Benefit Concert on Behalf of Anton Kraft

Welcome to our BENEFIT CONCERT ON BEHALF OF ANTON KRAFT. Benefit concerts were a very important source of income for musicians in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries. They were an opportunity for presenting themselves at a concert evening, curated by themselves. Other colleagues would normally take part in the performance, either in chamber music settings or even as accompaniment in virtuoso pieces. Thus, the idea behind this project is presenting a modern recreation of what a benefit concert on behalf of Anton Kraft might have been. In this case, it will count with the imaginary collaboration of his son Nikolaus Kraft and Ignaz Schuppanzigh, first violin of the string quartet under the same name where both Krafts acted as cellists. PROGRAMME ANTON KRAFT (1749-1820) - Divertissements d’une difficulté progressive for Violoncello and Basso Op. 7 (0:26) VIII. Fantasia Fugata Víctor García García, cello (Anton Kraft) Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde, basso (Nikolaus Kraft) ANTON KRAFT (1749-1820) - Grand Duo Concertant for Violin and Cello in d minor Op. 3 No. 1 (ca. 1804) (9:15) I. Adagio Maestoso. Allegro ma non tanto II. Adagio cantábile. Allegro risoluto III. Finale Allegretto Xenia Gogu, violin (Ignaz Schuppanzigh) Víctor García García, cello (Anton Kraft) ANTON KRAFT (1749-1820) - Sonata in F Major for Cello and Basso Continuo (copy by J. Seydl in 1804) (27:11) I. Moderato II. Adagio un poco Andante III. Finale Allegretto. Andantino. Allegretto. Andantino. Andante Víctor García García, cello (Anton Kraft) Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde, basso (Nikolaus Kraft) BERNHARD ROMBERG (1767-1841) Capricho y Rondo en el gusto español con una miscelania de Bolero, Gitano, Cachirulo y Zorongo for Cello and String Quartet Op. 13 (1799) (42:45) Víctor García García, cello (Nikolaus Kraft) Xenia Gogu, violin Claudia Sansón Mora, violin Celia Hernández Doval, viola Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde, cello (Schuppanzigh Quartett) ANTON KRAFT (1749-1820) - Divertissements d’une difficulté progressive for Violoncello and Basso Op. 7 (55:50) III. Duettino aus der Zauberflöte. Andantino Víctor García García, cello (Anton Kraft) Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde, basso (Nikolaus Kraft) Recorded at the Lutherse Kerk in Groningen (NL) in spring 2021 Concept and Artistic Direction: Víctor García García Supervised by: Prof. David Watkin and Prof. George Kennaway. Submitted as part of a Doctorate in Performing Arts portfolio at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Video & Sound: Andrea Friggi Camera Assistant: Mateusz Pusiewicz