Concerto in E minor for Flute and Recorder
For flute and recorder soloists with an ensemble of strings and continuo
Largo
Allegro
Largo
Presto
Program Notes by Martin Pearlman
This concerto for flute and recorder presents—in period-instrument performances—a subtle contrast of the sonorities of these two kinds of wooden flutes. The two solo parts are interwoven in fascinating and delightful ways throughout the concerto, but they are particularly beautiful in the E major Largo of the third movement.
The folk character of the final Presto suggests the influence of Telemann's time at the court at Sorau (1705-6), when he would make excursions into the Polish countryside. There, according to his own account, he would listen for days to the improvisations of folk fiddlers and bagpipe players. Inspired by what he heard, he tells us that he wrote concertos and other works which he "dressed in an Italian coat."
Boston Baroque Performances
Concerto in E minor for Flute and Recorder
December 31, 2022 & January 1, 2023
Calderwood Studio at GBH, Boston, MA
Sanders, Theater Cambridge, MA
Martin Pearlman, conductor
Soloists:
Joseph Monticello, flute
Aldo Abreu, recorder
December 31, 2012 & January 1, 2013
Sanders Theater, Cambridge, MA
Martin Pearlman, conductor
Soloists:
Christopher Krueger, flute
Aldo Abreu, recorder
December 31, 2006 & January 1, 2007
Sanders Theater, Cambridge, MA
Martin Pearlman, conductor
Soloists:
Christopher Krueger, flute
Aldo Abreu, recorder
January 1, 1997
Sanders Theater, Cambridge, MA
Martin Pearlman, conductor
Soloists:
Christopher Krueger, flute
Roy Sansom, recorder
December 31, 1996
First Night, Boston, MA
Martin Pearlman, conductor
Soloists:
Christopher Krueger, flute
Roy Sansom, recorder
December 31, 1985
Church of the Advent, Boston, MA (First Night)
Martin Pearlman, conductor
Soloists:
Christopher Krueger, flute
Marilyn Boenau, recorder
April 22, 1980
Assumption College Chapel, Worcester, MA
Martin Pearlman, conductor
Soloists:
Nancy Joyce, flute
Stephen Hammer, recorder
August 8, 1978
First Congregational Church, Boston, MA
Martin Pearlman, conductor
Soloists:
Carol Epple, flute
Stephen Hammer, recorder
October 1, 1977
Harvard Unitarian Church, Harvard, MA
Martin Pearlman, conductor
Soloists:
Carol Epple, flute
Stephen Hammer, recorder
September 29, 1977
Regis College, Weston, MA
Martin Pearlman, conductor
Soloists:
Carol Epple, flute
Stephen Hammer, recorder
February 29, 1976
Rockport Opera House, Rockport, ME
Martin Pearlman, conductor
Soloists:
Carol Epple, flute
Scott Kosofksy, recorder
April 10, 1975
University Lutheran Church, Cambridge, MA
Martin Pearlman, conductor
Soloists:
Carol Epple, flute
Scott Kosofsky, recorder
Included on LP recording, 1978.
Out of print.