MATCHLESS & UNMATCHED
" Some day, I hope this work will make me famous...". When Telemann wrote this in 1732 it was an unexpected comment: he was already famous.
" Some day, I hope this work will make me famous...". When Telemann wrote this in 1732 it was an unexpected comment: he was already famous.
âThis work, I hope, will make me famous,â G. P. Telemann wrote, in a candid moment, to a friend about music heâd just finished and was sending to the publisher, his Musique de Table (Table.
It wasnât just an item on the bucket list, Telemannâs visit to Paris. It was a victory lap. In 1737, Georg Philipp Telemann, who at age 56 had never left Germanyâor extremely near environsâ anytime.
Tonightâs The Faithful Music Master program at the American Philosophical Society in Old City (8:00, 427 Chestnut Street) is devoted to Telemannâs instrumental chamber music, with works that span the period he devoted to the.
The title for the orchestral program of our Telemann 360° events, Fire and Invention, quotes a letter to Telemann from an admiring contemporary composer, Johann Joachim Quantz (1697â1773), in which Quantz was explaining to Telemann.
One of the two concertos in our Fire and Invention orchestral program might be my favorite orchestral work by Telemann. And that said, I love both. But the one Iâm talking about, a concerto for.
The set of âEntractesâ that weâll premiere in our Fire and Invention orchestral programâOctober 14, 8pm, at the Kimmel Centerâcome thanks to Dr. Steven Zohnâs detective work and his generosity. Six of the pieces in.
In Telemannâs time, the city of Dresden was something out of a fairy tale. In the upcoming show Fire and Invention: Telemannâs Showpieces for the Dresden Virtuosi, Tempesta di Mare revisits Dresdenâs magic moment with.
Imagine Bach and Handel in their music rooms in Leipzig and London, sitting down, opening the fresh, clean pages of music straight off the press, and playing something new theyâd just received from their good.
One of the most celebrated and prolific composers of the German Baroque, his mastery of many styles and incredible ingenuity and inventiveness have brought him renewed popularity.