At the annual advent concert of Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra, Baroque music and a festive atmosphere are traditionally at the heart of the programme.

This year’s  focus is on Georg Philipp Telemann, one of the most prolific composers of the Baroque period. Anna Elísabet Sigurðardóttir will perform as soloist in Telemann’s Viola Concerto, while Zachary Silberschlag is soloistt in Telemann’s Trumpet Concerto. The programme also features works by Telemann’s friends and colleagues. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was Telemann’s godson. The concert will include one of his string symphonies, composed shortly after he succeeded Telemann as music director in Hamburg. RCO will also perform works by two of Telemann’s close friends. Christoph Graupner met Telemann when they were both studying and working in Leipzig. Graupner was employed at the court of Darmstadt, where the Trio sonata was composed, Johann Georg Pisendel was concertmaster of the Collegium Musicum in Leipzig, which Telemann founded. Pisendel later became a highly influential violinist and composer, spending most of his professional career as concertmaster of the Dresden Court Orchestra. The concert concludes with one of his best-known works, Fantasie. „Imitation des caractères de la danse“.

Programme
Christoph Graupner: Trio Sonata in b-minor GWV 219 for Flute, Violin and Basso continuo

Georg Philipp Telemann: Viola Concerto in G-major TWV 51:G9.
Soloist: Anna Elísabet Sigurðardóttir

Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach: Symphony in C  Wg. 182/3

Georg Philipp Telemann: Trumpet Concerto in D-major TWV 51:D7.
Soloist: Zachary Silberschlag

Johann Georg Pisendel: Fantasie. „Imitation des caractères de la danse“
(1687–1755)
Loure
Rigaudon
Canarie
Bourée
Musette: Lentement
Passepied: Gay, accelerando poco a poco
Polonaise: Majesteusement
Concertino: Presto

Duration: approx. one hour, without intermission.

Free admission for 12 years and younger.