#ClassicsaDay #Divertimento Week 3

The Classics a Day team decided to lighten up a little. Webster's Dictionary defines a divertimento as "an instrumental chamber work in several movements usually light in character." 

For October, the challenge is to post videos of divertimentos written by classical composers. 

I quickly discovered that every composer had a different idea of what "light in character" meant. The only thing any of these selections have in common is the title: divertimento. Here are my selections for the third week of the #ClassicsaDay challenge, #Divertimento.

10/14/24 Johann Baptist Vanhal: Divertimento in G major

Czech composer and multi-instrumentalist Vanhal found fame and fortune in 1790s Vienna. Mozart and Haydn highly regarded his music, and Vanhal often performed with them.

 

10/15/24 Friedrich Gernsheim: Divertimento for Flute and Strings in E Major, Op. 53

Gernsheim was an older contemporary of Johannes Brahms. Some critics compared his style to a mixture of Brahms and Bruckner.

 

10/16/24 Paul Juon: Divertimento Op.51

Swiss composer Paul Juon studied with Arensky and Taneyev. He composed his divertimento in 1913 after he had relocated to Berlin.

 

10/17/24 Elizabeth Maconchy: Divertimento for Cello and Piano

Maconchy is considered one of the most important British composers of the 20th Century. She composed her divertimento in 1954.

 

10/18/24 Grażyna Bacewicz: Divertimento for Strings

Bacewicz was a violinist as well as a composer. She composed her divertimento in 1965.