Tabea Debus and Jonathan Rees

Tabea Debus Recorder

Jonathan Rees  Viola da gamba

Born in Wurzberg in Germany, Tabea studied in Frankfurt and at the Royal Academy of Music in London where she won the Principal’s Prize, along with numerous other awards.

Georg Philipp Telemann’s Fantasias display an imaginative and fantastic line-up of musical styles. The Fantasias for a solo instrument (such as flute, viola da gamba or harpsichord) juxtapose German counterpoint with Italian virtuosity, and English and French dance movements with traditional Polish folk tunes. Perhaps this is what Telemann’s choice of title, Fantasie, refers to: a fanciful, imaginative, and even daring display of musical languages. This programme explores the continuing relevance of these ingenious pieces by adding both music by Telemann’s colleague Johann Sebastian Bach and 21^st century composers to the mosaic of musical styles.

GP Telemann
Fantasie pour le clavessin in C Minor
Fantasie pour le clavessin in C

John Barber Dawn

JS Bach Invention in G Minor

GP Telemann Fantasia per il Flauto senza Basso No 8

JS Bach Invention in D

GP Telemann Fantasie pour la Basse de Violle in D

Leo Chadburn Si la passion pour les plantes exotiques

GP Telemann Fantasie pour la Basse de Violle in E Minor

JS Bach Invention in E Minor (BWV 778)

GP Telemann
Fantasie pour la Basse de Violle in E Minor
Fantasie pour le clavessin in G Minor
Fantasie pour le clavessin in G

“Tabea Debus is one of the most exciting young musicians in the early music world…” Classic FM