Vivaldi a Telemann

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vojtěch Spurný – conductor, harpsichord

Jiří Houdek – trumpet
Zdeněk Rys – oboe
Milan Muzikář – bassoon
Jan Krejča – theorbo

Antonio Vivaldi: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in G major “Alla rustica”, RV 151 (7′)
Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for trumpet, strings and basso continuo in D major, TWV 51:D7 (10′)
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for oboe, bassoon, strings and basso continuo in G major, RV 545 (13′)
Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture (Suite) in D major, TWV 55:D18 (20′)
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for strings in G minor “Per l’orchestra di Dresda”, RV 577

The notes always found their way to me.

Georg Philipp Telemann

This February concert at the Bethlehem Chapel brings together Italian and German Baroque music. The programme opens with the Concerto in G major “Alla rustica”, a short two-movement work written by Antonio Vivaldi around 1730. It is among his most original concertos for strings, notable for its unusual form and striking rhythmic energy.

Georg Philipp Telemann’s Concerto for trumpet, strings and basso continuo in D major is today one of the best-known Baroque concertos for the instrument. It was probably written during the composer’s time in Frankfurt am Main, where he had access to excellent municipal musicians.

The second part of the programme features Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto for oboe, bassoon and strings, written for the musicians of the Venetian Ospedale della Pietà – a girls’ institution famous for its orchestra, for which Vivaldi composed hundreds of concertos.

Telemann’s Overture (Suite) in D major recalls his exceptional standing in musical Europe of the first half of the 18th century – at the time, he was even more famous than Johann Sebastian Bach.

The evening concludes with Vivaldi’s Concerto for strings in G minor “Per l’orchestra di Dresda”, associated with the celebrated Dresden court orchestra.

Ticket prices range from 400 to 600 CZK.