Danzi, F :: Konzert [Concerto] Nr. 2 Op. 31

Franz Danzi (1763-1826), who exercised significant influence as a composer and conductor on the musical life of his time and was considered a pioneer of musical romanticism, is today mostly known as a friend and patron of Carl Maria von Weber with his musical output falling into obscurity. Danzi's extensive compositional oeuvre, in which the woodwinds are particularly well-represented, is in many cases worth revival as new publications have shown in recent years.

Danzi's time in Munich around 1805, where he held the position of vice-chancellor at the Court Theater, is when this Second Concerto for flute and orchestra in D minor, op. 31 was probably written.

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Franz Danzi (1763-1826), who exercised significant influence as a composer and conductor on the musical life of his time and was considered a pioneer of musical romanticism, is today mostly known as a friend and patron of Carl Maria von Weber with his musical output falling into obscurity. Danzi's extensive compositional oeuvre, in which the woodwinds are particularly well-represented, is in many cases worth revival as new publications have shown in recent years.

Danzi's time in Munich around 1805, where he held the position of vice-chancellor at the Court Theater, is when this second Concerto in D minor, op. 31 was probably written.

'In the Concerto in D minor, Op. 31 [...] the solo part is characteristically late classical but the orchestration strikes a more advanced and, indeed, an often more interesting note. The main theme of the opening Allegro brings to mind in a mild way that of Mozart's D minor Piano Concerto, K466. The slow movement is particularly attractive with a lyrical flute solo punctuated by pairs of horns for which Danzi almost invariably writes interestingly. The finale is a lively Polacca with virtuoso passages for the flute.'

- Nicholas Anderson; Gramophone