/ world today news/ Johan Nepomuk Humel, the “king of pianists” almost absent from Bulgarian concert programs, remains in history as the last Viennese classic.
At the age of nine, he became Mozart’s student and for the rest of his life he followed the traditions established by his great predecessor. Hummel’s career was stunning: after his first successes, aged just 25, he took over Haydn’s post with Esterházy in Eisenstadt, and subsequently became Kapellmeister in Stuttgart and Weimar, alternating long periods of composing with concert tours. Success seemed to accompany him in everything, and his works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, individual opus lasting up to seven editions in just two decades.
The Septet in D minor is probably the most famous chamber work of its time. The composition of the septet is unusual: the violins are absent, replaced by flute and oboe, and the French horn supports the middle and bass. The septet was one of the favorite chamber works of Franz Liszt, who included it in his programs constantly. It was often played by Chopin, who admired the artist’s art.
The piano quintet version written years later inspired Schubert to create his Trout Quintet.
Franz Schubert is the “classic” example of the “romantic poet”, recognized during his lifetime by a handful of friends and connoisseurs. His works, which lost their parent early, found their way to their listeners only ten years after his death. The Trio in E flat major (one of the many “last” works of the incredibly prolific author) had the rare good fortune to experience its first performance in the presence of the composer. The trio has all the hallmarks of Schubert’s style of his last years: melodies that are forever imprinted on the mind, the “divine lengths” in which the listener can lose himself and find himself again – completely changed. Showy and external elements are absent, as Robert Schumann put it — “all nature speaks and sings to us.”
The theme from the famous Andante (Part II) of the trio was used for Stanley Kubrick’s film Barry Lyndon, as well as for a number of other tapes.
Concert from the series “Ars consoni”
Chamber hall Bulgaria, April 8, 19:00
Franz Schubert – Keyboard trio in E flat major D929
Johan Nepomuk Humel – Septet in D minor for flute, obo, wallhorn, viola, cello,
double bass and pianoforte op. 74
Vasily Ilisavsky – Hamerklavier
Galina Draganova – hammer clavier
Kremena Acheva – flute
Valentin Metodiev-oboe
Mikhail Mikhailov-waldhorn
Alexander Ivanov – violin
Kiril Hristov – viola
Christiana Genova-Mihailova – cello
Ilina Zhablenska – double bass
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