Upcoming Baroque Music Concerts
2012 CONCERT SERIES — Melbourne Recital Centre
Johann Joachim Quantz
The Elysium Ensemble’s 2012 Concert Series at the Melbourne Recital Centre celebrates the music of Boismortier, Telemann and Quantz, drawing from their cycles of solos and duets. Works by their contemporaries will provide an enlightening context.
Greg Dikmans (baroque flute) and Lucinda Moon (baroque violin) have developed a unique artistic dialogue and understanding over a 20 year creative partnership. In their new series, Lucinda and Greg are joined by Glenys March (harpsichord) to present rarely heard and newly discovered works from the Baroque era using the performance practices of the time.
Dialogue: The Art of Elegant Conversation
Greg Dikmans and Lucinda Moon explore the rich and varied repertoire of the 18th-century instrumental solo without bass and the duo for two melody instruments.
- DIALOGUE I:
TUESDAY 27 MARCH » - DIALOGUE II:
MONDAY 21 MAY » - DIALOGUE III:
TUESDAY 17 JULY » - DIALOGUE IV:
WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER » - DIALOGUE V:
MONDAY 12 NOVEMBER »
All concerts start at 7:00pm and are held in the Salon at the Melbourne Recital Centre, which has a crystal clear, resonant acoustic and intimate setting making it ideal for Baroque chamber music.
Tickets $45 ($35 concession)
Series Summary
The complete works for flute and violin
by featured composers
- Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
- Johann Joachim Quantz
and partitas, fantasies and sonatas
for solo flute and solo violin by
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Johann Georg Pisendel
- Georg Philipp Telemann
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Other composers in the Series:
- Franz Benda
- Michel Blavet
- André Chéron
- Louis-Antoine Dornel
- Frederick the Great
- Jacques Hotteterre ‘le Romain’
Elysium Ensemble gratefully acknowledges the support of
- The Cameron Family Foundation
- John & Anne Duncan
DIALOGUE I
TUESDAY 27 MARCH – 7:00pm | Salon (Melbourne Recital Centre)
Tickets $45 ($35 concession)
Greg Dikmans (baroque flute) and Lucinda Moon (baroque violin) explore the rich and varied repertoire of the 18th-century instrumental solo without bass and the duo for two melody instruments.
Rarely performed duos by Hotteterre, Boismortier, Blavet and Quantz, and solo Fantasies by Telemann.
Jacques Hotteterre ‘le Romain’ (1674–1763)
Deuxième suite de pièces à deux dessus (Paris, 1717)
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
Fantasie for transverse flute without bass (Hamburg, 1732/33)
Fantasie for violin without bass (Hamburg, 1735)
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1755)
Sonata II in E minor
VI Sonates pour une flute traversière, et un violon par accords, sans basse (Paris, 1734)
Michel Blavet (1700–1768)
Suite in D major for two melody instruments
Premier Recueil de pièces (1744)
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1755)
Sonata V in A major
VI Sonates pour une flute traversière, et un violon par accords, sans basse (Paris, 1734)
Johann Joachim Quantz (1697–1773)
Duetto II in A minor
Sei Duetti a due flauti traversi, op. 2 (Berlin, 1759)
This concert is part of the Local Heroes Series.
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DIALOGUE II
MONDAY 21 MAY – 7:00pm | Salon (Melbourne Recital Centre)
Tickets $45 ($35 concession)
Greg Dikmans (baroque flute) and Lucinda Moon (baroque violin) explore the rich and varied repertoire of the 18th-century instrumental solo without bass and the duo for two melody instruments.
Rarely performed duos by Boismortier and Quantz, and solo Fantasies by Telemann.
Johann Joachim Quantz (1697–1773)
Duetto VI in E minor
Sei Duetti a due flauti traversi, op. 2 (Berlin, 1759)
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
Fantasie for transverse flute without bass (Hamburg, 1732/33)
Fantasie for violin without bass (Hamburg, 1735)
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1755)
Sonata VI in G minor
VI Sonates pour une flute traversière, et un violon par accords, sans basse (Paris, 1734)
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1755)
Sonata III in D major
VI Sonates pour une flute traversière, et un violon par accords, sans basse (Paris, 1734)
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
Fantasie for transverse flute without bass (Hamburg, 1732/33)
Fantasie for violin without bass (Hamburg, 1735)
Johann Joachim Quantz (1697–1773)
Duetto I in G major
Sei Duetti a due flauti traversi, op. 2 (Berlin, 1759)
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DIALOGUE III
Tribute to Frederick the Great and his court at Potsdam
TUESDAY 17 JULY – 7:00pm | Salon (Melbourne Recital Centre)
Tickets $45 ($35 concession)
Greg Dikmans (baroque flute) and Lucinda Moon (baroque violin) explore the rich and varied repertoire of the 18th-century instrumental solo without bass and the duo for two melody instruments.
Greg and Lucinda will be joined by guest artist Glenys March (harpsichord).
Rarely performed sonatas by Frederick the Great (2012 is the 300th Anniversay of his birth) and Franz Benda, a trio sonata by CPE Bach, a duet by Quantz, a Fantasie by Telemann and the solo flute Sonata in A minor by CPE Bach.
Johann Joachim Quantz (1697–1773)
Duetto III in B minor
Sei Duetti a due flauti traversi, op. 2 (Berlin, 1759)
Frederick the Great (1712–1786)
Sonata for flute and basso continuo
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
Fantasie for violin without bass (Hamburg, 1735)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)
Sonata for transverse flute without bass (Berlin, 1763)
Franz Benda (1709–1786)
Sonata for violin and basso continuo
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)
Trio Sonata for flute, violin and basso continuo
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DIALOGUE IV
WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER – 7:00pm | Salon (Melbourne Recital Centre)
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Greg Dikmans (baroque flute) and Lucinda Moon (baroque violin) explore the rich and varied repertoire of the 18th-century instrumental solo without bass and the duo for two melody instruments.
Rarely performed duos by Quantz and CPE Bach, the solo violin Sonata in A minor by Pisendel, the solo Partita in A minor for flute by JS Bach and a Fantasie by Telemann.
Johann Joachim Quantz (1697–1773)
Duetto IV in C major
Sei Duetti a due flauti traversi, op. 2 (Berlin, 1759)
Johann Georg Pisendel (1687–1755)
Sonata for violin solo without bass
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)
Duet in E minor for flute and violin (Hamburg, 1748)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Partita in A minor for flute without bass (BWV 1013)
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
Fantasie for violin without bass (Hamburg, 1735)
Johann Joachim Quantz (1697–1773)
Duetto V in D major
Sei Duetti a due flauti traversi, op. 2 (Berlin, 1759)
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DIALOGUE V
Les Goûts-réünis - Perfection in Music
MONDAY 12 NOVEMBER – 7:00pm | Salon (Melbourne Recital Centre)
Tickets $45 ($35 concession)
Greg Dikmans (baroque flute) and Lucinda Moon (baroque violin) explore the rich and varied repertoire of the 18th-century instrumental solo without bass and the duo for two melody instruments.
Greg and Lucinda will be joined by guest artist Glenys March (harpsichord).
Rarely performed duos by Boismortier, sonatas and suite by Dornel and Chéron, and the solo violin Partita in E major by JS Bach.
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1755)
Sonata No. I in G major
VI Sonates pour une flute traversière, et un violon par accords, sans basse (Paris, 1734)
Louis-Antoine Dornel (c1680-after 1756)
Sonata for violin and basso continuo
Suite for flute and basso continuo
Sonates a violon seul et suites pour la flûte traversière avec la basse (Paris, 1711)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Partita III in E major for violin without bass (BWV 1006)
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1755)
Sonata No. IV in D minor
VI Sonates pour une flute traversière, et un violon par accords, sans basse (Paris, 1734)
André Chéron (1695-1766)
Sonata VII in D major for flute, violin and basso continuo
Sonates en duo et en trio pour la flûte traversière et le violon avec la basse-continue (Paris, 1729)
This concert is part of the Local Heroes Series.
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