Georg Philipp Telemann Photo: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
Georg Philipp Telemann's family forbade him to play or study music. But he composed in secret and by the age of 12 he'd created the opera from with this Overture-Suite is derived.
In Vesa-Matti Leppänen's opinion it is "one of the most beautiful movements ever written".
Recorded 8 June 2019, St Andrew's on The Terrace, Wellington by RNZ Concert
Producer: David McCaw
Engineer: Darryl Stack