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Donald Macleod explores Telemann's remarkable comeback in the last ten years of his life when he wrote some of his greatest works. With the orchestral suite based on Don Quixote.

After a long break, during which Telemann's productivity fell off dramatically, he made a remarkable comeback in the last ten years of his life when he wrote some of his greatest works. Donald Macleod introduces the colourful orchestral suite based on Cervantes' novel Don Quixote, and one of the finest examples of Telemann's word-painting in his last secular cantata.

1 hour

Last on

Fri 23 Nov 2012 18:30

Music Played

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Lob des Weins

    Performer: Klaus Mertens (baritone), Ludger Rémy (harpsichord)

    • CPO 999 816-2.
    • 17.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    An Doris

    Performer: Klaus Mertens (baritone), Ludger Rémy (harpsichord)

    • CPO 999 816-2.
    • 15.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Trio 8 in Bb major (from Essercizii Musici)

    Performer: Dan Laurin (recorder), Mogens Rasmussen (bass viola da gamba), Margit Schultheis (arpa doppia), Leif Meyer (harpsichord)

    • BIS-CD-855.
    • 18 to 21.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Suite Burlesque de Quixotte

    Performer: Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble

    • BIS CD-1226.
    • 1 to 7.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Ino (extract)

    Performer: Barbara Schlick (soprano), Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel (Director)

    • Archiv 429 772-2.
    • 1.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 18 Jun 2010 12:00
  • Fri 18 Jun 2010 22:00
  • Fri 23 Nov 2012 12:00
  • Fri 23 Nov 2012 18:30

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