Michel Blavet | Ouverture from ‘Le Jaloux corrigé’,
Georg Philipp Telemann | ‘Paris Quartet’ Nouveaux quatuor en six suites, Deuxième Quatuor TWV43:a2,
Jean-Pierre Guignon | Violin Sonata op. 6 no. 1 in A major, Andante – Allegro non troppo,
Antoine Forqueray *| La Guignon, Cinquième Suite, Pièces de viole (published by Jean-Baptiste Forqueray),
*Michel Blavet |* Flute Sonata op. 2 no. 3 “La Dherouville”, Adagio, Giga (Allegro),
*Georg Philipp Telemann** |* ‘Paris Quartet’ Six Quadri, Sonata II, TWV43:g1 in G minor*,

Telemann took off to Paris in 1730 and 1737 to visit a flautist, violinist and viola da gamba player (fairly good ones at that). He wrote some quartets for them to all play together, (Telemann played the harpsichord) and then published them in two sets: Quadri and Le Nouveaux Quatours. Paris was a melting pot of European influences and so theres a combination of styles and techniques from the continent.

As you can imagine the other quartet members wanted a piece of the action... Forqueray (the gamba player) was a bit of a virtuoso, so he wrote some really very very challenging music for the gamba - although most people were getting a bit bored of hearing the gamba, so probably didn’t get the recognition he might have before, though he certainly made his point.

The violinist, Guignol, was an Italian bloke and apparently the top player in France. "Number one” so they say. As you can imagine he was a bit of a show-off, judging by some of his ridiculously difficult compositions.

The flautist, Blavet, was less of an attention seeker and a bit more savvy - he spotted a gap in the market and wrote lot’s of flute music in easy keys to sell to the growing number of amateur flute players. He also composed four operas in his lifetime, three were lost (they’re probably hiding somewhere) 'Le Jaloux Crorrigé’ is an early french comic opera.