Michel Blavet (1700-1768) - Concerto à 4 parties
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Composer: Michel Blavet (1700-1768)
Work: Concerto (en la mineur) à 4 parties
Performers: Alexis Kοssеnkο (flute); Les Ambаssаdeurs
Concerto à 4 parties
1. Allegro 0:00
2. Gavotte I & II 5:32
3. Allegro 9:03
Painting: Charles-Antoine Coypel (1694-1752) - Roland and the marriage of Angelique
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Painting: Henri Millot (c.1699-1756) - Portrait présumé de Michel Blavet (1700-1768)
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Further info: https://rism.online/sources/453001958
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Michel Blavet
(Besançon, bap. 13 March 1700 - Paris, 28 October 1768)
French flautist, teacher and composer. The son of Jean-Baptiste Blavet, a turner, and Oudette Lyard, he was self-taught as a musician, mastering both bassoon and flute. In 1718, he married Anne-Marguerite Ligier with whom he had two daughters and two sons, both of whom became priests and one of whom, Jean-Louis Blavet, was the author of five books and a number of translations. In 1723, he settled in Paris under the protection of Duke Charles-Eugene Levis. In 1726 he made his debut at the Concert Spirituel, remaining as its most celebrated artist for some 25 years. On 1 October 1728 Louis XV granted to Blavet, ‘musicien ordinaire de notre très cher cousin le prince de Carignan’, a privilège général for six years to publish ‘plusieurs sonates pour la flûte traversière’, and op.1 was issued immediately, dedicated to Carignan. By 1731 Blavet had transferred his allegiance to the Count of Clermont, with whom he maintained ties for the rest of his life. He was acknowledged throughout Europe as the foremost flute virtuoso of his time and he was praised by composers such as Telemann, Marpurg or Quantz. It is likely that many of Leclair’s nine flute sonatas and his flute concerto were written for Blavet, for the two often performed together. As a teacher, his most brilliant flute pupils were the composer and publisher Pierre-Evard Taillart and the teacher and composer Félix Rault, who succeeded Blavet at court, the Opéra and the Concert Spirituel.