Andreas Randel (1806−1864)

Variationer för Sopran-röst öfver ett Schweiziskt Thema [Variations for soprano voice over a Swiss theme]

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  • Year of composition: The score is dated Stockholm, 1st April, 1858
  • Work category: Voice and orchestra
  • First performed: 8 May, 1858, at the Kungliga teatern [Royal Theatre], Stockholm. Hovkapellet [the Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Theatre/Opera] under the baton of Jacopo Foroni, with Louise Michaeli as soloist. See more further down.
  • Duration: Approx. 5-10 min

Instrumentation

2.2.2.2 / 2.2.1.0 / timp / str

Solo voices/choir

Soprano

Location for score and part material

Handwritten parts material of the same period can be found at the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket

  • Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket

Description of work

Andante con moto E-flat major 4/4 (C), Thema: Andante con moto E-flat major 2/4, Var. 1: no tempo marking, Var. 2: Allegro, Var. 3: poco più di moto, Var. 4: Adagio sostenuto E-flat minor, Var. 5: Tempo di polacca E-flat major 3/4

Work comment

The score is dated 1858, but on 12 April, 1840 a piece with the same title was performed at a concert at the Kungliga teatern [Royal Theatre] in Stockholm, with soprano Mathilda Gelhaar and the Hovkapellet [the Orchestra of the Royal Theatre/Opera] under the baton of Johan Fredrik Berwald.

Perhaps it was a new version of this work which was performed in 1858.

Libretto/text

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