Georg Philipp Kress (1719-1779)
- Ouverture (D-Dur) | a | 2 Violini | 2 Oboes | 2 Corni | Viola | e | Basso
Performers: Gοttingеr Barockorchester; Antonius Adаmskе (conductor)
Further info: Gottingen Christmas Cantatas
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German violinist and composer. He was the second son of Johann Jakob Kress (c.1690-1728) and Anna Maria Kress, both of whom died when he was young. Although details regarding his specific musical training remain unknown, he received a thorough musical education that enabled him to become an acclaimed virtuoso violinist. By 1744 he was first violinist in the Mecklenburg court orchestra at Schwerin. In 1748 he obtained leave to visit Plön, where he was Konzertmeister from 21 February 1748 to 1 July 1751. In 1755 he was again in Schwerin, but left his court post in the summer of 1767 to become Konzertmeister at the University of Göttingen; the appointment dated from 23 November 1766 in a post he held the rest of his life. As a composer, he wrote symphonies, two concertos and sonatas. His compositions excited less admiration; one critic described them as 'awkward, wooden and unmelodious'. Stylistically they owe something to the works of his godfather, Georg Philipp Telemann.
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