He was born in brunswick in 1784 and established himself as a leading virtuoso violinist and as a composer. Spohr uses the term concertante to describe these two works for two violins and orchestra. Find composition details, parts movement information and albums that contain performances of clarinet concerto no. Spohr immediately began work on the concerto in c minor and took it to sondershausen in january 1809 to go through it with hermstedt. Only a few of his works, notably the eighth violin concerto a striking work in the form of an operatic scene and the four clarinet concertos are heard today. All four concertos were written for the brilliant clarinettist and spohrs great friend johann simon hermstedt when the first concerto turned out to be unplayable on existing clarinets at the. This is an incomplete list of compositions by louis spohr 17841859. Indeed, spohrs first clarinet concerto played a significant role in the development of the instrument. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems. Full score available as a printed edition and pdf download. The concerto was the first of four that spohr would compose in his lifetime, all of which were dedicated to the german clarinet virtuoso johann simon hermstedt. For example 602 m128 means that this performer offers a mp3 file of 128kbps that takes 6 minutes and two seconds.
The list is divided into works given an opus number by the composer and those that were not. Three of his most criticallyacclaimed recordings concertos by mozart, weber and spohr are offered here, all performed with the london symphony orchestra. This 2010 harmonia mundi cd contains the oftrecorded mozart clarinet concerto and the far less wellknown second concerto by the much underrated louis spohr. This may be a reprint of friedrich demnitzs 1892 c. Copland has performed extensively as pianist and conductor. Expertly arranged bflat clarinet solo by louis spohr from the kalmus edition series. Clarinet concerto no 1 in c minor, op 26 spohr from. Louis spohr composer 17841859 play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. The name of louis spohr remains well known to violinists, many of whom have been brought up to play some at least of his 15 violin concertos. Find louis spohr biography and history on allmusic. Born ludwig spohr, he is usually known by the french form of his name outside germany. A prolific composer, spohr produced more than 150 works with opus numbers, in addition to a number of works without such numbers. It was at gotha in the autumn of 1808 that spohr met the clarinet virtuoso johann simon hermstedt, and the two men hit it off straight away. Martin frost and vfco play giora feidman lets be happy klezmer tune verbier festival.
Hermstedt was so taken by the work thatrather than insisting on. Hal leonard spohr clarinet concerto 1 ludwig spohr, who created quite a stir when he began conducting with an odd contraption known as a baton, was also one of the best known violinists of his day i. Spohrs four clarinet concertos deserve exposure far beyond the small coterie of woodwind aficionados. The concerto was later choreographed by jerome robbins for the ballet pied piper 1951. They are truly lovely works, formally interesting check out the poetic, quiet ending of no. Spohr wrote all his four clarinet concertos for his friend, johann simon hermstedt. Louis spohr clarinet concerto no1 op26 clarinette et piano op 26. At the time, while spohr was familiar with the range of the clarinet, he knew little about its strengths and weaknesses and planned to adjust his score in the light of hermstedts advice. October 22, 1859 was a german composer, violinist and conductor. Title name translations klarinettikonsertto nro 1 spohr.
He must have been a determined and inventive character because when the first concerto proved beyond the standard instruments of the time hermstedt set about making some fairly radical changes to the mechanism of the clarinet. Notes, based on the above manuscript and the first edition. Spohr immediately began work on his first clarinet concerto. Although spohrs four clarinet concertos are wellregarded. At the end of each line you find more information about the music of that specific performer. However, there were some signs of a growing interest in his chamber and orchestral music in the late twentieth century. Louis spohr april 5, 1784 october 22, 1859 was a german composer, violinist and conductor. Worldcat listings gives 29 pages either for the piano score or for both piano score and clarinet part for the rundnagel edition and gives breitkopf edition nr. Adagio allegro in c minor and sonata form, ends in c major. Allegro clarinet part sheet music composed by wolfgang amadeus mozart arranged for clarinet. Aaron coplands clarinet concerto also referred to as the concerto for clarinet, strings and harp was written between 1947 and 1949, although a first version was available in 1948.
Born ludwig spohr, he is usually known by the french form of his name outside. Ernst ottensamer is a virtuoso with a real sense of style, that is to say a musician with an instinct for the difference between the contained romanticism of mozarts concerto and the overt but differing romanticism of spohr and weber. Buy the naxos sheet music of louis spohrs concertante no. Each concertante is in the traditional three movements. Here is the sheet music in a booklet form in a pdf as an image happy birthday key of c also as an image happy birthday key o kitchen table restoration hardware printing videos education children key. Click on the button to go to the page where you can download the music. Pdf scanned by ramancea ramancea 20171212 copyist maurice f. Jon manasse has a liquid tone and gerald schwarz and the. Read the form n400 instructions before you decide whether or not you would like to legally change your name. Free sheet music louis spohr violin fiddle download. Louis spohr clarinet concerto no1 op26 clarinet 11. Indeed, the two works have more in common with bachs concerto for similar forces in its use of baroque ideals inherited from the concerto grosso. Louis spohr bio, albums, pictures naxos classical music.
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