The Mannheim School: EMS 17 April

[doversoul1]

Lucie Skeaping looks at some of the music penned at the court of Mannheim in the latter half of the 18th Century, which had such a thriving and influential orchestra. Composers such as Johann Stamitz, Franz Xaver Richter, Christian Cannabich, Carl Stamitz and Franz Danzi really took the symphonic genre by the horns, helped to shape it into what we now think of as the Classical symphony, and as such, were a huge influence on the likes of Mozart and Haydn.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0770h0j

Never mind Mozart and Haydn, this is excellent music as it is.

[Richard Barrett]

My very thoughts.

("By the horns"?)

[MickyD]

I'm proud to say that I have something of every one of those composers in my collection! It's my favourite period of music, and I never fail to be amazed and delighted at just how much unknown repertoire from it continues to be unearthed.

[ardcarp]

Heard the programme during a long car journey. Loved it. Learned a lot. Stamitz (the elder) was the only one I remembered/knew by name. (I'm sure I would have remembered Cannabich!) Loved the clarinet duo by Tausch.

[doversoul1]

Delightful music from beginning to end with unobtrusively informative presentation. Yet another excellent programme.