The two concertos for piano, bassoon and orchestra by Johann Evangelis Brandl which were recently found in the Hartmann Music Manuscript Archive, must be regarded as a sensational discovery, since they are the only two works ever for this instrumentation.

Johann Evangelis Brandl is said to have been born around 1760 at Rohr near Regensburg. He received his general and musical education in the Rohr convent and in seminaries at Munich, Neuburg/Danube, Donauwörth and Eichstätt. After giving up...