Gratzer & Bittmann - Telemannia

GEORG GRATZER & KLEMENS BITTMANN "TELEMANNIA"

With over 3600 recorded works, G. Ph. Telemann (1681-1767) is one of the most prolific composers in music history. He also influenced bourgeois concert life by enabling public performances outside of any aristocratic or ecclesiastical frameworks. Jazz meets Telemann – while this headline is beautifully succinct, it falls short. For the two musicians, Georg Gratzer & Klemens Bittmann, do not only interpret the music of G. Ph. Telemann in their very personal way, but also well-known melodies by Astor Piazzolla, jazz fusion from John McLaughlin, and their own compositions. A fitting title for their collaboration is primarily the joy of jointly discovering the art of duo playing. Beginning in the Baroque period and extending to contemporary improvisations, Georg Gratzer & Klemens Bittmann have been illuminating and revitalizing this form of the most direct musical dialogue since their time together as students, using unconventional instrumentation.