Name: Hamburger Ratsmusik Moralistic Cantatas
Start: 2017-11-26T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2017-11-26T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Laeiszhalle

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Benno Schachtner

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Hamburger Ratsmusik / Moralistic Cantatas

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Kleiner Saal

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6 Moralische Kantaten, TWV 20:29-34

12 Fantasias for Viol without Bass, TWV 40:26-37

12 Fantasias for Solo Violin without Bass

Ouverture-Suite, TWV 55:B8

Simon Samuel

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Moralistic finger-wagging? Certainly not! In the decades between 1720 and 1750 the bourgeoisie of the early Enlightenment was turning to literature and philosophy in search of elevated morals and manners. In his »Moralistic Cantatas« Georg Philipp Telemann sets a poetic contemporary document of this period to music with great wit and charm. In their performance at the Telemann Festival, the Hamburger Ratsmusik – an ensemble that boasts a 500-year history – now performs these cantatas. Telemann’s recently rediscovered and published fantasias for viola da gamba are also being performed for the first time.

This was a very busy and productive time for Telemann. In the years between 1715 and 1740 he ran his own music publishing house, through which he made at least 47 publications available, mainly featuring his own compositions in a range of instrumentations, as well as secular and sacred vocal works. He was particularly fond of complete collections such as solo sonatas for flute, violin, harpsichord and viola da gamba, and cantatas. Using catalogues and newspaper advertisements, he successfully marketed this music across the whole continent.
Telemann’s recently rediscovered fantasias for solo viola da gamba were published at around the same time as his »Moralistic Cantatas«, as advertised in a catalogue dated August 1735. The Hamburger Ratsmusik now performs both collections, united at last, in a single concert for the first time.

English

Moralischer Zeigefinger? Mitnichten! In den Jahrzehnten zwischen 1720 und 1750 sucht das frühe aufgeklärte Bürgertum in Literatur und Philosophie nach Moral und Sittenbesserung. Georg Philipp Telemann vertonte ein dichterisches Zeitdokument in seinen »Moralischen Kantaten« mit Witz und Charme. Die Hamburger Ratsmusik – ein Ensemble mit 500-jähriger Geschichte – widmet sich diesen Kantaten nun im Rahmen des Telemann-Festivals. Erstmalig erklingen dazu auch seine jüngst wiederentdeckten und zeitgleich veröffentlichten Fantasien für Viola da Gamba.

Überhaupt war Telemann in diesen Jahren überaus fleißig und geschäftstüchtig. Zwischen 1715 und 1740 betrieb er einen eigenen Musikverlag, über den er mindestens 47 Drucke mit überwiegend eigenen Kompositionen in den unterschiedlichsten Instrumentalbesetzungen bis hin zu weltlichen und geistlichen Vokalwerken veröffentlichte. Seine Vorliebe galt dabei vollständigen Sammlungen wie Solo-Sonaten für Flöte, Violine, Cembalo und Viola da Gamba oder eben Kantaten. Über Kataloge und Annoncen in Zeitungen gelang ihm ein europaweiter Vertrieb dieser Musik.

Telemanns erst jüngst wiederentdeckte Fantasien für Viola da Gamba solo erschienen zeitgleich und im Wechsel mit seinen »Moralischen Kantaten«, wie ein auf August 1735 datierter Katalog ankündigte. Mit dem Programm der Hamburger Ratsmusik erklingen diese beiden Sammlungen erstmals schwesterlich vereint in einem Konzert.

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Hamburger Ratsmusik / Moralistic Cantatas by Telemann, From (2017/2017), Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany

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