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German operatic soprano (1746-1786)
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[…] longer than Cannabich’s piece, yet seems to take in so much more, whilst also sounding over far too soon. All movements emphasised the proximity, indeed mutual fertilisation, of Mozart’s instrumental and operatic writing, the Adagio here a grave central aria, flanked by ensembles as full of character in every sense as their counterparts not only in Idomeneo but the operas to come. The parts of Ilia and Elettra were first taken by Dorothea and Elisabeth Wendling respectively, sisters-in-law and two out of four Idomeneo participants from the Wendling family, also from Mannheim and whom the Mozarts had known there first. (Johann Baptist Wendling, Dorothea’s husband, was a flautist in the orchestra—and may therefore have played Cannabich’s quintet. He certainly played in Idomeneo.) Introduced by Cannabich to Elisabeth, ‘Lisl’, née Sarselli, Mozart seems to have been equally taken by her looks and her artistry. At any rate, he wrote the concert […]
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2016-11-27 10:58:21
A lost flute concerto by Mozart?
The Turkish flutist Şefika Kutluer is about to perform what is claimed to be a world premiere of Mozart’s ‘Wendling Concerto’, reported missing since the composer stayed with the Mannheim virtuoso Johann Baptist Wendling in 1777. Kutluer believes she has identified the manuscript in a Swiss archive. She will perform it in Istanbul next week. More here.
2016-04-28 01:00:00
Carl Joseph Toeschi (1731/32-1788) Sinfonia in D major (1770's) Franz Danzi (1763-1826) Piano Concerto in Eb (1800) Johann Baptist Wendling (1723-1797) Flute Concerto in G major (1769) Johann Christian Cannabich (1731-1798) Sinfonia in Bb major (1790's) Christoph Hammer, Neue Hofkapelle München (Period Instruments) Capriccio 10 861 (2000) [Flac & Scans]
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