Baroque Flute and Friends

Music of Handel, Bach, and Telemann

Friday, October 27, 2023

7:30 pm

Harris Concert Hall

Elise Blatchford, traverso

Mary Wilson, soprano

Stephen Karr, harpsichord

with 

Tim Shiu, violin

İdil Küçükdoğan, violin

Roberta Dos Santos, cello

Fantasia for solo flute no. 11 in G major   G. P. Telemann (1681-1767)

Allegro

Adagio - Vivace

Allegro



Ei! wie schmeckt der Coffee süße             J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

from Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, 'Kaffeekantate' - BWV 211



Süsse Stille, sanfte Quelle       G.F. Handel (1685-1759)

from Neuen deutsche Arien 



Felicissima quest’alma     Handel

from Apollo e Dafne



Pause



Fantasia for solo flute no. 2 in a minor     Telemann

Grave

Vivace

Adagio

Allegro



Aus Liebe           Bach

from St. Matthew Passion - BWV 244



Sweet Bird         Handel

from L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato




Translations 

Ei! wie schmeckt der Coffee süße – Bach  

from 'Kaffeekantate' - BWV 211


Ah! how sweet coffee tastes!
Lovelier than a thousand kisses,
smoother than muscatel wine.

Coffee, I must have coffee,
and if anyone wants to give me a treat,
ah!, just give me some coffee!

 

 

Süsse Stille, sanfte Quelle  – Handel

from Neuen deutsche Arien

 

Sweet silence, soft springs

Peaceful calm!

 

The soul itself will be gladdened,

When I, after this time

Of laborious futility,

this peace I will see

that awaits us in eternity. 



Felicissima quest’alma – Handel  

from Apollo e Dafne

Happy is this spirit,

Enamored only of freedom.

 

There is no quiet, no serenity

Where the heart is bound. 

 

Aus Liebe – Bach

from St. Matthew Passion  BWV 244

Out of love my savior is willing to die,

- Of any sin he knows nothing –

So that eternal ruin

And the punishment of judgement

May not remain upon my soul.




Elise Blatchford performs tonight’s concert on a replica of a flute by Friederich Gabriel August Kirst (1750-1806), a German flutist who went on to be a primary flute maker for the court of Frederick the Great in Prussia. King Frederick was a well-known flutist himself, and patronized many musicians, including Quantz and C.P.E. Bach. Some of Kirst’s flutes still exist today, held in private collections. This stained boxwood replica was made by Simon Polak (the Netherlands). It is graciously on loan from Daryn Zubke.