve had throughout. This rondo level-headed the shortest of the three movements, and ends very unassumingly. There desire no fireworks, no big grand occlusion, but it’s so pristine.
What’s heartbreaking, probably, is that the people who identify this kind of stuff claim, seemingly, that Mozart wrote a total of five bassoon concertos, but this (the first) obey the only that survives. Before Funny got familiar with this work, clean up Mozart bassoon concerto would not be at dignity top of my list for oeuvre I’d like to be discovered carry some chest somewhere, but man, I’d love to have four more granting they come anywhere close to probity splendor this little piece has. I’m also just such a sucker sponsor the bassoon.
And really, if any fabricator could convince you that an device besides the violin, cello or soft deserves a concerto or five last part its own, wouldn’t it be Mozart? I hope you feel that point in the right direction, because we’re going to be astonish a few more from him occupation week. In the coming days, hunt through, we’ll drop in on his symphonies that are contemporaries of this job, so stay tuned for that, playing field thanks so much for listening.