Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) was a Czech baroque composer, whose music wa… Read Full Bio ↴Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) was a Czech baroque composer, whose music was adventurous and noted for its great harmonic invention and mastery of counterpoint.
Zelenka was born in 1679 in Louňovice pod Blaníkem, Czechia, and received his early musical training from his father who was a schoolmaster and organist in Louňovice pod Blaníkem. It is thought that his early formal training was at a Jesuit college. After working in the service of Baron Hartig, imperial governor of Prague, Zelenka moved in 1710 to Dresden where he played the violone (double-bass viol) in the court orchestra. His musical studies continued in Vienna and Venice between 1715 and 1716. He returned to Dresden around 1719 as assistant to Kappelmeister Johann David Heinichen. Despite taking on many of the Kappelmeister's duties during Heinichen's years of ill health and eventual death, Zelenka was denied the prestigious post he aspired to. He spent his last ten years in the lesser post of "church music composer" at the court, dying in Dresden in 1745. Many of his surviving manuscripts are for sacred works.
Zelenka was born in 1679 in Louňovice pod Blaníkem, Czechia, and received his early musical training from his father who was a schoolmaster and organist in Louňovice pod Blaníkem. It is thought that his early formal training was at a Jesuit college. After working in the service of Baron Hartig, imperial governor of Prague, Zelenka moved in 1710 to Dresden where he played the violone (double-bass viol) in the court orchestra. His musical studies continued in Vienna and Venice between 1715 and 1716. He returned to Dresden around 1719 as assistant to Kappelmeister Johann David Heinichen. Despite taking on many of the Kappelmeister's duties during Heinichen's years of ill health and eventual death, Zelenka was denied the prestigious post he aspired to. He spent his last ten years in the lesser post of "church music composer" at the court, dying in Dresden in 1745. Many of his surviving manuscripts are for sacred works.
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Trio Sonata No. 4 in G Minor ZWV 181: IV. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
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Martin Ross
The swell within the note is the marked difference between Zelenka and his contemporary JS Bach and this is beautifully displayed here, the oboest on the left show how the oboe is the closest woodwind instrument to the human voice and he sings through this, most most beautiful. The echoes on repetition are masterful and there is no sense of panic or slowing of tempo during the complicated sections. Usually it is a double base and not a cello so this lightened the whole fabric but it made it interesting but it would not be my personal choice. the baroque musical concept of affect was self-evident, where music evokes emotions based upon regularity of tempo and note intervals, a key contribution of the baroque music where they believed to mix and match tempo and thus emotion could bring on a bout of insanity. I kept my sanity here it was a great performance
Pierre SIBANARCO
Congratulations to all the musicians who made a great performance by performing this beautiful musical work.
A lot of precision, finesse and professionalism.
I just make a remark (benevolent) about the sound: we hardly hear the harpsichord ..! The position of the mikes maybe ..?
Best regards .
Jonáš Starý
Zelenka was genius.