Concerto for Oboe and Strings in D minor (Marcello)

The Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra by Alessandro Marcello (1673-1747) owes its popularity to the harpsichord - processing by Johann Sebastian Bach ( BWV 974 ). 1712 Bach had dealt with the concerts of his Italian contemporaries, Antonio Vivaldi and 22 thereof adapted for study purposes as solo pieces for harpsichord. It is not known whether Bach knew at that point that there was a work of Marcello among these 22 concerts, because until the 19th century it was considered a work of Vivaldi, before it initially Benedetto Marcello and his brother Alessandro was attributed. So alone brought the Bach research the concert, the attention that holds the name of its composer alive.

Construction

The work consists of three movements:

In the lecture name of the first sentence the word spiccato 'significantly '. The movement is in 4/4-time and begins with a unison orchestral ritornello before the oboe introduces the topic in their first use in a modified form. Marcello varies the ritornello at each occurrence and will also change the scale type until it appears in the middle of the pack in the major.

The second movement, an Adagio in 3/4-time is dominated by a tense Cantilena the oboe, accompanied by quavers in the strings. In keeping with the spirit of the oboe part should be varied; today it is common to use the data written by Bach ornaments here. It should be remembered, however, that they were written by a different composer for another instrument and therefore can not claim automatic, which represent what the composer had in mind.

The third movement, Presto is in 3/8-time. Solo instrument and strings provide here at the beginning of different themes before; until later, they resort to the material of others.