Haydn - Clavier Concertino in C Major (Hob. XVIII:5), arr. Lenny Cavallaro
Haydn - Clavier Concertino in C Major (Hob. XVIII:5), arr. Lenny Cavallaro
Haydn's Charming Clavier Concertino — Arranged by Lenny Cavallaro
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) composed his Clavier Concertino in C Major, Hob. XVIII:5, as a delightful example of the galant style at its most elegant — a work of wit, grace, and Classical clarity that showcases the keyboard in dialogue with a small ensemble. Compact in scale but rich in charm, it is a perfect specimen of Haydn's gift for making the most of modest means.
This edition presents the Concertino in an arrangement by Lenny Cavallaro, a composer and arranger whose deep immersion in the music of the 18th and early 19th centuries makes him an ideal interpreter of this repertoire. Cavallaro's arrangement preserves the spirit and elegance of Haydn's original while making it accessible to a new performing context.
Performance Highlights
- Haydn's elegant Clavier Concertino in C Major (Hob. XVIII:5) — a gem of the galant style
- Arranged by Lenny Cavallaro, specialist in baroque and Classical repertoire
- Witty, graceful, and immediately appealing to performers and audiences
- Ideal for chamber concerts, keyboard recitals, and Classical programming
- Digital PDF download — print-ready score and parts included
About the Arranger
Lenny Cavallaro has been called “the reactionary neoclassicist” — a composer whose gods are Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, and Schubert, and whose music sounds, not surprisingly, as though it was written between 1720 and 1830. His catalog includes two sonatas in the baroque style, a keyboard partita, a suite for double-reed trio, a pair of piano sonatas in the classical style, Songs Without Words loosely modeled after Mendelssohn, and a number of more Romantic works closer to Schubert in spirit. Forton Music has published three volumes of his music for woodwinds (Opp. 1–3), his Four Romances for Cor Anglais and Piano, Op. 6, his Suite for Oboe, Cor Anglais, and Bassoon, Op. 7, and his Sonata No. 2 in E minor for Oboe and Piano, Op. 8; Broadbent and Dunn released his Sonata No. 1 in D Minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 4, and “Raindrops” Fantasia for Violin and Piano, Op. 5. An accomplished pianist, Cavallaro was a top prizewinner in the J.S. Bach International Competition for Pianists and subsequently performed Bach’s Six Partitas to the highest critical acclaim at Carnegie Recital Hall. A true Renaissance man, he served for nine years as music critic for the New Haven Register, has edited and revised Paganini’s Fire (Stay Thirsty Press, 2011), and maintains a therapy practice in Arlington, Massachusetts. In 2015, he was admitted to Vox Saeculorum, a group of contemporary composers writing in the baroque style, and that year wrote a conjectural completion of Contrapunctus XIV from Bach’s unfinished Art of Fugue. Cavallaro holds a Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) from West Virginia University and has served on the music faculty of several colleges.