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I just attended a performance of the SLSO. It featured Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D(Opus#61) and Second Romance in F for Violin (Opus#50) plus Hayden's 44th Symphony in E. The conductor and soloist was British Violinist Anthony Marwood. He is an internationally acclaimed violinist. He has recorded numerous CDs as a soloist. He has made a CD of the Violin concertos by Peritris Vasks and Kurt Wiell Where he is both the conductor and soloist with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.
I liked the performance. I have a copy of the Beethoven Violin Concerto and Romances with Itzhak Perlman as the soloist with Daniel Barenboim and the Berlin Philharmonic. I am used to this performance. It is more fast paced than the performance tonight. Of Hayden's 44th I have a copy of This with his 45-19 Symphonies conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk and the Polish chamber Orchestra. Both are on the EMI label. Beethoven's Violin concert is considered to be the "Crown of Violin Concerti". And one of the most popular along with those by Brahms, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, and Tchaikovsky. There are many other excellent Violin concertos. I like the ones by Richard Strauss(Opus#8) and Antonin Dvorak(Opus#53). This work was completed in 1806. It was commissioned by Franz Clement who was a friend of Beethoven's and the concertmaster of the orchestra at Theater an der Wien. It is lyrical and serious in nature. The Solo part is not easy for soloists. The first movement (Allegro ma non troppo) takes up over half of the work. There are two more movements (Larghetto and Rondo) I especially like the third movement. Beethoven wrote two romances which is a short one movement concerto. This piece has its roots in songs from 15th century Spain. It also has some influences of Mozart who Beethoven admitted. Beethoven was also influenced by the French School of Music Haydn was considered the "Father of the Symphony" and the "Father of the String Quartet". he was born in 1832 the same year as George Washington "The Father of His Country". it is now commonly called the "Trauer" or Mourning symphony. Later in life Hayden asked that the slow (adagio) movement be played at his funeral. It is in four movements as with most of his symphonies Allegro con brio, Menuet, Adagio and Presto. It dates from around 1770 or earlier. The date is not sure. It is one of his more popular symphonies. The later symphonies are more popular than the earlier ones. Hayden was one of Beethoven's teachers. In fact Beethoven was Hayden's most famous student. Hayden was also a friend of Mozart. So there is a connection with all three composers. Over4all the concert was enjoyable.
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