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Join us on Sunday, January 22, 2:00
pm
The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey
Wassail 2023 returns to the orchestra's origins with an exciting
"Back to Baroque" concert at The Morristown Unitarian
Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, New Jersey.
What ensemble did both Johann Sebastian
Bach
and Georg Philipp Telemann direct?
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) lived in Leipzig from
1701-1704. While there studying law, he founded the Collegium
Musicum of Leipzig and served as its director.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1680-1750) was in Leipzig from
1723-1750. In Leipzig, he was in charge of music at the four main
churches—most notably Thomaskirche—as well as instructor to the
students at the school associated with the church.
The position was first offered to
Telemann in 1722, but Telemann turned it down, so they accepted Bach.
While in Leipzig, Bach served as director of the Collegium
Musicum of Leipzig hat had been founded by Telemann over twenty
years earlier.
The Collegium Musicum of Leipzig
regularly performed at Zimmermann's Coffeehouse. The ensemble
performed operas, cantatas, concertos, and all concert forms of the
period.
While it is difficult to know
exactly what was performed at Zimmermann's, it is thought that the
composers premiered many of their secular ensemble works at these
concerts.
Bach and Telemann were close friends
throughout their lives. Telemann was named godfather to Bach's son Carl
Philipp Emanuel Bach, a successful composer himself.
For the first half of the concert on
January 22, The Baroque Orchestra
will perform works by Bach and
Telemann.
Bach's magnificent Concerto for
Two Violins will feature soloists
Emily James and Rosalie Dumas.
Telemann's moving Concerto for
Flute and Bassoon will feature soloists
Laura Ferraro and Andrew Pecota.
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