Andreas Romberg (1767-1821)
- Simphonie concertante (C-Dur, violin & violoncello) (1792), SteR 49
Performers: Emilio Pеrcаn (violin); Cathеrine Jοnеs (cello); L'аrtе dеl mοndο; Wеrnеr Ehrhаrdt (conductor)
Further info: Andreas Jakob Romberg (1767-1821) - Symphony No.1 (1794)
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German violinist and composer, son of Gerhard Heinrich Romberg
(1745-1819). He learnt the violin with his father and made his début in
Münster at the age of seven with his cousin Bernhard Heinrich Romberg
(1767-1841). Since then, he was inseparable from his like-aged cousin
with whom he shared an identical training and early career, both being
students of Andrea Luchesi. He was taken on tour with his father in
1782, where he performed at the Concerts spirituels with some success.
He and his cousin then obtained positions with the Bonn court orchestra,
only to have to flee to Hamburg in 1793 in advance of the French
occupation. In 1795 he visited Italy and the following year Vienna,
where he and his cousin parted ways. In 1800 he returned to Hamburg,
where he was an active teacher and performer, receiving a doctorate in
music from the University of Kiel in 1809. In 1815 he was appointed
Kapellmeister at the court in Gotha. A prolific composer, his works are
characterized by a dramatic content, often expansive in terms of form
and structure. These include eight operas, a setting of Friedrich
Klopstock’s epic Messias, a Mass, a Te Deum, two odes, several Psalms,
over 20 Lieder, nine symphonies, 20 violin concertos (and five sinfonia
concertantes), 25 string quartets, 10 quintets, an octet, three violin
sonatas, and 17 duos for strings.
