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Georg Philipp Telemann
Melodious Canons & Fantasias
Greg Dikmans (“Quantz” flute) and Lucinda Moon (violin)
Telemann: Canon No. 1 (Vivace)
The French style meets the Italian style (à la Couperin’s Les Goûts-réünis)
Telemann: Canon No. 17 (Soave)
Soft and gentle, bird calls and Neapolitan pastoral melancholy
Telemann: Flute Fantasia No. 12 (Bourée)
Fleeting and playful with rustic charm (and bird calls)
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Frederick the Great
Grave from Sonata in E minor
Greg Dikmans playing his sonorous “Quantz” flute
Greg’s “Quantz” flute is a copy of an instrument by Johann Joachim Quantz c.1740 made by Philippe Allain-Dupré (Paris, 2015).
The flute is pitched at A=392 Hz (one tone below modern pitch) and has a dark, rich, vocal quality. This was Quantz’s sound ideal.
Recorded on 10 September 2016 at 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne.
Program: ‘Music in Melbourne’.
Quantz Flute
Live to air performance and interview
on 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne
Listen to Greg Dikmans play his beloved Quantz flute, a copy of an instrument by Johann Joachim Quantz c.1740 made by Philippe Allain-Dupré (Paris, 2015).
The flute is pitched at A=392 Hz (one tone below modern pitch) and has a dark, rich, vocal quality. This was Quantz’s sound ideal.
Frederick II (the Great)
Grave from Sonata in E minor
Georg Philipp Telemann
Fantasia in D minor (1727/28)
Dolce — Allegro (fugue) — Spirituoso
In the interview Greg talks about his Quantz flute, music at the court of Frederick the Great and the program for a concert on 23 September 2016 titled ‘Music for a Prussian King’.
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https://soundcloud.com/elysiumensemble/quantz-flute-live
Recorded on 10 September 2016 at 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne.
Program: ‘Music in Melbourne’.
Presenter: Sascha Kelly.
Baroque Flute Solos
Recorded Live on the Camino de Santiago
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
Divers Pièces pour une Flûte-Traverière seule (Paris, 1728)
[Suite in] D major
Prélude | Brunette – La Soliciteuse (Doucement) |
Gavotte – L’Hardie | Rondeau – La Molesse (Gracieusement)
[Suite in] E minor
Brunette – La Craintive (Lentment) | Gavotte en Rondeau – L’Indiscrete
Georg Philipp Telemann
Fantasia in D minor (1727/28): Dolce
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita in A minor: Allemande (excerpt)
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https://soundcloud.com/elysiumensemble/sets/baroque-flute-solos-on-the-camino-de-santiago
“I walked 12.4 kms in the morning on the way to Burgos and was the first of my group to reach San Juan de Ortega. I ate my lunch quickly so I could get some time in the church before we had to head off again.”
”There was no time for thought or preparation — just put the flute together and play. I played for the sheer joy of being in such a wonderful space.”
”I had about 15 minutes of almost complete silence. After that people started talking and making noises in the background. The recorded pieces are the first few I played in the order I played them.”
— Greg Dikmans
Tech Specs
- Recorded on 7 June 2015 while walking the Camino de Santiago.
- Place: the church of San Juan de Ortega (near Burgos).
- Flute: copy of J.H. Rottenburgh c.1740 – Pitch: A=c.400Hz
- Recording equipment: iPhone 6 with Zoom iQ7 stereo mics (on the bench behind me in the photo)
LIVE CONCERT (excerpts)
Date: Sunday 11 May 2014 – 3:00pm
Venue: Elder Hall, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA
Joseph Haydn: Divertimenti for flute, violin & cello
Elder Perspectives Series (Adelaide, SA)
“Haydn wrote the recipes. Elysium turned them into delectable music.”
“Classicism at its most perfectly formed, and most persuasively performed.”
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