You will not see this man at the next concert. Or should I say Quantzert..... But you will hear quintessential quartets and quintets (and trios...) of a quality and quantity that will make you quake and quiver and possibly make you want to quaff something quickly to recover from this questionable and queer writing. Perhaps a quiz is what we need!Who is this man??
What do we need him for??
Where are the "R"'s???
Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773) composed prolifically for the flute, and wrote a tome on flute playing and performance in general, including chapters on ornamentation. His writing is opinionated, informative and educational. We will play his music and also choose bits to read from the book, and demonstrate how ornament is used to enhance the performance of baroque music.
And then we will move on to our favorite "R"'s: Rosenmuller, Roman, of course Rossini, and a couple others.....
