Haydn_ Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, I. Moderato. Eva Lymenstull, cello, Voices of Music 8K

Haydn_ Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, I. Moderato. Eva Lymenstull, cello, Voices of MHaydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, I. Moderato. Eva Lymenstull, cello, Voices of Music 8K
海頓：C大調第一號大提琴協奏曲，第一樂章：中速。伊娃·萊門斯圖爾，大提琴，“音樂之聲”8K


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The opening movement of Haydn's cello concerto in C Major (Hob. VIIb/1), performed on period instruments, Eva Lymenstull, classical cello. Live 8K video from our January 2025 concerts. This work presented here for the first time in 8K
Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C was written in the early 1760s. It was first performed by Joseph Franz Weigl, Haydn’s friend and Esterházy’s principal cellist. This wonderful work also remained unpublished for decades—in this case, until its discovery in a copy in the Prague National Museum in 1961, when it quickly became a staple of the cello repertoire. Haydn writes with a full sense of the cello’s idiom, which is particularly evident in the way he draws attention to the soloist’s entrances—in the first movement, with startling chords encompassing all four strings, and in the second and third movements with long-held solo notes that grow out of the orchestral texture and cascade into swirling scale passages. Haydn exploits the new “thumb position” technique for high notes, letting the cello sing out above the orchestra, and inventively counterpoints these high notes with leaps down to the cello’s resonant lower register. The work ends with a spectacular flourish as the cello makes its final entrance on a sustained high G, spinning off into a thrilling roller-coaster of sixteenth notes. --Nicholas Jones
Although Haydn, Mozart and their contemporaries are mainstays of modern concert repertory, historical performances, using the instruments, bows, strings, styles and techniques of the time are relatively rare. The original manuscript includes a ripieno part which was incorporated into our modern edition and allows the solo part to be heard in glorious detail.

Hanneke van Proosdij, director & harpsichord
First violin
Isabelle Seula Lee, Augusta McKay Lodge** Maxine Nemerovski & Shelby Yamin*
Second violin
Aniela Eddy, Kati Kyme* Linda Quan & Noah Strick
Viola
Maria Caswell* Lisa Grodin & Anna Washburn
Violoncello
Eva Lymenstull (soloist) Joanna Joy Neuschatz & Elisabeth Reed***
Viennese bass
Farley Pearce*
Classical horn
Elisabeth Axtell* & Leslie Hart
Classical oboe
Pablo O’Connell & Marc Schachman*
**concertmaster *principal ***continuo
Performed on period instruments A=430 Hz
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