Episode XXXII. In 1830, Hummel is at the hight of his fame. The proof is a very succesful concert trip of six months to Paris and London. Hummel has an extreme talent for commerce and intensively manages his own PR. In doing that, he uses all kinds of universal selling techniques. In the music he composed especially for this tour, he cleverly responds to everything that’s popular at the moment, such as Weber’s fairy tale opera Oberon on which he elaborates, or a piece that uses the massive popularity of touring yodel companies from Tirol. Cut out for that part is the famous Spanish opera diva Maria Malibran (see picture). Furthermore, Hummel arranges Scottish folk songs.
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Air à la Tyrolienne avec variations
Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo; International Chamber Soloists
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andante from Sonata for two pianos in D Major KV 448
Murray Perahia and Radu Lupu, piano
- Carl Maria von Weber: Ouverture Oberon
Staatskapelle Berlin, Otmar Suitner
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Oberons Zauberhorn op. 116
Howard Shelley, piano and conductor; The London Mozart Players
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Despondency-on the Return of Spring (arr.)
Pamela Dellal, mezzo; The Musicians of the Old Post
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Etude op. 125/23
Danielle Laval, piano
