Postscript

The four temperaments

202178. Postscript De Vier Temperamenten © Concertomedia View trailer
202178. Postscript De Vier Temperamenten © Concertomedia
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About this concert

With the unusual combo of two traversos, a cello and a harpsichord, Postscript explores sonatas, dances and fantasias by Bach, Telemann and Handel, and identifies the four personality types or ‘temperaments’ that can be captured in sound. From sanguine to choleric and from phlegmatic to melancholic, Hippocrates’ theory is put to the ultimate acoustic test.  

Programme

  • Phlegmatic

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata for flute in B minor, BWV 1030
    Largo e dolce

    Sonata for two flutes and basso continuo in G major, BWV 1039
    Adagio 
    Allegro ma non presto 
    Adagio e piano 
    Presto 

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    Choleric

    1685-1750
  • Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

    Fantasia for harpsichord in E minor, F. 21

    1710-1784
  • Georg Friedrich Händel

    Sonata for flute in B minor, HWV 367b
    Presto 
    Alla breve 

    Melancholic

    1685-1759
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite voor cello no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
    Sarabande

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Triosonata, TWV 42:e11
    Tendrement 
    Viste (Gay) 
    Grave 
    Allegrement

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    Sanguine

    1681-1767
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Fantasia in G major, TWV 40:12

  • Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht

    Sonate pour la flûte traversière Ire et IIde avec la basse continue en sol majeur Op. 2
    Arioso, ma, non troppo adagio 
    Molto allegro 
    Presto

    1722-1794

Musicians

  • Aysha Will, David Westcombe traverso
  • Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde cello
  • Artem Belogurov harpsichord

About the performers

The core members of the Dutch ensemble Postscript are Aysha Wills (traverso), David Westcombe (traverso), Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde (cello) and Artem Belogurov (harpsichord). After winning the first prize at the international Brothers Graun Competition (DE) in 2018, Postscript performed a series of concerts in Germany. In June 2019 they recorded their first CD for the Dutch label TRPTK. Two days after its release, one track of the album was selected for Spotify’s ‘Best new Classical releases’ playlist, receiving more than 10,000 plays during that week. The ensemble members share a passion for exploring new ways to approach old music, through the use of both historical research and experimentation.

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