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Baroque ensemble on period instruments Francis Colpron, artistic director |
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Seasons > 2003-04 Season > Concerts > Deutsche ConcertiFriday May 21, 2004, 8:00 pm Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours[a] 400, rue Saint-Paul Est — Vieux-Montréal, Québec [métro
Champ-de-Mars] Deutsche Concerti: Concertos and suites concertantes by Bach and Telemann Until the middle of the 18th century, Italy was the place for music. It was to Italy that musicians from every other nation came to learn to write sonatas and concertos for all possible instruments. Fascinated by both the Italian and the French styles, German composers worked on an ambitious fusion which, they were convinced, would lay the foundations for a distinctly German style. Thus they combined the kind of overtures and dance suites heard in Versailles with the seductive dialogue between orchestra and one or two solo instruments developed in Italy. The great Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos and his friend Telemann’s Tafelmusik (Table music) suites are examples of this unique blending of styles. They are more than that; by virtue of their originality, their colors, and the density of their orchestral writing, they transcend the styles on which they were modeled. • This concert will also be held at Église de la Visitation (514-872-8749) on May 22, and at Stewart Hall (514-630-1220) in Pointe-Claire on May 23. |