The music of Joseph Haydn’s “Violin Concerto G Major, Hob. VIIa: 4” was not discovered until 1909, nearly 150 years after its composition, when a set of handwritten parts was located in the Breitkopf & Härtel Archives in Leipzig. “Formally, their alternation of block-like orchestral ritornellos and spun-out solos owes much to Baroque archetypes and lacks the kind of textural integration… that was later to develop with the mature sonata style,” says David Grayson, author of the album’s liner notes. Listen as Isaac Stern flawlessly executes the “florid and ornate” violin solos in this delightful concerto on Friday’s program.
Of Note for Friday, July 31, 2015: Early Concerto ala Haydn
