Time 19:00
Palace on the Isle in the Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw
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The beautiful interiors of the Palace on the Isle will be filled with the music of such masters as Buxtehude, Telemann, Graun, and Böddecker. The top representatives of various generations of baroque composers have left behind a delightful and moving body of work.
Dietrich Buxtehude was an organist at St. Mary’s Church in Lübeck for almost forty years. Although his position did not require composing vocal music, his legacy includes approximately 120 works for voice with instrumental accompaniment. One of them is the cantata O dulcis Jesu, where the composer perfectly renders the love-filled religious text by a variety of musical means, combining the lyrics with the sweet sound of a soprano accompanied by strings.
The self-taught composer Georg Philipp Telemann also left behind a rich legacy. In addition to great oratorio and cantata forms, his catalogue of works includes about 3,000 instrumental pieces – orchestral, chamber and solo compositions. Telemann drew inspiration from, among others, the Polish, French and Italian tradition and also implemented innovative musical solutions, creating an individual style and gaining universal recognition. This was evidenced not only by the popularity of his works but also by the high remuneration he received from his clients.
Telemann’s works were successfully performed by, among others, Johann Gottlieb Graun when he served as bandmaster at the court of Karol August, Prince of Waldeck and Piedmont. Graun himself was also a recognized composer, appreciated in particular for his instrumental works. An excellent example of the lightness and artistry of his style is, for example, the Trio for oboe d’amore, violin and basso continuo, which will be heard during today’s concert.
PROGRAM
Philipp Friedrich Böddecker – Sonata per Violino
Dietrich Buxtehude – O dulcis Jesu, BuxWV 83
Georg Philipp Telemann – Trietto, TWV 42:G2
Allegro – Grave – Presto
Georg Philipp Telemann – Suite per Oboe e basso continuo, TWV 41:G4
Ouverture – Sans Souci – Hornpipe – Gavotte – Passepied – Irlandoise
Georg Philipp Telemann – Scherzo, TWV 42:A1
Allegro – Moderato – Allegro
Johann Gottlieb Graun – Trio a Hautbois d’amour, Violino e Basso
Adagio – Allegro – Largo – Allegro
Georg Philipp Telemann – Was gleicht dem Adel wahrer Christen TWV 1:1511
PERFORMERS
JUSTYNA STĘPIEŃ SOPRANO
THE PERIOD INSTRUMENTS ENSEMBLE OF THE POLISH ROYAL OPERA CAPELLA REGIA POLONA
KRZYSZTOF GARSTKA HARPSICHORD, CONDUCTOR
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