Ouverture in C major, op. 24 - Antonín Rejcha (ed. Jakub Michl)
Overture in C major, op. 24 was with high probability composed during Rejcha's stay in Hamburg between 1795 and 1799. It ranks among eleven concerto overtures that Rejcha composed during his lifetime. C major, op. 24 belongs to seven overtures that were probably written before 1799 (Overtures in E flat major, two D major a four Overtures in C major).
This edition of Overture in C major, op. 24 by Antonín Rejcha is based on an undated print of parts Bronswick a la Höhe kept in Czech Radio.
If the Overture C major was not performed already in Hamburg, it was apparently premiered in Paris where Rejcha went in 1799. After a succesful performance of symphonies op. 41 and 42 as part of the cycle Concert des Amateurs and in the Paris Opera in 1800, also the overture became successful that was performed at a benefit concert of a conductor Jacques Pierre Joseph Rode (1774-1830) in Favart theatre. According to Peter Eliot Stone it was the Overture C major op. 24.
Parts only for hire at nakladatelstvi@rozhlas.cz
Other compositions by Antonín Rejcha published in Czech Radio:
Symphony F major