Florilegium: Telemann: Radio 3 in Concert Wednesday 28 June

[doversoul1]

Apologies for posting again but I think this deserves a wider audience.

Florilegium showcases the exceptional variety of Telemann's compositions, from an intimate solo
fantasie to the extraordinary collections of chamber music from his Tafelmusik, Essercizii Musici and Paris Quartets. Mezzo-soprano Clare Wilkinson joins Florilegium in one of the virtuosic cantatas from his Harmonischer Gottesdienst cycle of 1725-6.

Florilegium present a Telemann 250th Anniversary Concert.
Recorded at Wigmore Hall, London

Ouverture (Tafelmusik Suite in E minor, TWV55:e1)
Sonata in A major, TWV41:A6
Cantata: Ihr Völker hört, TWV1:921

8.15: Interval

8.35
'Paris' Quartet in E minor, TWV43:e4
Trio Sonata in A major, TWV42:a5
Fantaisie for flute No. 9 in E major, TWV40:10
Conclusion in E minor, TWV50:5 (Tafelmusik)

Helen Charlston, mezzo-soprano
Florilegium
Ashley Solomon, director

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08wyvyb

[doversoul1]

I’ve enjoyed this very much. I imagine musical wallpaper in Telemann’s time must have been a very special treat; an only-the-best-will-do occasion.

DracoM
If you are reading this, I only borrowed your word without any implications.

[richardfinegold]

I have a Telemann disc of theirs on the Challange Classics Label; highly enjoyable stuff

[BBMmk2]

RFG, you should hear this concert. The diversity of this composer is amazing. Especiallly good, was to hear a flute made out of porcelain, that was owned by George III!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

RFG, you should hear this concert. The diversity of this composer is amazing. Especiallly good, was to hear a flute made out of porcelain, that was owned by George III!

Possibly not the best monarch to mention to an American Forumista, Bbm? ("This is a nice flute ... made out of china ... like the tea I enjoy drinking ... and it's held together by tacks ... 'tea' ... 'tacks' ... Hmmm; I wonder if there's a connection there .... ?" )

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Porcelain flutes are still manufactured. This one:



... can be bought from the States for under $30.

[doversoul1]

Porcelain flutes are still manufactured. This one:



... can be bought from the States for under $30.

Sorry to disappoint you but this is, according to the site, made of porcelain bamboo wood, which is a type of bamboo material that has the appearance of porcelain...

[richardfinegold]

RFG, you should hear this concert. The diversity of this composer is amazing. Especiallly good, was to hear a flute made out of porcelain, that was owned by George III!

Did "The Royal Brute" (as Thomas Paine called him in Common Sense) play it?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Sorry to disappoint you but this is, according to the site, made of porcelain bamboo wood, which is a type of bamboo material that has the appearance of porcelain...

<doh> - I wuz robbed!

It's just like that Stradivarius I bought a couple of years ago: nobody told me he didn't do any oil paintings!

[BBMmk2]

Did "The Royal Brute" (as Thomas Paine called him in Common Sense) play it?

Not as I am aware from what was said in the programme

[ardcarp]

Au contraire. Ashley Solomon said that George III [might have?] played it at Kew Gardens when recovering from one of his bouts of mania. Listen about 52 mins from start.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08wyvyb