Oboe, two violins & basso
continuo
SKU:
HH.HH571-FSP
Composed
by Giuseppe Valentini.
Edited by Michael Talbot.
Full score and parts.
Edition HH Music
Publishers #HH571-FSP.
Published by Edition HH
Music Publishers
(HH.HH571-FSP).
ISBN
9790708185864.
Gius
eppe Valentini
(1681–1753) was
one of the few Italian
composers contemporary
with Vivaldi who wrote
concertos featuring wind
instruments. Two oboe
concertos by him have
been known for a long
time. In 2022 Michael
Talbot discovered a
hitherto unknown third
concerto, in G minor. It
is preserved anonymously
in a Swedish collection,
but Valentini’s
authorship is evident
from the fact that all
its movements are skilful
adaptations, clearly made
by the composer himself,
of individual movements
from two of his string
concertos published in
Op. 7 (1710). The
concerto is typically
Roman in scoring, lacking
a viola part, and is
equally suitable for
performance in
‘chamber’
fashion, with one
instrument to a part, or
in ‘orchestral,
fashion, with doubled
string parts. It is
highly characterful, with
moments of great
expressive power, and of
only moderate difficulty
for the soloist.
Italie
Giuseppe-Valentini
