Tableau Vivant presents a program featuring quartets by Georg Philip Telemann. In 1737 Telemann journeyed to Paris at the enthusiastic and long-standing invitation of four distinguished French musicians: the flutist Michel Blavet, the violinist Jean-Pierre Guignon, the gambist Jean-Baptiste Forqueray, and a cellist/harpsichordist known as Prince Édouard.
In anticipation of this historic visit, the great master of the goûts-réunis wrote two sets of six quartets expressly for these four musicians. The first set was published in Hamburg; subsequently, both sets were published in Paris. All twelve quartets were played by the four musicians themselves, accompanied, no doubt, by the great master himself.
Performers: Karen Marie Marmer, baroque violin; Dongsok Shin, harpsichord; with guests: David Ross, traverso; Arnie Tanimoto, viola da gamba.
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