Anniversaries offer magnificent occasions for concerts! In 2023, we will commemorate the death, in 1773, of Johann Joachim Quantz. In his work, mostly written for the traverso, and his career, he was associated with Frederick II, King of Prussia. Quantz was the king’s flute teacher, and then became, in Berlin, Potsdam, and Sanssouci, the organizer of the daily soirées musicales at which the king, accompanied by a phalanx of selected musicians, played for his guests. Quantz wrote tender, serene, joyous, and uplifting music for the traverso, displaying a remarkable and sensitive melodic sense in rigorous and varied constructions. On the program: quartets for traverso, violin, viola, and basso continuo, and, of course, a flute concerto.
Thursday, March 2, 2022
7:30 PM
Salle de concert du Conservatoire
4750 Henri-Julien
Montréal, QC
JOHANN JOAQUIM QUANTZ (1697-1773) Quatuor pour flôte, violon, alto et basse continue nº 1 en ré major, QV 4.8 (Dresde, 1727-1730) Vivace – Largo – Allegro
JOHANN JOAQUIM QUANTZ Sonate pour flûte et basse continue « pour Potsdam nº 231 » en si mineur, QV 1.168 (Potsdam, s.d.) Larghetto – Allegretto – Presto
JOHANN JOAQUIM QUANTZ Quatuor pour flûte, violon, alto et basse continue nº 2 en mi mineur, QV 4.9 (Dresde, 1727-1730) Vivace – Grave – Allegro
JOHANN JOAQUIM QUANTZ Quatuor pour flûte, violon, alto et basse continue nº 5 en do majeur, QV 4.12 (Dresde, 1727-1730) Allegro – Larghetto – Presto
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CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH (1714-1788) Douze variations pour clavecin sur La Folia en ré mineur, H. 263 (Hambourg, 1778)
FRANZ BENDA (1709-1786) Sonate pour violon et basse continue en fa majeur, L. III.70 (Potsdam, 1740-1755) Arioso poco andante – Allegro ma non molto – Allegro
JOHANN JOAQUIM QUANTZ Quatuor pour flûte, violon, alto et basse continue nº 4 en sol mineur, QV 4.11 (Dresde, 1727-1730) Allegro ma non tanto – Larghetto – Allegro
