Pavel Vranický (1756-1808) - Concerto pour le Violoncelle (c.1792)

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Composer: Pavel Vranický (1756-1808)
Work: Concerto pour le Violoncelle, Op.27 (c.1792)
Performers: Pеtr Nοuzοvský (cello); Říčаnský Kοmοrní Orchestr; PаvеI Chοvаnеc (conductor)

Painting: Jean Baptiste Pillement (1728-1808) - Port Scene in Calm Weather (1782)
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Further info: https://ks.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/4/42/IMSLP346110-PMLP184191-p_wranitzky_cello_concerto_op27_Mk90_W21.pdf
Listen free: https://soundcloud.com/honza4/ko-paul-wranitzky-koncert-c

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Pavel (Paul) Vranický [Wranitzky]
(Neureisch, 30 December 1756 - Wien, 26 September 1808)

Austro-Moravian composer and keyboardist. His earliest musical training was at the Premonstraterian monastery in 1761, from which he went to the Jihlava Gymnasium to study under the Jesuits. In 1771 he enrolled in Olmouc University in theology, later transferring to Vienna in 1776. In 1783 he was able to study briefly with visiting composer Joseph Martin Kraus, who no doubt was instrumental in obtaining for Vranický posts at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna and as musical director to Count Johann Nepomuk Esterházy at Galantha. Later posts include conductor at the Burgtheater, where he championed the works of Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven. He died of typhoid fever at the age of 52. Vranický can be considered one of the most dramatic and popular composers resident in Vienna. His 1789 Singspiel Oberon was performed for the coronation ceremonies of Leopold II, as well as remaining in the repertory until the advent of Carl Maria von Weber’s like-named work in 1826. His symphonies, many of which have a quasi-programmatic function, demonstrate good orchestration, progressive harmonies, and solid form. His music includes 13 operas (all German), four occasional divertissements, 15 sets of incidental music, a large-scale secular cantata, five concert arias, a Mass, 55 symphonies (including self-contained overtures), 10 concertos, 11 divertimentos, 12 quintets, 65 quartets (mostly for strings), nine string trios, 99 Lieder, 109 canons, 10 woodwind quintets, six sextets, and many smaller sets of dances, sonatas, and keyboard works. He also arranged for various combinations of instruments for larger works such as symphonies and opera. #ClassicalMusic