Tele­mann goes East − An ima­gi­na­ry jour­ney through Eas­tern Euro­pe

The Baro­que era was a time of musi­cal curio­si­ty. Com­po­sers lis­ten­ed to the sounds of distant lands, drew inspi­ra­ti­on from their dances and rhyth­ms, and blen­ded what they heard with their own musi­cal lan­guage. This is strikin­gly illus­tra­ted by the Ham­burg com­po­ser Georg Phil­ipp Tele­mann, who was deep­ly inspi­red by local folk music during his time in Pol­and. In his works, he com­bi­nes the ele­gan­ce of Baro­que orches­tral music with the rhyth­mic vita­li­ty of Polish folk­lo­re.

The Bre­mer Barock­or­ches­ter traces fur­ther paths within this remar­kab­ly diver­se Euro­pean musi­cal cul­tu­re through works by various com­po­sers that incor­po­ra­te Eas­tern Euro­pean musi­cal tra­di­ti­ons into their com­po­si­ti­ons. A dif­fe­rent musi­cal world, howe­ver, is reve­a­led in Fux’s Tur­ca­ria and Schmelzer’s Tür­ken­schlacht bei Wien (Batt­le of Vien­na): through distinc­ti­ve musi­cal motifs, the music con­ju­res up a mar­ti­al image of the Ori­ent, demons­t­ra­ting the pro­found impact of con­tem­po­ra­ry poli­ti­cal events on Euro­pean com­po­sers.

Pro­gram

Georg Phil­ipp Tele­mann (1681-1767)
Ouver­tu­re-Suite TWV 55:D12

Johann Valen­tin Meder (1649-1719)
Sona­ta “Der pol­ni­sche Pra­cher”

Andre­as Anton Schmel­zer (1653-1701)
Vio­lin Sona­ta “Die Tür­ken­schlacht bei Wien”

Johann Gott­lieb Jani­tsch (1708-1763)
Sym­pho­ny in E-flat Major

Sona­ta da Came­ra in G minor

Johann Valen­tin Meder (1649-1719)
Cha­conne

Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741)
Par­ti­ta “Tur­ca­ria”

Georg Phil­ipp Tele­mann
Con­cer­to polo­no­is TWV 43:G7

Artis­tic Direc­tor: Nés­tor F. Cor­tés Gar­zón

"Barock&Umzu" Con­cert Series 26/27: Con­cert 3
Febru­ary 27, 2027
Con­cert: 8:00 PM
Venue: Unser Lie­ben Frau­en Kir­che
Address: Unser Lie­ben Frau­en Kirch­hof 27-29, 28195 Bre­men