Mudge, R.: 6 Concertos A 7 (Capriccio Baroque Orchestra)

Featuring

Henry Moderlak
Eva Borhi
Peter Barczi
Ildikó Sajgó
Anna Csaplárová
Eva Noth

Judith Limacher
Christoph Rudolf
Vitaliy Shestakov
Michael Feyfar
Raitis Grigalis
Ismael González Arróniz
Capriccio Barockorchester
Richard Mudge

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Compositional Technique

Mudge's friendship with Charles Jennens, the librettist for Handel's Messiah, gave him access to Italian music manuscripts, including those formerly owned by Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, a patron of Arcangelo Corelli.

Compositional Technique

Mudge's preference for chromatic themes, unexpected modulations, and movements with two repeated sections is considered unusual for his time.

Composer Biography

Richard Mudge, the composer, was a clergyman, a fact confirmed by research in the 1980s after English composer Gerald Finzi's earlier assumption.

Compositional Technique

Most of Mudge's "Six Concertos" from the 1749 print still feature the slow-fast-slow-fast four-movement structure standardized by Arcangelo Corelli.

Composition History

The 1749 publication of Richard Mudge's "Six Concertos" by John Walsh did not explicitly mention that the first concerto requires a trumpet.

Composer Biography

Richard Mudge studied at Oxford's Pembroke College, earning a Bachelor of Arts in 1738 and a Master of Arts in 1741, and later became a priest.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Mudge's concertos show the influence of Handel, as well as the experimental music of Francesco Geminiani, which was sometimes criticized as a "muddle."