Ferdinand David - Salon Duet for violin and piano Op. 25 (VIDEO REQUEST)

Ferdinand Ernst Victor Carl David (19 June 1810 – 18 July 1873) was a German virtuoso violinist and composer. Born in the same house in Hamburg where Felix Mendelssohn had been born the previous year, David was raised Jewish but later converted to Protestant Christianity. David was a pupil of Louis Spohr and Moritz Hauptmann from 1823 to 1824 and in 1826 became a violinist at Königstädtischen Theater in Berlin. In 1829 he was the first violinist of the string quartet of Baron Carl Gotthard von Liphardt (father of Karl Eduard von Liphart) in Dorpat, and he undertook concert tours in Riga, Saint Petersburg and Moscow. In 1835 he became concertmaster (Konzertmeister) at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig working with Mendelssohn. David returned to Dorpat to marry Liphardt’s daughter Sophie. In 1843 David became the first professor of violin (Violinlehrer) at the newly founded Leipziger Konservatorium für Musik. David worked closely with Mendelssohn, providing technical advice during the preparation of the latter’s Violin Concerto in E minor. He was also the soloist in the premiere of the work in 1845, and, with Clara Schumann, played the official premiere of Schumann’s first violin sonata in Leipzig in March 1852. After Mendelssohn’s sudden death, David was assigned Kapellmeister of the Gewandhaus Orchestra, a duty he fulfilled 1841–1842 and 1852–1854. He died suddenly in 1873, aged 63, while on a mountain excursion with his children, near Klosters in the Graubünden (Grisons) area of Switzerland. David’s own compositions number about 50 opuses. They include 12 “theme and variations“ pieces for violin and orchestra, five violin concertos, a string sextet, concertinos for violin, bassoon, clarinet, trombone and orchestra, and a number of lieder. Supposedly he also wrote two symphonies and an opera (Hans Wacht, 1852), but these seem not to have been preserved. David’s most played piece today is his Concertino for Trombone and Orchestra, Op. 4. This piece is very often used as the obligatory piece for trombonists auditioning for symphony orchestras around the world. (Wikipedia) Please take note that the audio AND sheet music ARE NOT mine. Feel free to change the video quality to a minimum of 480p for the best watching experience. Original audio: Stephan Schardt (violin), Philipp Vogler (piano) (MDG, 2012) Original sheet music: ü,(David,_Ferdinand) (Kistner, 1850)