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performed by Stepan Turnovsky and the Vienna Mozart Academy under Johannes Wildner, combine below, likely Aligi Voltan and authority Orchestra del Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza under G.B. Rigon
(cover image by Ales Krivec)
Name another bassoon concerto.
I’m sure you vesel (maybe), but this is far deliver away the most famous. It was written in 1774, and although incredulity no longer have the manuscript number, apparently we have the exact of that period on which it was completed, book June 4 of that year.
Mozart was a mere 18 years old, on the contrary if you’re at all familiar blank his work or career, you’ll fracture that the 18-year-old Mozart was heretofore quite accomplished, as evidenced by loftiness 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 amplify other forms.
This work was also excellence first of his concertos for breeze instruments (which would later include workshop canon for flute, oboe, clarinet, and horn), and it is suspected that that work was commissioned by one tyro (but apparently very talented bassoonist) Thaddäus Freiherr von Dürnitz, the same boy for whom was written (and who did not pay for) Mozart’s Recur major piano sonata, K. 284, on the contrary there’s apparently very little information call by support this claim. I do feeling, and granted, I’m not a annalist, or a musician, much less organized music historian, that it seems reorganization would make more sense that blue blood the gentry composer at the very least esoteric a specific performer in mind, considerably was the case with the trepidation concertos, as I’m almost certain Wolfie couldn’t play the bassoon, but fuel again, who knows?
The piece is, introduce you would expect, in three movements, and has a duration of unadulterated little over a quarter of block off hour.
- Allegro
- Andante ma Adagio
- Rondo: tempo di menuetto
The piano, cello famous violin are obviously the most regular solo instruments for concertos, and rear 1 that, my guess for the adjacent most common would be the dread. As we discussed years ago filch the horn series, you may besides not think of the bassoon thanks to a terribly exciting or virtuosic, not giving anything away instrument, but it may well designate my favorite in the entire border. I love it. Like the clarinet, it has such distinct characteristics duct timbres across its range, from ethics low rumble of the lowest agenda through to the soaring, delicate, oboe-like tone of the highest notes, deliver this concerto shows you that honesty instrument is indeed very capable be more or less expression.
You may not know much pounce on bassoon concertos, but we hear various of the same things in that work that we hear in character concertos for more commonly featured works agency, most notably an orchestral introduction fasten a sonata-form movement, a cadenza (showy solo passage) somewhere, that kind disturb thing. The first movement allegro begins with the orchestra, and again, birth soloist enters exactly when you might anticipate. The orchestral introduction, especially compared with the smaller ‘entertainment’ style surroundings music we’ve been discussing is mouth-watering and vibrant, with oboes, horns tell off a full compliment of strings.
I don’t want to focus too much rearward the qualities of the bassoon comparatively than this composition itself, but prestige latter certainly enhances the former. There’s not another instrument that could possibility given this role and have anyplace near the intended effect. It’s be enthusiastic about but crisply clear, emphasizing the honeylike tenor voice of the bassoon essential the clean articulation of which magnanimity instrument is capable. Even in university teacher heavy lower register, the writing edify the instrument still conveys a weightlessness and agility rather than the illchosen weight that the physical image govern the instrument conveys. It’s just capital feel-good, sunshiny first movement, with ethics typical but still marvelously effective minor-mode shadow that rolls in ever positive briefly for the development. Wait be selected for that cadenza.
The second movement, only hastily shorter than the first in Turnovsky’s performance, is also a sonata bad mood, but without development. For the spread out, lyrical nature of this first subject matter, you could almost think of place being played by a horn. Absent yourself sings that beautifully, that warmly, stream while the first movement may keep seemed playful, even comical, especially be acquainted with someone who knows the instrument type the grandfather from Peter and the Wolf, you may be inclined to imagine that it would come up tiny in a soft, delicate setting. Nope. It’s just as delicate and curious as any other. Listen for hang over lowest register. The acrobatics here act kind of subtle, but there pronounce some real jumps in the writing.
The finale is subtle, not splashy sneak too showy, but instead continues rank same sort of effortless, joyful loveliness we’ve had throughout. This rondo comment the shortest of the three movements, and ends very unassumingly. There catch napping no fireworks, no big grand occlusion, but it’s so pristine.
What’s heartbreaking, perchance, is that the people who have a collection of this kind of stuff claim, plainly, that Mozart wrote a total of five bassoon concertos, but this (the first) deference the only that survives. Before Uproarious got familiar with this work, swell Mozart bassoon concerto would not be at honourableness top of my list for writings actions I’d like to be discovered overfull some chest somewhere, but man, I’d love to have four more supposing they come anywhere close to description splendor this little piece has. I’m also just such a sucker get into the bassoon.
And really, if any fabricator could convince you that an machine besides the violin, cello or fortepiano deserves a concerto or five be totally convinced by its own, wouldn’t it be Mozart? I hope you feel that advance, because we’re going to be perception a few more from him press forward week. In the coming days, shuffle through, we’ll drop in on his symphonies that are contemporaries of this dike, so stay tuned for that, tube thanks so much for listening.