BOCCHERINI - Fandango Concerto (Mov. 3 & 4) by Het CONSORT

LUIGI BOCCHERINI (1743-1805) composed his "Fandango" Quintet (No. 4 in D major - G. 448) originally either for guitar and string quartet or for two violoncelli, viola and two violins. Good to know here is that Luigi Boccherini himself was an excellent violoncellist and that the 2nd version of this quintet good well have been intended for his (together with his musician friends) personal use.
Unfortunately the real chronological births of this work and some of the other guitar quintets by the Maestro's hand are not completely clear. There are scholars however who think that the Spanish guitar is so closely related to the Spanish soul and folk music that the Fandango quintet must have been first written for guitar with two violins, a viola and a violoncello. A nice but yet unproved thought of course ...
What is known with certainty is that Boccherini dedicated his Sinfonia Concertante in C Major, a composition for full orchestra with an obligate guitar part to a friend of his, the Marquis de Bénavent, a Spanish nobleman and an enthusiastic player of the guitar.
The "Fandango" Quintet, as it is often referred too, is one of more quintets with guitar that could also have been composed with the Marquis in mind.
In any case this 'Fandango' Quintet is one of the most celebrated compositions of Luigi Boccherini. And probably known best in the flamboyant version for guitar and string quartet.

The complete work has four movements: a solemn and modest 1st movement named 'Pastorale'; a much more carefree and cheerful 'Allegro maestoso' 2nd part; the 'Grave assai', a short 3rd movement that - because of its great beauty and simplicity -- displays a feeling of anticipation of things to come. A mood that from the very start finds its fulfilling in the 'Fandango', the final and 4th movement.

Here this work is re-named as "Fandango Concerto" since the guitarist is accompanied not by a string quartet but by a chamber orchestra. In this case by the Dutch Mandolin Chamber Orchestra HET CONSORT with their conductor Alex Timmerman as the guitar soloist.
This video showes the 'Grave assai' and the 'Fandango', the 3rd and 4th movements of Boccherini's composition.
The two other movements, the 1st movement named 'Pastorale' and the 2nd 'Allegro maestoso' played by the same orchestra and soloist, can also be viewed and listened to here at Youtube.

Thanks for video taping this concert (Autumn 1995) that was given by the Dutch Mandolin Orchestra Het CONSORT and Alex Timmerman, go to mr. Gerard Godlieb.

For more information about the Dutch Mandolin Chamber Orchestra Het CONSORT and their concerts, please visit their website:
http://www.mandolineorkest.nl/enwelko...

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[bugg333]

anyone know wher i could see the full version of No. 4?

[OrchestradiMandolini]

Hello Bugg333,

To view all the movements of Boccherini's 4th Guitar Quintet just look right of this video with the 3rd and 4th movement; here you see (above the 'Related Videos') the sentence 'More From: OrchestradiMandolini'. Click on it and more videos from OrchestradiMandolini will show up. Among these there are also the 1st and 2nd movements of this Guitar Quintet.

Enjoy!

Orchestradi Mandolini.

[JoseLuisLandry]

Muy interesante.

Atentamente.

José Luis desde Barcelona, España

[filsuf]

This is a very very nice, very good and very effective adaptation. ;)

[Deotyma7]

*)5/5