Telemann wrote so much and so well for the flute with the understanding of one who knew the instrument from the inside. ‘How my heart beats,’ he wrote, ‘when I see the walls and corners of the room covered with musical instruments… Excellent instrumentalists have made me want to improve my performance on my instruments. I would have done so if an inner fire had spurred me beyond the keyboard, the violin and the flute, to learn the oboe, the chalumeau, the viola da gamba, or indeed the double bass and the bass trombone.’
Works:
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Telemann: Concerto TWV 51:D2 in D major for transverse flute, strings & b.c.
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Telemann: Concerto TWV 51:G2 in G major for flute, strings & b.c.
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Telemann: Overture (Suite) TWV 55:a2 in A minor for recorder (flute), strings & b.c.
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Telemann: Overture (Suite) TWV 55:G2 in G major for strings & b.c. 'La Bizarre'