”Of a barbarian beauty” is how Telemann described the equally turbulent and melancholy folk music he heard while touring Poland. He acquired “enough ideas to last a lifetime”. Holland Baroque began an exploration with Canadian violinist Aisslinn Nosky and, besides his manuscript Danse d’Polonie they also discovered many Polish quirks in his music. The combination of proud Polish tradition and Telemann’s richness of ideas gives images of pristine nature as well as cosy pubs.

Holland Baroque
Aisslinn Nosky, Judith Steenbrink and Chloe Prendergast, violin
Filip Rekieć, viola
Tomasz Pokrzywiński, cello
Christoph Sommer, lute
Tineke Steenbrink, harpsichord