Zelenka for a Sunday evening

Interesting music from a sadly neglected Baroque composer. Zelenka is rarely recorded but has been performed here in Toronto by "I Furiosi Baroque Ensemble" and "Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra". As you can hear, this is music that should be better known!

DISCOVER AND ENJOY!

More insects?

Listen to this selection and hear frogs and cranes. Evidently Herr Telemann seemed to like insects and birds! Quite imaginative!

Blown away!

Mozart's Horn Concertos have always been amongst my very favorite works he wrote. Sometimes his works bore me but not these immortal classics. I have always loved French Horns and in particular "natural" horns(no valves). Absolutely THRILLING!

Royal Splendour!

This performance is truly out of this world and the orchestra is one of my favorites! This is the first piece of "classical" music I turned on to when I was barely 11 years old. "Classical"? Handel wrote this work during the High Baroque period which ended roughly around 1750(the death of J.S.Bach). The next period was the Classical Period(Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, etc...). From now on I will refer to the periods as they are recognized by musicologists the world over as I discuss them.

Please listen to the complete performance and ENJOY!

Music....tender and joyful.....glorious isn't it?

The Glory of Telemann!

I ADORE TELEMANN! One of my very favorite composers of all time. He was the greatest composer of his time and even over-shadowed Bach. Adored in his native Germany and in France. His chamber music is totally magnificent and finds it's culmination in the "Paris Quartets(1738)" and in the complete "Tafelmusik"! His ability to integrate both the Italian AND French styles in to his works made him the darling of all of Europe!

VIVE TELEMANN!!

"In Dulci Jubilo"

Heavenly Music

The best "Four Seasons"

This is the Dresden version with winds and is a period performance. Listen to the horns and oboes....truly marvelous! ENJOY!