Sonate à quattro in A minor

Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann (b. 1681 - d. 1767)
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Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann (b. 1681 - d. 1767)

Performance date: 28/06/2023

Venue: St. Brendan’s Church

Duration: 00:09:09

Recording Engineer: Gar Duffy, RTÉ

Instrumentation: S-solo, 2vn, va, vc, lu, hpd

Instrumentation Category:Baroque Ensemble

Artists: Anna Devin - [soprano]
Ensemble Diderot (Johannes Pramsohler, Roldán Bernabé [violins], Alexandre Baldo [viola], Gulrim Choï [cello], François Leyrit [bass], Jadran Duncumb [lute], Philippe Grisvard [harpsichord]) - [Baroque Ensemble]

Sonate à quattro in A minor

Sonate à quattro in A minor

Grave – Allegro, Adagio – Allegro – Largo e staccato, Allegro

Telemann’s A minor Sonata was clearly highly thought of as copies exist from the concertmasters of both Darnstadt and Dresden. It begins with a solemn Introduction and develops into what Pramsohler calls a patchwork sonata. The Allegro descends into a regular hunting rhythm, even imitating horns, followed by a lament perhaps for the death of the quarry. A short fine fugue follows before the staccato introduction to a wild finale.

Francis Humphrys