Concert: Theotime Langlois de Swarte (03/22/2026)

Théotime Langlois de Swarte returns to Berkeley with an afternoon of solo violin concert.

Concert: Concerto Koln + Shunske Sato + Max Volbers (03/14/2026)

SFEMS presents Concerto Köln. Shunske Sato & Max Volbers. Attending Concerto Köln concert again after 14 years. Finally seeing Shunske Sato live for the first time. Last but not least, the brilliant young recorder/harpsichord player Max Volbers.

Concert: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra + Rachel Podger - Brilliant Baroque (11/06/2025)

Tafelmusik - Brilliant Baroque.

Rachel Podger guest conducting Tafelmusik. Finally hearing Tafelmusik live for the first time, and seeing Podger again after 10 years.

Telemann: Christmas Cantatas (Il Fondamento/Dombrecht)

 

Happy holidays. Beautiful festive Christmas Baroque music from someone not named J.S. Bach or Handel.

Telemann, partnering with hymnologist Erdmann Neumeister, were influential in shaping the German sacred cantata in the early 18th century. It was to have a profound effect on the likes of J.S. Bach, Fasch, Graupner, etc in their own compositions to come.

今年聖誕佳節聽的相關節慶音樂走德國路線。

"Wer ist der, so von Edom kömmt". Pasticcio Passion Oratorio.

 

Music for this year's Holy Week. "Wer ist der, so von Edom kömm". Pasticcio passion oratorio with music C.H. Graun, J.S. Bach, Telemann, Kuhnau, and ???.

Concert: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra - Double Espresso (02/02/2024)

Phlharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Double Espresso. Richard Egarr joined by wife Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya on the J.S. Bach double harpsichord concertos. 

Concert: Barthold Kuijken (02/18/2023)

 

Maestro Barthold Kuijken, Baroque flautist and true pioneer of the historically informed movement (HIP).

Telemann: Moral Cantatas

 

Telemann: Moral Cantatas

道德勸說，寓教於「樂」。

Telemann Sacred Choral Music (Rheinische Kantorei/Das Kleine Konzert)

Telemann Sacred Choral Music (Rheinische Kantorei/Das Kleine Konzert)

A Telemann Companion (Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin/Rene Jacobs)

 

A Telemann Companion

More like, all previous Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (Akamus) recordings of Telemann on Harmonia Mundi, with a serious math typo!

Telemann: Flute Duets (American Baroque)(Reighly/Moore)(Zohn/St. Martin)

 

Telemann Flute Duets
TWV 40:101-106
TWV 40:130-135
TWV 40:141-146

Telemann: Sonates Corellisantes (Collegium Musicum 90 / Ensemble Rebel)

Concert: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (03/06/2014) (Music from the Heart of Europe)

Bing Concert Hall

Concert: Wieland Kuijken (03/04/2014)

Telemann: Darmstadt Overtures (Concentus Musicus Wien / Harnoncourt)

「Darmstadt」會讓我回想起2000年暑假到德國當交換學生的那段日子。當時透過大學母校University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign與Technische Universität Darmstadt(史上第一個成立電機系的學校)大學之間交換計劃，有幸到Darmstadt待一個半個月。如今再回憶來，那可能是我最懷念的暑假之一。

Telemann: String Concertos II - Sinfonia Spirituosa (Musica Antiqua Köln / Reinhard Goebel)

直接在這兒開宗名義：如果今天發生了天災，只能從手邊的CD裡挑選出幾張跟著逃難，那這張會是其中之一。在我生日的這一天，特別為它寫那麼長的篇幅，就可知道我對這一張CD的厚愛。

Telemann: Water Music and Hamburg Admiralty Music (Barockorchester Bremen + Alsfelder Vokalensemble / Wolfgang Helbich)

1723，是漢堡(Hamburg)成立海軍部的一百週年。當初漢堡同幾個歐洲重要港口城市，因為貿易而興盛。漢堡是帝國自 由城市，除了有錢的中產階級，還有部份的自治權。為了保護自己商船的安全，免於海盜的攻擊，持續海上貿易的進行，漢堡城1623正式成立海軍部。一年週年 慶，整個漢保市舉辦了隆重的慶典，不僅在港口的船開砲慶祝，更是擺了一整晚的宴席，一直到天亮。