Telemann? Who else?

Georg Philipp Telemann was undoubtedly one of the most prolific composers of all time, with almost 6,000 works! His friend G. F. Handel is reported to have said of him that he could compose a score for eight voices as naturally as if he were writing a letter. Bach regularly chose Telemann’s works for performance, a sign of his personal and musical esteem for the composer.

The formidable musicians of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, friends of the Festival, will offer a Baroque anthology of works by the man who was, in his day, even more famous than Bach.

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 – 1767)
Ouverture-Suite for strings and continuo in A major, TWV 55:A1
Concerto for oboe, strings and continuo in D major, TWV 51:D5
Concerto Polonais for strings and continuo in G major, TWV 43:G7
Concerto for oboe, strings and continuo in D minor, TWV 51:d2
Ouverture-Suite for strings and continuo in F sharp minor, TWV 55:fis1
Concerto for strings and continuo in G major, TWV 43:G5
Concerto for oboe, strings and continuo in C minor, TWV 51:c1

AKAMUS – Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Georg Kallweit, solo violin
Elfa Run Kristinsdottir, violin
Yves Ytier, violin
Clemens-Maria Nuszbaumer, viola
Katharina Litschig, cello
Christine Sticher, double bass
Raphael Alpermann, harpsichord
Xenia Löffler, oboe

See the concert program. 

Photo credit: Uwe Arens