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Johann Baptist Vanhal
(1739-1813)
Concert for Violin and Orchestra
C maj, WIIb C2
edited by John F. and Virginia F. Strauss
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| size of the pocket score: | 22,4 x 16,6 cm |
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| (size: A4, 29,7 x 21cm, 42 pages, spiral binding) |
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The concert is scored conventionally for solo violin, four-part strings, two oboes and two horns. Although not explicitely written, the basso line requires the addition of the double bass (sounding an octave lower than noted) to avoid voice crossings with melodic material in the viola and violino principale parts. The oboes and horns are used in the first movement and in the rondo theme of the third movement. They play a supportive rather than a solo role, doubling melodic material in the strings and adding timbral variety with sustained harmonics and occasional antiphonal effects.
Within the four-part string texture the viola plays an unusually prominent role, doubling the main themes an octave below the violins in both the first and third movements. It also plays a chamber role as the middle voice in the three-part texture in the second and third episodes of the rondo. Otherwise the viola part more typically joins either the bass or second violin line.
The solo violin part is comparable to that of a Mozart violin concerto in difficulty, figuration and style. The part is characterized by scalar and arpeggiated passage work (often repeated in one or two measure units), broken octaves, big register leaps and skillful use of double stops. Because Vanhal's harmonic texture is spare, the solo violin plays an integral part in the chordal structure. The beautiful second theme of the first movement is innovatively written for the solo violin alone.
Another unusual feature worth mentioning is Vanhal's use of phrase repetition and extension of the first and third movements followed by unexpected moments of silence recalling the music of Joseph Haydn.
The first movement is in classical concerto-sonata form with ritornello characteristics. The double exposition moves predictabely from the key of C to the key of G. The development traversing d minor, a minor and e minor contains a complete statement of the second (solo violin) theme and culminates in a quasi recitativo lead-in to a false orchestral recapitulation. An actual recapitulation in C is given to the violino principale, and space for a cadenza to complete the movement.
The second movement, in the key of the sub-dominant, is in binary form with a brief development characteristic of many Haydn and Mozart slow movements. It is through-composed with no repeats. The string orchestra presents its own distinctive melodic material. The violino principale unexpectedly first enters as an obligato to the string texture, blossoming into a solo cantabile line only with the second theme. Space is again provided for a cadenza.
The third movement is in strict ABACADA + coda rondo form. The rondo itself, in the key of C, is in rounded binary form with repeats. The three episodes explore the keys of C maj, F maj and c min, presented for the first and only time. The third episode ends with a four bar solo lead-in to the final rondo statement, which in turn concludes with the horn fanfare.
The concert has already been recorded on CD (presumably from the Kremsier source) by Andrea Sestakova, violin, and the Slovak Chamber Orchestra conducted by Bohdan Varchal (Opus 91 2334-2).
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Dr. Heinz Anderle is the scientific adviser of the music publisher Wolfgang Kiess. He is the promotor of the present series of works.
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