Haydn likely composed the Cello Concerto in C major between 1761 and 1765, during his early years as music director at the Esterházy princely court.
Performer Biography
Harriet Krijgh, the cellist, founded her own festival, 'Harriet and Friends,' in 2012 at Burg Feistritz in Austria, where she performs chamber music with other musicians.
Instruments
Harriet Krijgh, the cellist on this recording, performs on a cello built by Hendrik Jacobs in Amsterdam in 1690, provided by the Dutch Nationaal Muziekinstrumentenfonds.
Composition History
Haydn's Cello Concerto in D major was mistakenly attributed to Anton Krafft, a cellist in the Esterházy orchestra, for decades in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Critical Reception
The Cello Concerto in D major was circulated in a heavily altered version by François-Auguste Gevaert from 1890, which imposed a late-romantic orchestration on Haydn's original.
Notable Performances
The rediscovered Cello Concerto in C major had its first modern performance on May 19, 1962, by Milos Sadlo and the Czechoslovakian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Charles Mackerras.
Composition History
Joseph Haydn's Cello Concerto in C major was considered lost until a librarian discovered a transcript of its parts in a Czech archive in 1961.
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