Johann Georg Linike (c.1680-1762)
- Concerto (F-Dur) a 2 Oboe e Violino obbligato
Performers: Concert Royal Köln
Further info: Mortorium
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German composer and violinist. He came from a family of musicians. From
1696 he was active in Berlin, where he was student of Johann Theile.
Also there, he was second violinist in the court chapel at Berlin by
1710. He visited London in 1721 and remained at least until winter
1724-25. After 1725 he became the first violinist in the opera orchestra
at Hamburg under the direction of Reinhard Keiser. During the season
1725-1726, he participated in performances of operas by George Frideric
Handel under the direction of Georg Philipp Telemann. In August 1728, he
became the ducal Kapellmeister in Mecklenburg-Strelitz. There, he led
the orchestra, which comprised at least 14 musicians, and was also
responsible for developing a music library. In 1742, Johann Christian
Hertel assumed direction of the orchestra, and Linike became the court
keyboardist. In 1752, the orchestra was disbanded, and it was not until
1761 that he received a pension. As a composer, he wrote the cantata
'Quando sperasti', four concertos and several chamber pieces. His works
show relatively conservative Baroque traits in the prevalence of
imitative entries at the beginning of movements, a pervasive two-part
texture, and a tendency towards consistent motivic extension within
individual movements. His brother Christian Bernhard Linike (1673-1751)
was a cellist and composer, active in Berlin and Cöthen.
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