Concerto per il Cembalo obligato, Violino Primo, Violino Secondo, Viola e Violoncello GS C 17 - Jan Zach (edited by Eva Tornová)
The source for this critical edition is the manuscript of Zach's concerto, housed in the Musical Department of the State Library in Berlin: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung mit Mendelssohn-Archiv. According to the up-to-date research on J. Zach's work, this manuscript is the only preserved source of this work.
Zach's Concerto c minor reflects modern techniques characteristic of the period development of music. The time of its origin is not specified and any attempts at its rough estimation can be based merely on an assessment of the style of the composition and the biographical data. The work is firmly set in the tradition of Baroque concertos that are based on the contrast between solo passages and variedly set orchestral sections where the soloist on the one hand and the orchestra on the other are seen as partners, and both the groups make use of equivalent thematic material. Formally, the concerto consists of three movements with regularly alternating tutti and solo sections. Individual groups of instruments not only take turns, but also complement one another, and in some passages an independent dialogue between the harpsichord and the first violin section is discernible.
instrumentationcemb, vnoI, vno II, vla, bassodescriptionscore, partspubl.NoR 144price320,- CZK