Charles Louis Maucourt Vidéos
Dernière mise à jour
2024-05-21
Actualiser
Louis Spohr Woo Ulf Hoelscher Fröhlich Dufour Brunswick Maucourt Hartung Paganini Viotti Pierre Rode Vogler Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Theater Wien Scala 1733 1784 1790 1800 1802 1804 1805 1815 1816 1817 1820 1822 1857 1859 1997 2009
Louis Spohr - Violin Concerto in E Minor, WoO 10, Ulf Hoelscher (violin), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christian Fröhlich (conductor) Recorded: December 1997 I. Allegro maestoso – 00:00 II. Romanze – 11:00 III. Rondo. Allegretto -15:06 Louis Spohr (5 April 1784 – 22 October 1859), baptized Ludewig Spohr, later often in the modern German form of the name Ludwig, was a German composer, violinist and conductor. Because both of Spohr’s parents were lovers music, Spohr’s “feeling and love for the art were early awakened”. In 1790, Spohr began taking music and French lessons from Dufour, an emigrant who made his living through teaching. Dufour – surprised at the young Spohr’s abilities and progress – encouraged his parents “to make him a musician instead of a doctor,” and they decided to send Spohr to Brunswick in order for him to “receive more thorough instruction.” So he continued his violin studies with the court musicians Gottfried Kunisch and Charles Maucourt. He also studied music theory with the organist Karl Augustus Hartung +••.••(...)) – the only formal theory training Spohr ever received. the Duke of Brunswick invited him to join his court orchestra, and offered to Spohr a scholarship in 1802–03 to accompany the violinist Franz Eck to St Petersburg and complete his violin studies on a concert tour with Eck. In 1804 Spohr went on his first concert tour through Germany, which would bolster his reputation as one of the country’s leading violinists. In 1805 he received an offer to direct the court orchestra in Gotha. In 1815 Spohr moved to Vienna, as Kapellmeister of the Theater an der Wien, leaving the orchestra again in 1815 to make an extended tour of Italy. From 1817 he was chief conductor of the opera at the Stadttheater in Frankfurt am Main. He gave a series of concerts on a trip to London in 1820 that cemented his reputation in Britain. In 1822 he took up the post of Kapellmeister in Kassel, which he would occupy until 1857. Spohr was widely renowned as the leading German violinist. He possessed a distinctive style. When he met the renowned composer and violinist Nicolò Paganini, Spohr attempted unsuccessfully to persuade Paganini to play to him alone. However, Paganini and Spohr publicly competed in 1816 at La Scala, and Spohr emerged as the winner. After performing at a concert in Milan, Spohr was said to be “one of the first of living violinists, even superior to Paganini himself”. Subsequently his appearances as a violinist became fewer, his public performances being mostly limited to Kassel. Instead, he was now setting new standards as a conductor. He continued to perform chamber music in the salons of families among his acquaintance, until he broke his left arm in 1857, which would never fully heal. Spohr died on 22 October 1859 in Kassel. His work marks the end of the Classical period and the first half of the Romantic Period. Spohr composed symphonies, operas, eighteen violin concertos, four clarinet concertos, oratorios, and various works for small ensemble, chamber music, and art songs. In most of his compositions, Spohr followed the traditional ‘rules,’ of harmony, although occasionally he would ‘break’ them in order to achieve musical expression. Along with his multiple experiments and originality, Spohr possessed a distinctive style as violinist. When he met the renowned composer and violinist Nicolò Paganini, Spohr attempted unsuccessfully to persuade Paganini to play to him alone. However, Paganini and Spohr publicly competed in 1816 at La Scala, and Spohr emerged as the winner. After performing at a concert in Milan, Spohr was said to be “one of the first of living violinists, even superior to Paganini himself.” Through playing the violin, Spohr was introduced to the musical style of the Viotti School – a very different style than that to which he had previously been exposed. The Viotti School became a great influence on Spohr’s style. Also, the melodic style of Pierre Rode, whom Spohr met personally, was especially influential to many of Spohr’s works. Much like Rode’s compositions, in his concertos Spohr gives some written cadenzas for the soloist, but no opportunities for improvised cadenzas. He made the soloist parts difficult, while avoiding the display of mere technical abilities. (excerpts from Naxos; notes and studies by Stephanie Lynnette Vogler, 2009)
Pas plus ?
Tous les jours, soclassiq cherche de nouveaux articles, vidéos, concerts, etc. sur la musique classique et l'opéra, leurs artistes, leurs lieux de concert, leurs orchestres....
Charles Louis Maucourt ? Nous n'avons pas encore rassemblé beaucoup de contenu sur ce sujet, mais nous continuons à chercher.
ou
- chronologie: Compositeurs (Europe).
- Index (par ordre alphabétique): M...