Like his slightly younger friends George Frideric Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach (both born in 1685), Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) enhanced his native German style of writing with contemporary French and Italian styles. His
Musique de Table or
Tafelmusik, one of the last examples of music to be played played at court feasts was published in 1733.
Tafelmusik is a collection of eighteen pieces divided into three sets of six. The Sonata à 4, TWV 43:d1 is the second piece in the second set. It was written for two transverse flutes, a solo alto recorder (or a solo bassoon), and continuo.
I have loved this piece since I first played it as a flutist nearly forty years ago (the first concert I ever played as a student at Juilliard). I think that it is one of Telemann's best pieces. You can listen to a recording of this arrangement
here.
And you can find the score and a set of parts on
this page of the IMSLP.
You can also hear a very nice recording by Musica Amphion of the original here:
First Movement Second Movement Third Movement Fourth Movement
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