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There lived a composer in the 18th century who was more greatly revered than Bach in his time, but of whom posterity makes very little mention: Georg Philipp Telemann. Perhaps he was ignored because he wrote too much: as one of the most prolific composers in the history of music, he left behind more than 3,000 works, while Bach’s output was “merely” a third of this. Many music historians of the 19th century – which greatly determined the concert repertoire of the 20th century – expressed the view that anyone writing that much, and serving up fashionable music for the tastes of the time, could not be regarded as significant. This concert provides a perfect opportunity for us to decide whether these opinions were justified.
The answer will certainly not depend on the performers for this evening, as György Vashegyi, one of the leading exponents of period performance in Hungary, conducts Collegium Musicum 90, an ensemble active since 1990 on the long-established British early music scene. The ensemble is led by violinist Simon Standage, a regular visitor to Hungary who maintains close ties with world-renowned period orchestras The English Concert and the Academy of Ancient Music.
Nomen est omen: the Latin saying must be taken here in its favourable sense of “the clue is in the name,” for Telemann himself formed an ensemble comprising university students in Leipzig under the name of Collegium Musicum, leadership of which was later assumed by Bach. Both composers applied for the post of Thomaskantor, musical director at the Thomaskirche (a job which the city council typically first offered to Telemann, who declined), but it is well known that there was a mutual respect between the two men: Telemann was even godfather to one of Bach’s sons. A special treat at this concert will be the majestic masterpiece Deus, judicium tuum, a psalm setting by Telemann also known under the subtitle of Grand Motet, which the Hamburg-based composer wrote for a visit to Paris.
Cast and Creative team for Telemann and Bach – Collegium Musicum 90 at Bartók Béla National Concert Hall
Conductor: György Vashegyi
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