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Roaming The Classical Period

This program is dedicated to Johann Nepomuk Hummel, who was a celebrity in his day and especially a virtuoso pianist who caused a furor throughout Europe.

 

At the end of his life, Hummel’s star began to decline: he remained a classical composer, while Romanticism had meanwhile conquered all of Europe. His style of piano playing was also considered obsolete.
Today, he stands in the shadow of his contemporaries Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven. He especially honored his teacher Mozart, including arrangements of service orchestral works for a chamber ensemble.

In this program we hear two such arrangements for traverso, violin, cello and pianoforte. In between is a sonata for pianoforte and mandolin.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), arr. Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)
1. Overture to Die Zauberflöte (KV 620).
Katy Bircher, traverso. Caroline Balding, violin. Andrew Skidmore, cello. David Owen Norris, fortepiano
(CD: “The Jupiter Project – Mozart in the ninetheenth-century drawing room” – Hyperion CDA68234, 2019)

Johann Nepomuk Hummel
2. Grande Sonata for pianoforte and mandolin in C, op. 37a
Marco Crosetto, fortepiano. Raffaele La Ragione, mandolin
(CD: “Beethoven and his contemporaries – Music for the Brescian mandolin and fortepiano” – Arcana A117, 2020)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arr. Johann Nepomuk Hummel
3. Concert for keyboard and orchestra in c (KV 491).
Anna Besson, traverso. Cecilia Bernardini, violin. Marcus van den Munckhof, cello. Aurélia Visovan, fortepiano
(CD: “Mozart, Hummel, Beethoven – Concerto, Sonata, Symphony” – Ricercar RIC 417, 2020)

addition:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arr. anon [ed. Simrock, 1795].
4. From Die Zauberflöte (KV 620): “Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja”.
Neue Hofkapelle Graz: Annie Laflamme, traverso. Lucia Froihofer, violin. Peter Trefflinger, cello
(CD: “Die Zauberflöte (Triofassung)” – Orlando Records OR0051, 2021)

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