Georg Philipp Telemann:
Concerto for 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo in D, TWV 54 D3

Johann Georg Pisendel:
Concerto movement for violin, strings & continuo in a, Jung
Concerto movement for 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo in E flat, Jung II, 1

Johann Sebastian Bach:
Concerto movement for violin, 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo in D, BWV 1045

Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello:
Concerto for violin, bassoon, strings & continuo in B flat

Antonio Vivaldi:
Concerto movement for violin & strings in B flat, RV 745
Concerto for strings & continuo in A, RV 158

Johann Friedrich Fasch:
Concerto for violin, 2 oboes, bassoon, 3 trumpets, timpani, strings & continuo in D, FaWV LD3

The musical world of eighteenth-century Europe was a small one. Despite the problems presented by contemporary standards of transport, it was quite normal for composers in one part of Europe to be entirely au fait with what was happening elsewhere. This is borne out by the closeness of three German composers: Telemann, godfather to C.P.E. Bach; Pisendel; and J.S. Bach, who admired both his compatriots and composed some astoundingly difficult music for the violinist Pisendel.

This programme celebrates their music as well as the music of those who contributed to their musical heritage. Included alongside the German triumvirate are works by Vivaldi who physically helped with the composition of Pisendel’s A minor concerto movement, Fasch who was a great friend of Pisendel and Telemann, and Brescianello, an Italian who helped the dissemination of Italian instrumental music throughout the German-speaking lands and whose concertos were played in Dresden by Pisendel.

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Recorded in Cedars Hall, Wells Cathedral School, Wells from 11th to 14th February 2019. Adrian Chandler plays Rowland Ross, UK, 1981, after Amati.