![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Despite this assertion, he went on to write over a hundred concerti for solo instruments as well as other combinations. In his autobiography of 1718, he actually confesses to being unmoved by the form: “I must own that since the concerto form was never close to my heart it was indifferent to me whether I wrote a great many or not”. It is precisely because of concerts such as these that Telemann resorted to writing concertos of any kind. It is thought to have been first performed in Frankfurt for one of the concerts held by the Frauenstein Association, an early form of philharmonic society that sponsored “weekly great concertos”, a subscription series of orchestral concerts. It is also perhaps the first viola concerto ever composed (written around 1716-21 while Telemann was in Frankfurt as its music director) and the sole Baroque concerto for the instrument in the popular repertoire. This concerto is one of Telemann’s most famous of his surviving concertos, and still performed quite regularly for its beauty. So this in itself made this performance quite special. I try to avoid making absolute statements, but I can certainly vouch for the fact that during the years I’ve been in Goa, we’ve not so far had a viola concerto performed here before. One highlight of the programme was Georg Philipp Telemann’s Viola Concerto in G major (TWV 51: G9), with visiting musician from Spain, Pablo Trave Gonzalez as soloist. Santiago Lusardi Girelli played a concert at Santa Cruz church. Last Sunday, Camerata Child’s Play India conducted by Prof. ![]()
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