FOR THE EARS Go Bach to the Concert Hall and Get a Handel on the Holidays Whil Pro Musica packages its bounty of year-end concerts as a Bach Festival, they have a wider range than the convenient title ...

The German port city of Hamburg was Georg Philipp Telemann's adopted hometown, so he knew about the importance of its sea-faring lifestyle. In 1723 he wrote a special suite called "Hamburg Ebb and ...

Experience the latest instalment in Australian baroque violinist and early music specialist Elizabeth Wallfisch’s epic series of recordings celebrating the music of Georg Philipp Telemann. The eighth ...

Among composers of the Baroque era, the names of Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi stand out. But according to the Guinness Book of World Records, the daddy of them all is one you might never even have heard ...

A listener recently contacted me about how moved he was listening to music by Georg Philipp Telemann on Sunday Baroque. He expressed wonder at the power of music, and about our fundamental human need ...

March 1, 2008 • The British band Red Priest, led by nimble-fingered recorder player Piers Adams, plays Baroque music with virtuosity and attitude. The adventurous group challenges perceived notions of ...

Georg Philipp Telemann was one of the most celebrated musicians of the 18th century. In Europe, his fame eclipsed that of his close contemporaries Handel and Bach and he left behind him a vast legacy ...

Hannah French marks the 250th anniversary of the death of Georg Philipp Telemann with a programme devoted to the composer's visit to Paris in 1737. Telemann was a huge star at this point in his career ...

Donald Macleod reviews the life and work of Telemann, most prolific composer of the baroque era, whose reputation, in his time, was even greater than that of his compatriot, Bach ...