Georg Philipp Telemann
12 Fantasias for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba, TWV40:26-37 (1735) Dedicated to Mr. Pierre Chaunell (1703-1789)
Fantasia No.1 in c-minor, TWV 40:26 Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro Allegro
Fantasia No.12 in E-flat Major, TWV 40:37 Andante Allegro Vivace
Fantasia No.5 in B-flat Major, TWV 40:30 Allegro Largo Allegro
Fantasia No.11 in d-minor, TWV 40:36 Allegro Grave Allegro
Fantasia No.4 in F-Major, TWV 40:29 Vivace Grave Allegro
Fantasia No.9 in C-Major, TWV 40:34 Presto Grave Allegro

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Fantasia No.10 in E-Major, TWV 40:35 Dolce - Allegro - Dolce - Allegro Siciliana Scherzando
Fantasia No.8 in A-Major, TWV 40:33 Allegro Vivace Allegro
Fantasia No.3 in e-minor, TWV 40:28 Largo Presto Vivace
Fantasia No.6 in G-Major, TWV 40:31 Scherzando Dolce Spirituoso
Fantasia No.2 in D-Major, TWV 40:27 Vivace- Andante - Vivace Presto
Fantasia No.7 in g-minor, TWV 40:32 Andante Vivace Allegro Phillip Serna performs on a 7-string bass viol ‘Natalia La Reveuse - The Dreamer’ (after Colichon) by Jane Julier, Devon, UK, #129, 2007.

Located in 2014 by Thomas Fritzsch, a copy of Telemann’s self-published 1735 fantasias for viola da gamba survived near Hanover at Ledenburg Palace in the collection of Eleonore von Münster (née von Grothaus, 1734-1794). Dedicated to musical subscriber Mr. Pierre Chaunell (1703-1789) and published in a period when the viol was already out of fashion in Europe, Telemann’s unique fantasias encompass a plethora of forms - both old and new, inspired by the Polish and Moravian music of his early career, filled with techniques spanning fugal writing to elements of the rondo and concerto, straddling the High Baroque and the galant. Join New Comma Baroque’s Phillip Serna honoring the 250th anniversary of Telemann's death!