Jean-Balthasar Tricklir (1750-1813) - Concerto pour le violoncel (1783)

★ Follow music ► Composer: Jean-Balthasar Tricklir (1750-1813) Work: Concerto pour le violoncel, Oeuvre Premier (1783) Performers: Alexаnder Rudіn (cello); Musicа Vivа Concerto pour le violoncel (1783) 1. Allegro 0:00 2. Adagio 8:05 3. Rondo 12:42 Drawing: François Jules Gabriel Depeuille (fl. 1783-1801) - Réunion à la mode de 1801 HD image: Further info: Listen free: --- Jean Balthasar Tricklir [Trickler, Triklir] (Dijon, 1750 - Dresden, 29 November 1813) French cellist and composer of German descent. Although as a child he was destined for the priesthood, he decided on a career in music, being sent to Mannheim in 1765, where he continued his musical studies until about 1768. In 1776 he made his debut at the Concerts spirituels in Paris, following which he toured Italy. In 1782 he was made chamber composer to the Elector of Mainz, but he left a year later for a position at the Saxon court in Dresden, where he remained most of his life. He was well regarded by his contemporaries as a music theorist and composer; he was praised in Correspondance des amateurs musiciens (19 November 1803) and . Bréval’s Traité du violoncelle (Paris, 1804). His works were published in Germany and France and his fourth concerto was performed in Paris at the Concert Spirituel by . Duport, who later published his own edited version of the work. In his unpublished treatise, Le microcosme musical (1785), he described a device for preventing the effects of atmospheric changes on the tuning of string instruments; discussion of the device appeared in Cramer’s Magazin der Musik. Tricklir also taught the cello, and his pupils included Dominique Bideau. Tricklir’s compositions display an interesting combination of French and German performing practices. His French training is revealed in his carefully crafted bowings and use of natural harmonics, the latter being explored particularly in the ‘nouveau’ concertos. His music consists of 16 cello concertos, three violin and six cello sonatas, a sinfonia concertante, and several quartets.