Bachwoche Ansbach
Wednesday, 2. August 2023 19:30
Georg Philipp Telemann
Konzert für Blockflöte, Fagott, Streicher und Basso continuo F-Dur, TWV 52:f1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ricercar a 6 aus Musikalischen Opfer, BWV 1079
Johann Sebastian Bach
Konzert für Blockflöte, Streicher & b.c. D-Dur, BWV 1053R
***Intermission***
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata für Blockflöte und Cembalo obligato g-Moll, BWV 1020
Georg Philipp Telemann
Suite aus Klingende Geographie
Johann Sebastian Bach
Konzert für Cembalo, zwei Blockflöten, Streicher & b.c. F-Dur, BWV 1057
Europe – Italy – Bavaria. Even the Franconians take notice: Bavaria as the nation of a “musical geography”? Indeed, there are many examples in the 18th century of establishing and performing “national” musical styles, with Georg Philipp Telemann as well as with his friend Johann Sebastian Bach, one thinks of English and French Suites or the Italian Concerto.
Maurice Steger first thrilled the audience at the Bach Week two years ago with his virtuoso artistry on numerous recorders. When this musician puts together an “international” concert programme and brings in a top ensemble like the Basel “La Cetra”, one is not immune to surprises. Above all, we hear a lot of Bach, who dedicated himself to the “flauto dolce” only in some of his cantatas and would certainly have written more original works for this family of instruments if he had known Maurice Steger!