Music on Thursdays
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Thursday 27th June 2024
12.30 lunchtime
TnT recorder duo
Teresa Wrann
Thomas Pickering
Programme
Flower Power
Georg Friederich Händel (1685-1759)
from Sonata III in C Major HWV 365 (pre 1712)
2 Allegro
3 Larghetto
5 Allegro
The Primrose
Georg Friederich Händel
from the opera Rinaldo HWV 7a/b (1711)
The Enchanted Garden
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
from Act 2, the semi-opera The Fairy-Queen (1692)
Dance of the Fairies
The Jasmine
Georg Friederich Händel
from the opera “Berenice” HWV 78 (1738)
Air
Philibert Delavigne (c1700-1750)
from Les Fleurs Op 4 (1745)
Le Jasmin
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
from Six Sonatas for Two Flutes or Two Violins Op 2 (1727)
Sonata III in D major TWV 40:103
Siciliana: Allegro
The Rose
Philibert Delavigne
from Les Fleurs Op 4
La Rose
Clément Philibert Léo Delibes (1836-1891)
from Act 1 of the tragic opera Lakme (1881/82)
Duo des Fleurs
The Gladiolus
Georg Philipp Telemann
from Six Sonatas for Two Flutes or Two Violins Op 2
Sonata IV in G Minor TWV 40:104
Allegro
The Violet
Philibert Delavigne
from Les Fleurs Op 4
La Violette
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Das Veilchen The Violet K476 (1785)
The Anemone
John Blow (1649-1708)
from Act 3 of the opera Venus and Adonis (c1681-84)
Adonis’ Death
Georg Philipp Telemann
from Six Sonatas for Two Flutes or Two Violins Op 2
Sonata IV in G Minor TWV 40:104
Largo
Philibert Delavigne
from Les Fleurs Op 4
Les Anemones
Marco Uccellini (1603 or 1610-1680)
Aria sopra la Bergamasca Op 3, aria 5 (1642)
The Zinnia
Georg Philipp Telemann
from Six Sonatas for Two Flutes or Two Violins Op 2
Sonata I in G Major TWV 40:103
Dolce
Allegro
Largo
Vivace
Musical Riddle
What are these four flowery songs called?
Concert duration approx: 45+ minutes
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Flower Power
During the 18th century, rumours began to spread about a secret language of flowers, through which messages could be communicated, for example by embroidering particular flowers onto clothes or gifting them to each other, fresh or dried.
One of the most prolific writers for the recorder, Georg Philipp Telemann, also couldn’t resist the flower-craze and became an avid horticulturist. We are lucky to have access to a whole list of flowers growing in Telemann’s garden and have been fascinated by exploring their hidden meanings.
When his best friend Georg Friederich Händel hears of this, he makes sure to prepare a very special gift for Telemann: a crate of the finest flowers from Chelsea Physic Garden, shipped across the sea to Germany.
The pair met when still teenagers and stayed friends for almost half a century, despite living in two different countries, separated by an ocean. They kept in touch through very sweet letter exchanges and Telemann soon sees his new additions to his garden flourish, just like his and Händel’s musical compositions.
“I am insatiable where hyacinths and tulips are concerned, greedy for ranunculi, and especially for anemones.” - G P Telemann
French composer, Philibert Delavigne (or de la Vigne), dedicated a set of 24 compositions, each named after a different flower, and unique in mood and character, to Duchesse Geneviève de Gontaut Biron in 1745.
This programme creates a musical garden, presenting a variety of flowers and connecting them with the relevant pieces by Delavigne and duet compositions by Telemann and Walsh, creating little flower suites.
Theorbo and Baroque guitar player Jonatan Bougt, who came to Leatherhead with Ibrahim Aziz a couple of years ago, is also a member of Apollo's cabinet.
During the 18th century, rumours began to spread about a secret language of flowers, through which messages could be communicated, for example by embroidering particular flowers onto clothes or gifting them to each other, fresh or dried.
One of the most prolific writers for the recorder, Georg Philipp Telemann, also couldn’t resist the flower-craze and became an avid horticulturist. We are lucky to have access to a whole list of flowers growing in Telemann’s garden and have been fascinated by exploring their hidden meanings.
When his best friend Georg Friederich Händel hears of this, he makes sure to prepare a very special gift for Telemann: a crate of the finest flowers from Chelsea Physic Garden, shipped across the sea to Germany.
The pair met when still teenagers and stayed friends for almost half a century, despite living in two different countries, separated by an ocean. They kept in touch through very sweet letter exchanges and Telemann soon sees his new additions to his garden flourish, just like his and Händel’s musical compositions.
“I am insatiable where hyacinths and tulips are concerned, greedy for ranunculi, and especially for anemones.” - G P Telemann
French composer, Philibert Delavigne (or de la Vigne), dedicated a set of 24 compositions, each named after a different flower, and unique in mood and character, to Duchesse Geneviève de Gontaut Biron in 1745.
This programme creates a musical garden, presenting a variety of flowers and connecting them with the relevant pieces by Delavigne and duet compositions by Telemann and Walsh, creating little flower suites.
Theorbo and Baroque guitar player Jonatan Bougt, who came to Leatherhead with Ibrahim Aziz a couple of years ago, is also a member of Apollo's cabinet.
A 2-minute video that will make you think again about recorders !
TnT
TnT are members of Apollo's Cabinet
TnT are a duo of recorder players:
Teresa Wrann and Thomas Pickering.
Having met at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama during their studies and worked together on several consort and opera projects, they now lead the Baroque ensemble Apollo’s Cabinet. After receiving a consistent, enthusiastic response from colleagues and audiences alike whenever they performed a duet together, TnT is their project as a duo.
“With warm tones and secure intonation, the individual themes, the numerous imitations, and the entwining melodic lines of the flute voices were excellently brought out in the presented compositions. Matching the individual works, the female and male recorder players performed on different instruments, ranging from the sopranino to the alto and transverse flutes to the tenor recorder. In a colourful bouquet, they portrayed primroses, jasmine, roses, gladioli, violets, anemones, and zinnias musically on stage.” Kulturzeitschrift about “Flower Power”
Nearly as explosive as dynamite and full of chemistry and spark, they explore ways of combining duet repertoire with interesting concepts that highlight their twoness. They enjoy exploring how to match their sounds without losing their individuality and finding a balance between independent freedom and being part of one unit.
“it was clear that the performers not only relished Blow's music, but the very particular sound-world of 17th century London.” Planet Hugill about “Venus & Adonis”
“The recorder duet is miraculous.” Mavis Pilbeam
Recordings of the works in today's concert
Georg Friederich Händel (1685-1759)
from Sonata III in C Major HWV 365 (pre 1712)
2 Allegro • 3 Larghetto • 5 Allegro
Here is a complete performance of the Sonata (lasting just 8m35) by Dick Berg of the University of Maryland.
from Sonata III in C Major HWV 365 (pre 1712)
2 Allegro • 3 Larghetto • 5 Allegro
Here is a complete performance of the Sonata (lasting just 8m35) by Dick Berg of the University of Maryland.
Georg Friederich Händel
from the opera Rinaldo HWV 7a/b (1711)
The Enchanted Garden
This first evocation of The Primrose begins with this famous number from Handel, Lascia ch'io pango - Let me weep - performed by Eis Markee, the performing name of Alexis Marquez, a student at Enverga University, Lucena, Philippines.
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
from Act 2, the semi-opera The Fairy-Queen (1692)
Dance of the Fairies
Two pieces in this recording by Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra. First we hear the Dance of the Fairies, in which the recorders seem to dominate, and that is followed by Dance of the Green Men, without the recorders!
Georg Friederich Händel
from the opera “Berenice” HWV 78 (1738)
Air
And so we move to The Jasmine with this air from Berenice, performed by The Heralds of the Gospel, Canada, a catholic order for young people which has a presence in 78 countries around the globe.
Georg Friederich Händel
from the opera “Berenice” HWV 78 (1738)
Air
And so we move to The Jasmine with this air from Berenice, performed by The Heralds of the Gospel, Canada, a catholic order for young people which has a presence in 78 countries around the globe.
Philibert Delavigne (c1700-1750)
from Les Fleurs Op 4 (1745)
Le Jasmin
Here comes one of those lockdown videos with players in different places! We don't hear the hurdy-gurdy very often, so I hope you'll forgive us for the fact this is clearly not a flute sound, although it is The Jasmine:
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
from Six Sonatas for Two Flutes or Two Violins Op 2 (1727)
Sonata III in D major TWV 40:103
Siciliana: Allegro
Clearly two friends playing here. They are Aldo Bova and Hiro Watanabe. Hiro appears to be a retired surgeon who also plays jazz and is keen on photography. Aldo Bova comes from Turin and is widely known as a specialist of the alto recorder, and a producer of books on playing the recorder and flute.
Here is the complete Sonata, although we will only hear the first movement at the concert.
Philibert Delavigne
from Les Fleurs Op 4
La Rose
And now we turn to The Rose. This short recording is by Ensemble Le Berge Fortuné, Pal Nemeth, Baroque flute, Robert Mandel, vielle or hurdy-gurdy, Jean-Christophe Maillard, musette de cour (bagpipes played at Court, with bellows - how unseemly to be seen directly blowing, with bulging cheeks!)
Clément Philibert Léo Delibes (1836-1891)
from Act 1 of the tragic opera Lakme (1881/82)
Duo des Fleurs
You will be wondering how she did this! Here come the famous duet played by Daniela Mars, at Élan Café, London, which is off Sloane Street in Belgravia:
Georg Philipp Telemann
from Six Sonatas for Two Flutes or Two Violins Op 2
Sonata IV in G Minor TWV 40:104
Allegro
The Gladiolus leads us to this Telemann sonata, from which we will hear just the Allegro, played by two obvious enthusiasts (note the spare wooden flutes).
Idit Shemer is a busy freelance flutist living in Israel. Boaz Brill has many youtube and professional recordings to his name.
Philibert Delavigne
from Les Fleurs Op 4
La Violette
And so to The Violet. and another traditional instrument making a comeback. The Swedish Nyckelharpa, known in Germany as Schüsselfiedel, sounds much like the hurdy-gurdy but it is bowed. We hear a player with many restored or reconstructed instruments, Wilfried Ulrich:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Das Veilchen The Violet K476 (1785)
For this recording we shall hear the original song, with soprano Martina Janková and at the forte-piano, Barbara Maria Willi.
John Blow (1649-1708)
from Act 3 of the opera Venus and Adonis (c1681-84)
Adonis’ Death
For The Anemone we begin with the final 10 minutes of the "masque for the entertainment of the King". This is generally accepted as the first English Opera ever written. Purcell was in his 20s, and Handel was yet to be born.
Anna Dennis is the soprano Venus and Edward Jowle the baritone Adonis, injured while hunting (which he had not really wanted to be doing.)
Russian group Intrada Ensemble is directed from the harpsichord by Robert Hollingworth, in Moscow's 2018 Zaryadye Concert Hall.
Georg Philipp Telemann
from Six Sonatas for Two Flutes or Two Violins Op 2
Sonata IV in G Minor TWV 40:104
Largo
There is no attribution on this simple duet recording. So enjoy this Telemann Largo:
Philibert Delavigne
from Les Fleurs Op 4
Les Anemones
You didn't think Delavigne had omitted the Anemone, surely! The players here is Kenjiro Hibi(x2).
Marco Uccellini (1603 or 1610-1680)
Aria sopra la Bergamasca Op 3, aria 5 (1642)
This is a tune to have fun with. Throw it from player to player, sing a line, back to the lute, from there to the cornett, as witnessed by Richard and Peter S at the end of Brighton Early Music Festival's Showcase Afternoon last October. In fact, that is where they met the the members of Apollo's Cabinet.
All the players from the afternoon's groups came onto the platform together and passed this melody from player to player.
Georg Philipp Telemann
from Six Sonatas for Two Flutes or Two Violins Op 2
Sonata I in G Major TWV 40:103
Dolce • Allegro • Largo • Vivace
Look who is here to round off this week's recordings! It's our duo from Turin once more - Aldo Bova and Hiro Watanabe:
Musical Riddle
What are these four flowery songs called?
Well this is how the duo hope to finish the afternoon at LMC. Let's hope there is time for the riddle. For you, it remains a mystery as we have no idea which melodies they have chosen. You'll have to come along on Thursday to find out, and work out the riddle.
Previous concert
20 June 2024 - Silvia Bettoli, horn, & Jamie Cochrane, piano, from Royal Academy of Music - click here
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4 July 2024 - Phil Hopkins, chromatic harmonica, Andy Massey, piano - a favourites concert! click here
