A classical concerto that was lost to time and accidentally rediscovered will have its premiere in the modern era with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra.

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The "Concerto per Violone", which dates from the late 1770s or early 1780s, had been attributed to Austrian composer Johannes Sperger - but scholars noted about half a century ago that the score was not in his handwriting.

Germany-based musicologist Darija Andzakovic was searching for folk tune references in Sperger's concertos when the "Concerto per Violone" returned a result, along with music by one of Sperger's contemporaries, Ignaz Joseph Pleyel.

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