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There were more than a few Johanns coloring the musical landscape in early 18th century Germany. At almost the same time as a certain composer
Telemann composed the oratorio Herr Gott, dich loben wir (Lord God, we praise you) and companion serenata O erhabnes Glück der Ehe (O sublime bliss
Programs devoted to the German composer and organist Franz Tunder (1614-57) are extremely rare, and listeners interested in repertoire from this fruitful period before Bach
Telemann’s St. Matthew Passion of 1746 (one of many settings he produced) is quite different from the more famous work by Bach. Telemann had discovered
This is J.C. Bach’s only oratorio, composed 10 years after Handel’s death in an effort to continue the tradition of Handel’s hybrid Italian opera/English oratorio
After listening to this inspired oratorio, it’s clear why Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf was recognized in his day as Franz Joseph Haydn’s primary competitor. It’s
Given what we know today about Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Philipp Telemann, most observers (including me) would argue that Bach was the superior composer.
J.S. Bach’s talent seems to flow in his grandson’s blood at least as strongly as in any of his sons. Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach’s two
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach is one of the lesser known of Johann’s boys. He had a good job that tended to keep him in one
This oratorio is one of Telemann’s later works and one of the most Handelian. It is less ornate and daring than the Thunder Ode (also
