I've always been fond of this unjustly neglected contemporary of Haydn and Mozart - do give these programmes a listen this week, they are full of some very agreeable music.
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Agreed, MickyD. Was it Michael Kelly who wrote that he attended an event where the music was provided by a string quartet of Josef Haydn and Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (violins), W. A. Mozart (viola) and Johan Baptist Vanhal (cello)? I certainly have programmed an orchestral concert around those four for just that reason.
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Originally posted by Pabmusic View PostAgreed, MickyD. Was it Michael Kelly who wrote that he attended an event where the music was provided by a string quartet of Josef Haydn and Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (violins), W. A. Mozart (viola) and Johan Baptist Vanhal (cello)? I certainly have programmed an orchestral concert around those four for just that reason.
Jens Peter Larsen suggests that "quartet playing was central to the contact between Haydn and Mozart", though the documentation of the occasions in which the two composers played or heard quartets or other chamber music together is slim. One report of such an occasion comes from the Reminiscences (1826) of the tenor Michael Kelly.
"Storace gave a quartet party to his friends. The players were tolerable; not one of them excelled on the instrument he played, but there was a little science among them, which I dare say will be acknowledged when I name them:
First Violin: Haydn
Second Violin: Baron Dittersdorf
Violoncello: Vanhal
Viola: Mozart.
I was there, and a greater treat, or a more remarkable one, cannot be imagined."Pacta sunt servanda !!!
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Donald Macleod included this quote in the first programme of this week, Flay.
I have just begun programme four and am really impressed by the quality of the man's music, particularly in the symphonies. A pity that the recordings by Concerto Koln didn't get a look in - their disc is the most exciting of all I have heard.
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Naxos released several discs of Vanhal and I have most of them.
As for the Composer, I find him wonderfully inventive, if occasionally a bit formulaic.
As regards the recordings, as usual with Naxos one is grateful that they were released at all, but leaves one wondering how one's perception of the Composer would change with better performers and more adequate rehearsal time.
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Originally posted by doversoul View PostI very much enjoyed Sonata In B Flat Major For Clarinet And Piano on today’s programme. It sounded just right for the fortepiano.
So much so, that I felt it wd be nice to have the CD : but I have been a bit put-off by the price...
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