Jean Baptiste Bréval (1753-1825) - Simphonie concertante Pour une Flute, et un Basson (1789)

Joyeux anniversaire Jean Baptiste Bréval! 🥂🎉 Composer: Jean Baptiste Bréval (1753-1825) Work: Simphonie concertante Pour une Flute, et un Basson Avec accompagnement de deux Violons, Alto et Basse (1789), previously attributed to François Devienne (1759-1803) Performers: Marc Grаuwеls (flute); Alain de Rеijckеrе (bassoon); Wаlloon Chamber Orchestra; Bernard Lаbаdie (conductor) Simphonie concertante (1789) 1. Maestoso, allegro 0:00 2. Andante 10:05 3. Rondo 16:06 Painting: Charles François Lacroix de Marseille () - Mediterranean harbour (1776) HD image: Further info: Listen free: --- Jean-Baptiste (Sébastien) Bréval (Paris, 6 November 1753 - Colligis, 18 March 1823) French composer and cellist. He studied cello with Jean-Baptiste Cupis and in 1776 he became a member of the Société Académique des Enfants d’Apollon. His debut was in 1778 at a Concert Spirituel performing one of his own sonatas. He subsequently was a member of its orchestra (1781-91), and then played in the orchestra of the Theatre Feydeau (1791-1800). Afterwards he assumed the administration of the Concerts de la rue de Cléry and became a member of the Paris Opéra orchestra, a position from which he retired in 1814. His music was also performed by various Paris concert societies. Bréval’s compositions, written between 1775 and 1805, consist mostly of instrumental music and reflect contemporary Parisian musical taste: graceful melodies are propelled by energetic rhythms and supported by an unobtrusive harmonic structure. He composed a great quantity of instrumental music, including symphonies, cello concertos, string quartets, trios, duos, and sonatas. He also wrote an opera-comique, Ines et Leonore, ou La Soeur jalouse, performed in Versailles on 14 November 1788. His brother Stanislas-Laurent Bréval (1760-?), was a violinist in the service of the Count of Ogny and played in the orchestras of the Paris Opéra and the Concert Spirituel.