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Blodek Wilhelm
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Concerto for flute and orchestra in D dur
Concerto for flute and orchestra in D dur
W. Blodek: Flute concerto in D Major was written in 1862, when Blodek held a flute professor position at the Prague Conservatory, and just finished his own flute tutorial (1861).
"A contemporary of Bedřich Smetana, his music shows a similar melodic lyricism, formal clarity, and noble, if somewhat reserved, emotionality. Smetana was not his teacher, but unquestionably his aesthetic role model. While Smetana positioned himself as the national musical voice of the Czech people, Blodek remained a gentle lyrical figure, not seeking to rewrite history but to refine what he found beautiful.
Although considered the first Czech Romantic flute concerto, the work draws heavily on Classical traditions—especially in terms of movement structure and harmonic design. From the modern performer’s perspective, however, this is not a mere nostalgic return to Classicism; instead, it is a work with a strong lyrical core and a structure that invites interpretive freedom."
Tim Kadlec
Zdeněk Klauda (conductor), L'Armonia Terrena orchestra, 2024, Nibiru
1. Allegro risoluto
Zdeněk Klauda (conductor), L'Armonia Terrena orchestra, 2024, Nibiru
2. Adagio
Zdeněk Klauda (conductor), L'Armonia Terrena orchestra, 2024, Nibiru
3. Allegro molto vivace
Blodek Wilhelm
Wilhelm Blodek (1834 - 1878) was a Czech flutist, pianist, and composer.
Born in Prague, he studied piano with Alexander Dreyschock, flute with Antonín Eiser, and composition with Johann Friedrich Kittl at the Prague Conservatory. After graduating in 1852, Blodek worked as a music teacher in the town of Lubycza (a part of Galicia at the time).
In 1855, he returned to Prague to start a career as a concert pianist. Additionally, Blodek was also appointed conductor of the German Deutscher Männergesangsverein choir. In 1860, he became flute professor at the Prague Conservatory, having succeeded his former teacher Antonín Eiser.
He was active as a writer of incidental music for the German and Czech theatres: from 1858 onwards, he wrote music for 60 plays and collaborated with Bedřich Smetana on music for the tableaux for the 1864 Shakespeare celebrations.
From 1869 onwards, however, a severe mental illness started to affect Blodek’s life, which eventually led to his hospitalization at the Na Kateřinkách asylum in Prague, where Blodek died at the age of 39.
Blodek is well-known mainly as the author of operas based on Karel Sabina’s librettos, namely In the Well (V Studni) (1866–1867) and Zítek (1869, unfinished).
In addition to several works for orchestra and Flute Concerto, his oeuvre also includes pieces of a very specific genre, that of “music for pictures” (Music for Misty Pictures for grand orchestra; Music for Pictures of the Shakespearean Celebration for grand orchestra).