The six String Quartets, Op. 76 by Joseph Haydn were composed in 1797 or 1798 and dedicated to the Hungarian count Joseph Georg von Erdődy[n 1] (1754–1824). They form the last complete set of string quartets that Haydn composed. At the time of the commission, Haydn was employed at the
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Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Albinoni – Concerto Grosso In A Minor Op.5 No.5
Born in Venice, Republic of Venice, to Antonio Albinoni, a wealthy paper merchant in Venice, he studied violin and singing. Relatively little is known about his life especially considering his contemporary stature as a composer, and the comparatively well-documented period in which he lived. In 1694 he dedicated his Opus
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Passacaglia BWV 582
Around 250 organ works by Bach have been handed down, the most intriguing of which are works thought to have originated early on, but of which there is no surviving autograph. The speculations of Bach researchers all boil down to a single question: how early on can we determine signs
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Sound the Trumpet – Handel and Purcell
The music around the infomercial bits is superb. Ignore the non music bits.. 🙂
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – J.S. Bach: Prelude in E Flat Major BWV 998
The streaming semiquavers of BWV 998 and BWV 999 provide a rich tapestry of sound; Bach uses this device to great effect in several of his preludes as well as the Allemande in A Minor for flute (see these works here on our channel). By arbitrarily ignoring the title “Pour
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Telemann: Concerto in D major for Violin, Cello, Trumpet and Strings, TWV 53:D5
A nice, nuanced performance.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Cantata No. 211 Schweiget Stille, Plaudert Nicht, BWV 211
Or, the Coffee Cantata. Need to find someone to arrange this for tenor. 🙂 Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht (Be still, stop chattering), BWV 211,[a] also known as the Coffee Cantata, is a secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it probably between 1732 and 1735. Although classified as a
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Early Baroque Interlude – Claudio Monteverdi – Duo Seraphim
History and context Monteverdi’s Marian Vespers of 1610 was his first sacred work after his first publication twenty-eight years prior, and stands out for its assimilation of both old and new styles, although it cannot be specifically classified as prima pratica or seconda pratica, per se. The Vespers were published
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Two Part Invention No 14 Bach BWV 785
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Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Handel – Sarabande in D minor
The Keyboard suite in D minor (HWV 437) was composed by George Frideric Handel, for solo keyboard (harpsichord), between 1703 and 1706. It is also referred to as Suite de pièce Vol. 2 No. 4. It was first published in 1733.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Chant traditionnel des Pouilles – Lu Passariello
Capezzuto/Galeazzi/Mancini – Lu Passariello O re, re, lu passariello ‘nta ll’avena,E si nun lu va’ a paràTutta ll’avena se magnarrà’O riavulo, stanotteE mugliereme è caduta da lu liette;’O riavulo stanotteLa jatta s’è magnata li cunfiette.E si prima eremo a tre a ballà la tarantella,Mo’ simmo rimaste a ddujeE mugliereme quant’è
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Giovanni Valentini – Sonata à 5.
I’ll see if I can feature more of G.Valentini’s work. I like it. 🙂 Giovanni Valentini (ca. 1582 – 29/30 April 1649) was an Italian Baroque composer, poet and keyboard virtuoso. Overshadowed by his contemporaries, Claudio Monteverdi and Heinrich Schütz, Valentini is practically forgotten today, although he occupied one of
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Haydn’s Nelson Mass
I’ve found a much better version of one of my favorite masses. The soprano soloist is amazing in this version. Haydn’s chief biographer, H. C. Robbins Landon, has written that this mass “is arguably Haydn’s greatest single composition”.[1] Written in 1798, it is one of the six late masses by
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