Hi Paul,
Listening to Wednesday's show this Friday morning is a great way to start this late spring morning. So light and full of grace. Didn't catch the name of the Oboe & String composer...but sounds like a fascinating life story. Thanks for bringing these wonderful pieces to our lives. C
Albinoni is the name of the composer of the Concerto for Oboe in Strings. He wrote a number of oboe concerti in the early 18th Century, during the flowering of the late baroque. His use of solo, featured instruments paved the way for Bach to write his Brandenburg Concerti, which fell into obscurity, as did all of Bach's music, until Felix Mendelsohn "discovered" it again and gave it forever to the world in the 1820's. Of course, Mozart was aware of, and greatly admired Bach, and even wrote some fugues of his own in the Baroque style. Of course, Mozart, and all of us owe a debt of gratitude to Bach, Albinoni, et al, who furthered western music along its trajectory.
But I digress. Albinoni was a very prolific Italian composer, the anniversary of whose birth we celebrated last week. He is perhaps best known for his Adagio in g minor for strings and organ continuo. Much is unknown about Albinoni's life and music due to the fact that this information, as well as many of his manuscripts, were kept in a library in Dresden. This building, along with many others was destroyed during the fire bombing of World War II. It is said that Giacozzo sorted through the ashes of Albinoni's manuscripts, and pieced together the Adagio from scorched fragments. A beautiful and romantic story, but no one is certain if it is true. Still, it gives one pause to realize the destruction that war can do. This can be seen as a cautionary tale about how we must avoid war at all costs so as not to lose anymore such priceless documents. I don't mean to preach, but, sorry, classical music and the world's heritage of such treasures is priceless to me, and so I must speak out.
I'm glad, dear listener, that you enjoyed my show, and hope that you listen more in the future. I have been remiss of late in posting the playlists of my shows. I resolve to try better in the future so as not to have you wondering about any selection I use on my show. Thanks for the comment.
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Hi Paul,
Listening to Wednesday's show this Friday morning is a great way to start this late spring morning. So light and full of grace. Didn't catch the name of the Oboe & String composer...but sounds like a fascinating life story. Thanks for bringing these wonderful pieces to our lives. C
Albinoni is the name of the composer of the Concerto for Oboe in Strings. He wrote a number of oboe concerti in the early 18th Century, during the flowering of the late baroque. His use of solo, featured instruments paved the way for Bach to write his Brandenburg Concerti, which fell into obscurity, as did all of Bach's music, until Felix Mendelsohn "discovered" it again and gave it forever to the world in the 1820's. Of course, Mozart was aware of, and greatly admired Bach, and even wrote some fugues of his own in the Baroque style. Of course, Mozart, and all of us owe a debt of gratitude to Bach, Albinoni, et al, who furthered western music along its trajectory.
But I digress. Albinoni was a very prolific Italian composer, the anniversary of whose birth we celebrated last week. He is perhaps best known for his Adagio in g minor for strings and organ continuo. Much is unknown about Albinoni's life and music due to the fact that this information, as well as many of his manuscripts, were kept in a library in Dresden. This building, along with many others was destroyed during the fire bombing of World War II. It is said that Giacozzo sorted through the ashes of Albinoni's manuscripts, and pieced together the Adagio from scorched fragments. A beautiful and romantic story, but no one is certain if it is true. Still, it gives one pause to realize the destruction that war can do. This can be seen as a cautionary tale about how we must avoid war at all costs so as not to lose anymore such priceless documents. I don't mean to preach, but, sorry, classical music and the world's heritage of such treasures is priceless to me, and so I must speak out.
I'm glad, dear listener, that you enjoyed my show, and hope that you listen more in the future. I have been remiss of late in posting the playlists of my shows. I resolve to try better in the future so as not to have you wondering about any selection I use on my show. Thanks for the comment.
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