Telemann’s Table

"In our music, we have come to rely solely upon ourselves; and we know how to treat the beauties of French and Italian music in a more skillful and profound manner.” The extraordinary collection entitled Tafelmusik (Table Music) that Telemann published in 1733 was very much part of Germans’ new awareness of their artistic importance and national genius for music. The work was presented in three ‘productions’ (i.e., volumes), each consisting of an orchestral overture à la française, followed by a suite, a quartet, a concerto à l’italienne, a trio, a ‘solo’, and a concluding piece using the same instrumentation as the overture, and thus confirming the cyclic character of the ‘production’. In this work, with its extraordinary melodic riches and marvelously skillful writing, Telemann surpassed himself.

Programme

• Georg Philipp Telemann, Ouverture et suite pour deux flûtes traversières, cordes et basse continue en mi mineur TWV 55:e1
• Georg Philipp Telemann, Quatuor pour flûte traversière, hautbois, violon et basse continue en sol majeur TWV 43:G2
• Georg Philipp Telemann, Sonate en trio pour deux violons et basse continue en mi bémol majeur TWV 42:Es1
• Georg Philipp Telemann, Concerto pour flûte traversière, violon, violoncelle, cordee et basse continue en la majeur TWV 53:A1
• Georg Philipp Telemann, «Conclusion» pour deux flûtes traversières, cordes et basse continue en mi mineur TWV 55:e1

Les Boréades de Montréal: Francis Colpron, flûte traversière; Anne Thivierge, flûte traversière; Matthew Jennejohn, hautbois; Olivier Brault, premier violon; Tanya La Perrière, violon; Ellie Nimeroski, violon; Jacques-André Houle, alto; Mélisande Corriveau, violoncelle; Francis Pelletier-Palma, violone; Eric Milnes, clavecin et direction