The Entrepreneur

Celebrity culture thrived during the baroque period and Georg Philipp Telemann was one of the stars! A prolific composer of over 3,000 compositions that demonstrated an uncanny sense of popular musical trends, Telemann was the most famous composer in Germany in his day. Being skilled on eleven instruments gave him the ability to understand “each instrument and what suits it best”. He absorbed and incorporated music from throughout Europe, and boasted that he could compose in the “Italian, French, English, Scottish and Polish styles”. Telemann was also at the forefront of printing technology and was a brilliant promoter of his own publications, amassing hundreds of subscribers.

Performing with Salut! are Sally Melhuish and Alana Blackburn, Recorder; Sally Walker, Baroque Flute; John Ma, Baroque Violin, Sarah Papadopoulos, Baroque Violin; Brad Tham, Baroque Viola; Tim Blomfield, Baroque Cello; Jude Hill, Baroque Double Bass; George Wills, Theorbo; Monika Kornel, Harpsichord; with Academic and Historian Colin Milner as Georg Philipp Telemann

Program:

Telemann Ouverture-Suite in E minor from L’Omphale TWV 55:e8 (c1720)
Telemann Concerto in G Major for flute, strings, TWV 51:G2 (c1708-16)
Handel Concerto Grosso in G minor Op. 6 No. 6, HWV324 (1739)
C.Bach Allegretto from Symphony in B minor Wq.182/5 H.661 (1773)
Telemann Aria from Cantata, TWV 20:37 (1737)
Buffardin Allegro non molto from Concerto in E minor for Flute
Rameau Gavotte in A minor (c1728)
Telemann – Modéré from Paris Quartet in E minor TWV 43:e4 (1738)
Corelli Concerto Grosso Op. 6 no. 8 Christmas Concerto (c1690)
Roman Andante; Lento; Presto from Drottningholmsmusique BeRI 2 (1744)
Hurlebusch Adagio from Concerto in A minor (1725)
Anonymous Iag Bari from the Uhrovska Collection (1730)

Canberra: Friday 18 July 2025, 7.30pm
Wesley Church, 20 National Circuit, Forrest, Canberra

Sydney: Sunday 20 July 2025, 3.00pm
Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music