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Reicha Josef
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Devienne, François
Gluck, Christoph Willibald
Graf, Friedrich Hartmann
Grétry, André Ernest Modeste
Haydn, Franz Joseph
Hoffmeister, Franz Anton
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk
Jadin, Louis-Emmanuel
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Müller, August Eberhard
Reicha, Josef
Romberg, Bernhard
Rosetti, Francesco Antonio
Schwindel, Friedrich
Stamitz, Anton
Stamitz, Carl Philipp
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in B-flat Major
J. Reicha: Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in B-flat Major was written in 1781 during Reicha's services at the court orchestra at Wallerstein, soon after his Grand Tour throughout the Europe.
Prague Chamber Orchestra, Milan Lajcik (conductor), 2005, VMS / Zappel
1. Allegro moderato
Prague Chamber Orchestra, Milan Lajcik (conductor), 2005, VMS / Zappel
3. Rondo: allegro
Josef Reicha (1752-1795) was a Bohemian composer, best known as the uncle of another Bohemian composer Antonin Reicha, the teenage friend of Beethoven. Raised in Bohemian town of Chuděnice where he received his initial musical education, he moved to Prague in 1761 to become a choirboy and to study cello.
He received his first appointment as a cellist at the court orchestra of Prince Kraft Ernst von Oettingen-Wallerstein. In 1778 he went on a Grand Tour with the Prince and visited many of the cosmopolitan centers of Europe. Flute concerto is one of the most popular works of Joseph Reicha, representing gallant musical style of that period.