Presented by Algoma Conservatory Concerts - Classical Series

On Tour From Montreal

Ensemble Caprice

(Soprano and 7 instrumentalists)

Telemann On Fire

Concertos, Cantatas and Nomadic Music from Eastern Europe

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If there were a frequent-flyer program in the 18th century, Georg Philipp Telemann would have been a platinum member.

Restless, curious, and endlessly inventive, Telemann absorbed musical influences the way others collected stamps. While firmly rooted in the German Baroque tradition, he was famously fascinated by Polish and Eastern European folk music — rhythms he encountered firsthand and described as delightfully “barbaric” (a compliment, in his vocabulary). Their asymmetry, drive, and earthy vitality left a permanent imprint on his style.

The program places Telemann alongside anonymous pieces from the Uhrovska zbierka (1730), a remarkable Slovak manuscript preserving Central European instrumental traditions. The dances titled Hungaricus, Pulcher, or Ballet Doctoris Fausti pulse with rustic energy, surprising turns, and the kind of rhythmic snap that makes musicians sit up straighter. These were melodies shaped by migration, trade routes, and tavern floors — music that traveled light and burned bright.

Telemann’s sacred arias — Ertrage nur das Joch der Mängel, Jesu, komm in meine Seele, and Brecht meine müden Augenlider — reveal another fire altogether: inward, expressive, and deeply human. His writing balances spiritual reflection with melodic immediacy, always singing, never static.

The Concerto in e minor for recorder and flute shows Telemann at his most combustible. Fiery quick movements frame moments of lyrical calm, while folk-inspired rhythms flicker beneath the surface.

“Telemann on Fire” celebrates a composer who knew that borders are porous, that high art thrives on low dances, and that the most refined counterpoint sometimes benefits from a little village dust.

Lean in. The embers are still glowing.

We have presented Ensemble Caprice for several seasons. Each year they prepare a fantastic new program with strings, recorder and voice that tours across Canada under the artistic direction of Juno Award winner Matthias Maute. The sound of the full ensemble is spectacular in THE LOFT. 

Anonymus                                                                          Fa nye mama                                                                                    

G. Ph. TelemannCantata Ertrage nur das Joch der Mängel TWV 1:479       

(1681-1767)                                        

G. Ph. Telemann/Collection Uhrovska (1730)Modéré – Musette – Presto - C276 - C257

G. Ph. Telemann                                                              Aria Dieses was auch mein Verlangen TWV 12:1a                            

Anonymus (Collection Uhrovska zbierka 1730)                     Hungaricus 25 / Hungaricus  23 /                                                              

                                                                                                Hungaricus 53 / C 106                                  

-          Intermission   -

G. Ph. Telemann                                                              Aria Jesu, komm in meine Seele TWV 1:1074                                             

Anonymus (Collection Uhrovska zbierka 1730)                      Pulcher/Anglicus/Ballet Doctoris Fausti ad mensam         

G. Ph. Telemann                                                              Aria Brecht meine müden Augenlider TWV 4:17                                                   

G. Ph. Telemann                                                              Concerto in e minor for recorder, flute, strings and bc

                                                                                                Ksobassu Nota – Largo – Allegro  - Largo - Presto               

Anonymus (Collection Uhrovska zbierka 1730)Netrap zradna / Hungaricus 15 / Iag Bari                               

Ensemble Caprice

Janelle Lucyk - soprano

Matthias Maute - artistic director, recorder, traverso

Sophie Larivière - recorder, traverso

Lucie Ringuette -violon baroque

Tanya LaPerrière-violon baroque

Jean-Christophe Lizotte-violoncelle

Kerry Bursey-guitare baroque

Ticket Prices (Including all fees):

Adults: $42, 30 and Under: $28