The so-called Janissary music was the new craze during the turn of the 19th century. Threats from the Ottoman wars were largely averted, these were now regarded with a distinct cultural appropriation. The audience listening to this music shuddered while relishing in the memory of sieges and fighting spirit.
Mozart describes the setting of his opera for Harmoniemusik in a letter to his father on July 20, 1782. Although this version didn’t survive, we are delighted to still have the version by Johann Nepomuk Wendt, one of the most talented and prolific arrangers of the time.
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Hungarian National March in E flat major Hob. VIII:4
Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)
Parade march in C major for harmoniemusik
Joseph Haydn
Allegretto from Symphony in G major no. 100 „Military“ (1794)
(in the composer’s own arrangement for 11 wind instruments and percussion)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Notturno in C major op. 24
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Ecossaise for military music WoO 22
March (Tattoo) for military music WoO 20
Marcia alla Turca from: „Die Ruinen von Athen“ op. 113
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
„Die Entführung aus dem Serail“
arranged for harmoniemusik by Johann Nepomuk Wendt (1745-1801)
L’Orfeo Bläserensemble
Carin van Heerden, oboe & direction
