Concert a 5 for Cornu, 2 Violins, Viola and Basso continuo
Friedrich Wilhelm Riedt was born in Berlin on 5 January 1710. His father came from England and entered the royal court in Berlin as a “silver servant” (Silberdiener). Riedt studied with Johann Gottlieb Graun, among others, and like his father was at first employed as a “silver servant”. In 1741 he was appointed flautist in the royal orchestra of Frederick the Great. In 1749 he was appointed director of the “Musikübende Gesellschaft zu Berlin” (Berlin Society of Practising Musicians), which he had co-founded. He died in Berlin on 5 January 1783.
This concerto is held in the music collection of the Landesbibliothek Schwerin (shelf mark Mus 4467/1) and dates from around 1750.
