Cello Concerto No. 1 (Haydn)

The Cello Concerto No.1 in C major ( Hob VIIb: 1) by Joseph Haydn was probably composed around 1762-1765 for his friend Joseph Franz Weigl, who was the first cellist of Prince Esterhazy at that time. The instrumentation of the orchestra is relatively small with two oboes, two horns and strings; also a basso is advertised. The game lasts about 25 minutes.

Background

The work was lost until 1961, until the musicologist Oldrich Pulkert found a copy in the Prague National Museum. It is one of nine formerly attributed to Haydn cello concertos, only two of which have been handed down as undoubtedly authentic, which includes not only the work discussed in this article includes the Cello Concerto No. 2. From the presence of the first cello concerto was known previously only from Haydn's own "Design Catalog " ( 1765 ), with the entries fit together, the marks found. On 19 May 1962, the plant was again " premiered " at the Prague Spring.

Full Sequence

The Cello Concerto consists of the following three sets:

All movements are in sonata -allegro form, which is then no longer be the case with his second Cello Concerto in D Major.

About the Music

Although the work was written in the period of classical music, but still bears pronounced character of the late Baroque. From the entire thematic material that is presented in the exposition by the orchestra in the first movement, the solo cello some parts picks out. In a nutshell, it makes the page set; in the implementation does not reflect any issues with items a. A striking example is the alternation of solo and tutti - blocks, which are normally expected as a characteristic in Concerti.

The Adagio is kantabileartig and monothematic. The cellist here takes the melody of the violins at the beginning of the sentence and leads them further away. One challenge in particular the relatively high position for much of the solo part dar. The third set is played musically peppy and is similar in structure to the first sentence.