Rosetti: Oboe Concertos

It is still one of the largely still one of the largely unsolved, appealing tasks of music history research bohemian musicians in the search for the stylistic roots of the classical era. For it is striking that Joseph Haydn, the "father of Viennese Classicism", earned his compositional spurs in Lukavec at the court of Count Morzin near Pilsen, while Near Pilsen, while the early classical phase of the stylistic transition at the Mannheim court was also quite spectacularly by Bohemian musicians was also performed by Bohemian musicians. From later times at the Esterhazy's court comes from Haydn's often quoted saying, "I was separated from the World ... and so I had to become become original" (recorded by Haydn's contemporary and earliest biographer Biographer Griesinger). "Original at the same time in Mannheim, the Bohemian Stamitz family of musicians with their bohemian colleagues. Between these two exponents - Stamitz and Haydn - stands another Bohemian: the composer from the Region of Leitmeritz Rössler-Rosetti from the Leitmeritz region. His advantage was found a music-loving employer in southern Germany Music-loving employer in southern Germany, in whose castle the paths of the the paths of prominent musicians of the time crossed have crossed. So our artist was well informed about the current styles. In addition, he complemented his skills and knowledge with princely benevolence also through guest appearances in the music centers of the time. Eventually a reputation that placed him right next to the early Haydn. The present program with three oboe concertos from the pen of Rosetti confirms this reputation.