Delectable Listening
Michala Petri plays Telemann -
admired by ROBERT ANDERSON''The performance is indeed triumphant.''
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Handel was only sixteen when he first met Telemann. They remained in touch, and Handel later sent him from London a selection of rare plants. Telemann was godfather to Bach's second son and wrote a fine poem after Johann Sebastian's death. Since then Telemann's reputation has wavered...
Copyright © 2 February 2014
Robert Anderson, London UK
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