Zelenka - Concerto à 8 concertanti in G major, ZWV 186

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Score / sheet music of Zelenka's "Concerto à 8 Concertanti" in G Major, /Z. 186/ - the score of which is badly damaged unfortunately, and no modern typeset score exists, which is why as my work as a amateur musicologist and transcriber, I am in the process of creating a urtext edition score, to come later and not any time soon, as this work will have to be reconstructed somewhat given the missing notes at times in the manuscript.
This Concerto for 8 solo instruments was written as with all his other instrumental works on a trip to Prague, in 1723, which, "has the feel of an experiment in instrumental combinations, a bit like the /Brandenburg/ Concertos Bach sent to the Margrave of Brandenburg two years earlier. In the first movement, the oboe steps out of the Vivaldian tutti for just long enough to make it appear that we have an oboe concerto on our hands, before the violin steps to the front as well. In the weightier E-minor slow movement, which sounds more like Bach than Vivaldi, the bassoon and cello join the violin and oboe as soloists while the rest of the ensemble recedes into the background until the movement’s emotionally wrought climax. The last movement is in the sort of international cosmopolitan style that became a hallmark of German musical progressivism in that age." - notes by Howard Posner.
I. Allegro - 00:00​
II. Largo - 6:22
III. Allegro - 10:59
Performer(s): • Concerto in Sol a otto...

[@TheOneAndOnlyZelenkaGuru]

Other Instrumental Works (Z. 181-191) > ruclips.net/p/PLBbL1YJd7_WpXoXKRhij2gvix2kkA1QiN

[@siddheshgooptu]

The last movement has some similar motifs to the Gloria from his Missa Votiva in E minor, so cool to hear them again in a different context 😀

[@TheOneAndOnlyZelenkaGuru]

This Concerto for 8 solo instruments was written as with all his other instrumental works on a trip to Prague, in 1723, which, "has the feel of an experiment in instrumental combinations, a bit like the /Brandenburg/ Concertos Bach sent to the Margrave of Brandenburg two years earlier. In the first movement, the oboe steps out of the Vivaldian tutti for just long enough to make it appear that we have an oboe concerto on our hands, before the violin steps to the front as well. In the weightier E-minor slow movement, which sounds more like Bach than Vivaldi, the bassoon and cello join the violin and oboe as soloists while the rest of the ensemble recedes into the background until the movement’s emotionally wrought climax. The last movement is in the sort of international cosmopolitan style that became a hallmark of German musical progressivism in that age." - notes by Howard Posner.

[@infledermaus]

Fantastic! A new baroque composer to explore! Thanks for posting!

[@justgettingby7725]

You will not be disappointed with Zelenka. J.S. Bach thought highly of his music. His 6 trio sonatas are some of his best known works, so definitely check those out, but lately more people have been posting his entire repertoire, and it's very exciting.

[@SilvioNobre]

Thank you very much! 😍❤️🙏

[@Ren-zn7en]

Thank you so much for your hard work! I love it.

[@johan555777]

This is wonderful thank you

[@Karl_Selbiger]

Wonderful. Thanks for your effort. One of my favourites. Up to now I only had the manuscript on IMSLP which is indeed badly damaged. This is really excellent. Sad to read that your envisaged Urtext edition will not come anytime soon. Would it be inappropriate to ask whether you could upload the score as displayed in the video on IMSLP (please, please, please...)? Full understanding if you decline.

[@TheOneAndOnlyZelenkaGuru]

I did pay for this score so it would be wrong to share outside the source website I got it from, which is here if you want: yourself:
www.baroquemusic.it/content/concerto-8-zwv-z-186-%E2%80%9Cfatto-fretta-praga-1723%E2%80%9D

[@Karl_Selbiger]

@@TheOneAndOnlyZelenkaGuru understood. and thanks for the link!

[@foxvideo2233]

Merci, quel le nom de l'ensemble musical ?

[@M_SC]

There’s a link at the bottom of the extended description

[@nnnnnn5719]

8?

[@TheOneAndOnlyZelenkaGuru]

?

[@nnnnnn5719]

@@TheOneAndOnlyZelenkaGuru I can see only 7 concertanti, that’s why I 8?ed …

[@TheOneAndOnlyZelenkaGuru]

@@nnnnnn5719 Violine + Basso continuo (Harpsichord)

[@nnnnnn5719]

@@TheOneAndOnlyZelenkaGuru Violone and Basso Continuo don’t make 2 concertanti. A correct title should mention 6 concertanti & Continuo (which is not "concertante", don’t make a confusion between concertante and musician).

[@TheOneAndOnlyZelenkaGuru]

@@nnnnnn5719 Found these notes:
"Zelenka’s term “a 8” does not refer to the number of real voices in the concerto, but probably to the eight staves in the manuscript. In fact, the piece calls for six concertante instruments: two violins, a viola, a cello, an oboe, and a bassoon."