Works by C. W. GLUCK, W.A. MOZART e F. SCHUBERT
Programme Notes
Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck was born in Erasbach (Germany) on 2 July 1714. Originally from a humble family in Bohemia (Czech Republic), but destined for a life of studies, he acquired a solid humanistic background. Gluck’s legacy is of enormous historical importance. With him arrives a new concept of opera, in which music and interpretation seek to correspond to the truth of a dramatic text. Gluck’s first opera was "Orfeo and Euridice", whose Overture we present, where, although some traces of the traditional conception of his time are evidente, especially in arias, it also presents innovations, such as the replacement of the recitativo secco by the recitativo accompagnato, and already in this work one observes the strong adherence of music to dramatic action, in a close and direct relationship.
We continue the concert with one of the best-known works of W.A. Mozart’s youth, composed in Salzburg in 1774, when he was only 18 years old: the Symphony nº 29 in A major, K. 201. The original manuscript shows his writing clean, safe and without any hesitation or erasure, a fact that seems to prove the myth that the composer first elaborated his works mentally before passing them to paper. This work highlights the great musical cohesion and artistic maturity of the composer, with the energetic and well disposed music that characterizes him.
Finally, we will hear F. Schubert’s Symphony Number 2. The first reference to a public performance of this symphony is dated 1877 in London, almost 30 years after Schubert’s death. However, some believe it may have been presented in Vienna at the school where Schubert had studied between 1811 and 1813. The absence of this work from the famous concerts presented to the public can be justified by the young age of the composer, who at this time was only 17 years old and was beginning his career. Beethoven’s influence is often pointed out in relation to symphony #2, not only in relation to form and style, but also by the direct similarities between the 1st movement Allegro vivace and the Overture of Beethoven’s "The Creatures of Prometheus".
Programme
C. W. GLUCK (1714 – 1787)
Opening of “Orpheus and Eurydice”, Wq.30
W.A. MOZART (1756 – 1791)
Symphony no. 29 in A major, K. 201 (186a)
I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante in D major
III. Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio
IV. Allegro con spirit
F. SCHUBERT (1797 – 1828)
Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, D.125
I. Largo — Allegro vivace
II. Andante
III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace - Trio
IV. Presto
Orquestra Clássica do Sul
Rui Pinheiro, Principal conductor
Município de Castro Marim, Organization
19/11
ALTURA
Igreja Matriz de Altura
09.00 pm
Free admission subject to room capacity
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