The Collaborator
How a trip to Poland inspired Telemann to experiment with folk flavours. Plus how he worked with the best performers around him to create a series of very popular concerts.
It was his summer sojourns with perhaps his most enlightened employer which saw Telemann's musical outlook transformed. In Poland he heard enough folk songs in eight days to last him a lifetime.
Today we hear some of the fruits of those trips, brought vividly to life by the group Holland Baroque whose recordings are something of a mash-up of Telemann's music and the folk tunes of the day. Plus we discover how Telemann worked with the best performers around him to create a series of concerts so popular that a parking crisis ensued.
With Donald Macleod.
Les Janissaires, TWV.55:D17
Holland Baroque Society
Milos Valent, violin
Concerto in D for Trumpet and Violin, TWV.53:D5
Ingeborg Scheerer, violin, Hannes Rux, trumpet
La Stagione Frankfurt
Michael Schneider, director
Pastorelle (conclusion)
Doerthe Maria Sandmann, soprano (Caliste)
Barbara Fink, soprano (Iris)
Mathias Haussmann, baritone (Damon)
Lydia Vierlinger, contralto (Amyntas)
Bernhard Berchtold, tenor (Knirfix)
Capella Leopoldina
Kirill Karabits, conductor
Suite in B flat 'Perpetuum Mobile' (and traditional Polish dances)
Holland Baroque Society
Milos Valent, violin.
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Music Played
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John Lennon / Paul McCartney
Norwegian wood
Performer: Jim Couza.- SAYDISC: CDSDL335.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Les janissaires
Performer: Miloš Valent. Ensemble: Holland Baroque Society.- CHANNEL CLASSICS:CCSSA31911.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto In D major
Performer: Ingeborg Scheerer. Performer: Hannes Rux. Ensemble: La Stagione Frankfurt. Director: Michael Schneider.- CPO: 7778902.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Pastorelle (conclusion)
Singer: Doerthe Maria Sandmann. Singer: Barbara Fink. Singer: Mathias Haussmann. Singer: Lydia Vierlinger. Singer: Lydia Vierlinger. Singer: Bernhard Berchtold. Singer: Bernhard Berchtold. Ensemble: Capella Leopoldina. Ensemble: Capella Leopoldina. Conductor: Kirill Karabits. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.- CAPRICCIO: 7105455.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Suite In B flat major (perpetuum mobile)
Performer: Miloš Valent. Ensemble: Holland Baroque Society.- CHANNEL CLASSICS: CCSSA31911.
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Broadcasts
- Tue 29 Mar 201612:00BBC Radio 3
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