Laurence joins fellow wind players from the Australian National Music Academy perform music that might have been heard in the gilded salons of any of dozens of princely courts throughout Germany during the 18th century. The composers are three whose work was greatly favoured by musically inclined emperors, electors and cultivated courtiers, the great Johann Sebastian Bach, his contemporary Georg Philipp Telemann, and the somewhat less well-known Czech, Jan Dismas Zelenka, whose elegant compositions are enjoying a long-overdue revival.
Telemann Trio Sonata, TWV 42:Es1
CPE Bach Sonata in G minor H.542.5 for Oboe and Harpsichord
Zelenka Trio Sonata no. 5 in F Major
Stephanie Dixon, Oboe
David Reichelt, Oboe
Christopher Haycroft, Bassoon
Laurence Matheson, Harpsichord
Tickets: $5 at the door