- Cheminee Du Roi Rene Program Notes Mozart Compositions
- Cheminee Du Roi Rene Program Notes Mozart Notes
Cheminee Du Roi Rene Program Notes Mozart Compositions
W. A. Mozart | Divertimento in B flat major, K. 270 Serenade in C minor, K. 388 “Harmoniemusik” excerpts from “The Magic Flute” Overture (arr. J. Heidenreich) Ich sollte fort! Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön Du feines Täubchen nur herein Bei Männern, Welch Liebe fühlen Wie stark ist nich dein Zauberton Das klinget so herrlich Wenn tugend und Gerechtigkeit O Isis und Osiris Seid uns zum zweiten mal willkommen Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen wünscht Papageno sich! Papageno! Bist du mir nun ganz gegeben? WIND MUSIC OF W.A. MOZART Harmoniemusik (music for a small wind band) enjoyed a great vogue in Europe in the last quarter of the 18th and first quarter of the 19th centuries. Johann Christian Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Rosetti, Krommer, Druschetsky, and numerous other composers of varying stature composed for the medium. In Vienna, in particular, the nobility vied with one another in maintaining ensembles (usually pairs of oboes, clarinets, horns, and bassoons) of the finest available musicians. Transcriptions of popular operas of the day were especially in demand as repertoire. Meysel’s Handbuch lists a very large number of arrangements by Boieldieu, Cherubini, Cimarosa, Dalayrac, Lesur, Méhul, Mozart Paër, Paisiello, Salieri, Spontini, and others well known in their lifetimes. The Divertimento No. 14 in B flat major, K. 270, is for 6 winds, oboes, horns, and bassoons in pairs. Its four movements make it more like a symphony than a divertimento, which were known for many movements, even six or seven. The first Allegro molto bustles with operatic haste and military rhythms, while the Andantino has a lovely rocking quality. The jaunty Menuetto is followed by a brilliant Presto. The Serenade No. 12 in C minor, K. 388, is, like Mozart’s Requiem, a composition of mysterious origin. History is silent about its commission; other than the fact Mozart wrote the work in July of 1782, nothing else is known about it. What confounds us today is that the piece is amazingly off trend for the “entertainment” music of the 18th century. Mozart was known to place serious music in his serenades and divertimenti, but this dark wind piece is a symphony more appropriate to Stanley Kubrick’s film Eyes Wide Shut than an outdoor party. There is a concentration and seriousness throughout, including elaborate inversions and retrogressions that are only dispelled by a valedictory turn in the major key. The Magic Flute received its first performance in Vienna on September 30, 1791, only two months before Mozart’s death. The composer of this arrangement of the opera was Joseph Heidenreich. The only biographical information I have found concerning him comes from Otto Erich Deutsch’s Mozart, Die Dokumente seines Lebens, where his dates are given as 1753-1821, and he is described as a modest composer, and prolific arranger of operas for Harmoniemusik and for the piano. The Wiener Zeitung of January 14, 1792, under the heading New Music, carries this announcement: “Since several music lovers have expressed the wish to own a Harmonie arrangement of the popular opera The Magic Flute, the last work of the great Mozart, the undersigned flatters himself that he will not be giving unwelcome news when he says that the aforesaid opera set for 8 parts will be issued at a subscription price of 6 fl. 40 kr., which lasts until the end of January. The subscribers may send for their copies upon presentation of receipts until February 16. Should some music lovers prefer, however, to have this opera in 6 parts, the undersigned will be no less willing to serve a sufficient number of subscribers. Joseph Heidenreich, arranger.” Heidenreich treats the Mozart score rather freely, dividing the longer scenes of the original and changing their order in some instances. Although Heidenreich’s arrangements are not so well known as those of Wendt and Triebensee, the present one compares favorably in its idiomatic treatment of the instruments and in solving the problems involved in such a transcription, problems that seem to me more difficult here than those found in Mozart’s earlier operas. -H. Voxman & Jeff von der Schmidt |
Cheminee Du Roi Rene Program Notes Mozart Notes
Hudson Valley Performing Arts Foundation - Chamber Music Series Opening Gala. Performed at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center on February 21st, 2016. Sample Programs. Appalachian Wind. Program I Three Short Pieces Variations on a Folksong Quintet. La Cheminee du Roi Rene Trois Pieces en Quintette Gyorgy Ligeti. Woodwind Quintet, Woodwinds - Grade 5 Woodwind Quintet. Composed by Darius Milhaud (1892-1974). Woodwind Solos & Ensembles - Woodwind Quintet. Woodwind Quintet Program: Summer Music. Milhaud – La Cheminee du Roi Rene Hindemith – Kleine Kammermusik Arnold. French Music for Wind Instruments Francis Poulenc. Milhaud:Music For Wind Instruments CD. Darius Milhaud (Composer). La cheminee du roi Rene, Op. According to the notes. Class Notes Videos; Classical 15. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Juha Kangas. La cheminee du Roi Rene: Madrigal-Nocturne Darius Milhaud.