1st concert piece for clarinet and basset horn
The concert piece in F minor for clarinet, basset horn and orchestra No. 1 op. 113 ( MWV Q 23 ) is a work by the German composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy . It was written in 1832 for the two clarinetists Heinrich Joseph Baermann and his son Carl . It was originally set for the piano, later orchestrated by Mendelssohn's own hand.
To the music
The piece consists of three consecutive movements that together last about eight minutes:
- Allegro con fuoco, F minor, 4/4 time
- Andante, A flat major, 9/8 time
- Presto, F major, 6/8 time
The first movement, a stormy "Allegro con fuoco", begins with a cadenza each on the clarinet and the basset horn . The whole movement is pervaded by a constant restlessness that rarely has relaxing moments. Cadenzas end it and lead into the calm "Andante", a "song without words". The calm is clouded only briefly twice, represented by C minor, before it starts again and lets the movement fade away. The virtuoso rondo with the performance title "Presto" is peppered with virtuoso runs and a main dance theme. The music takes its course exuberantly and happily before octave leaps conclude the work.
Emergence
The concert piece in F minor is part of a deal between Mendelssohn and the Baermanns: Heinrich Joseph and Carl Baermann were supposed to prepare steamed noodles and cream strudel for Mendelssohn in his Berlin residence, for which he wrote a work for clarinet and basset horn. A corresponding entry can be found in the family book of the Baermann family. Because of their success, the three repeated the cooking and composing action for a second concert piece, Concert Piece for Clarinet, Basset Horn and Orchestra No. 2, Op. 114 a few days later . Carl Baermann wrote the orchestral version for the second composition.
Autograph
- The Battle of Prague: A great duet for steamed noodle or cream strudel clarinet a. Basset horn . Berlin, December 30, 1832. Offenbach, J. André, 1869
Interpretations (selection)
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Sabine Meyer , Wolfgang Meyer and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields : EMI 7243 5 57359 2 8
- Christof Siemes : Review , in Die Zeit , October 10, 2002
literature
- Thomas Grass, Dietrich Demus, René Hagmann: The basset horn: its development and its music . BoD - Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2004, ISBN 3-8311-4411-7 , p. 98 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Baermann - Mendelssohn , with Orfeo
- ↑ Concert piece No. 1 in F minor by Josef Jiskra