Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751-1827)
- Sinfonia concertante (Sol maggiore) per flauto, violino e orchestra
Performers: Mario Folena (flute); Francesco Manara (violin); Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto;
Giancarlo Andretta (conductor)
Further info: Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751-1827) - Flute Quartets
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Italian violinist and composer. From an early age he studied violin,
initially in his native town and later in Modena, under the tuition of
Paolo Guastaroba. In 1768, he moved to Padua, where for some time he
studied at the school of Giuseppe Tartini. In the following years he
appeared as soloist in Rome and Florence; in the latter city he resided
from 1771 to 1775, working in the school of one of Tartini's most famous
pupils, Leghorn-born Pietro Nardini (1722-1793), and employed as a
violinist at Teatro della Pergola. In Florence he also gave successful
concerts, reviewed by Gazzetta Toscana, and became a friend of the young
Luigi Cherubini. Wishing to widen his horizons and to start a soloist
career, in 1776 he left Italy and moved to Freising, Bavaria, where he
entered the service of bishop Ludwig von Welten as Konzertmeister at
court. He remained until 1779, during which time he also gave well
received concerts in Poland, Latvia and Sweden. Later he spent several
years in Dresden, and continued to appear in public in northern Europe,
returning twice to Italy, in 1784 and 1788. In 1797 he became
Konzertmeister of the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig. In that city, the
musician published his Violin Method, which soon became extremely
popular in all of Europe. Meanwhile, as the famous orchestra's first
violin, he had the opportunity to become acquainted with and perform the
symphonic and instrumental output of the great Austro-German composers.
On the side he never stopped composing, and towards the end of the 18th
century a few of his works started to appear on the market: his Op.1,
Six Duos pour la Flute et Violon, was published around 1790 in Berlin;
others followed, for a total of 22 opus numbers. He also continued his
activity as itinerant performer. In Paris, in 1801, he met again with
his friend Cherubini, and made the acquaintance of Rodolphe Kreutzer,
whose violin concerto he performed in Leipzig in 1804, earning himself a
cautiously positive pronouncement by Louis Spohr. In 1816 he ended his
nearly twenty-year-long appointment with the Gewandhaus, and returned
for some time to Italy with his two daughters, Albertina Campagnoli
(1795-1848) and Giannina Campagnoli (1797-1848), both of whom were
singers. But in 1821 the violinist was already back in Germany, to take
up the position of Konzertmeister in Neustrelitz, probably to be close
to his daughters who, from 1819, had been enrolled at the Hannover
Theatre. After a last visit to Italy in 1826, he died in Neustrelitz.
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