In the context of the release of a record dedicated to the fantasies of Georg Philipp Telemann, Patrick Oliva approaches music for solo violin with this dual perspective, offering a program that, like the genre of fantasy, develops freely as if it were improvised and questions the relationship that the performer maintains with the musical text that he declaims. He journeys through various aesthetics, intersects and confronts contrasting languages, juxtaposes polyphonic pieces of archaic style and accompanied melodies that anticipate the coming classicism. The resulting framework is enriched by the multiple perspectives and dialogues woven between the works.

The program naturally revolves around Telemann's fantasies, a formidable collection that synthesizes the diversity demonstrated by this composer; the old style coexists with the new in a kaleidoscope of particularly eclectic forms and affects. These pieces resonate as distant echoes of those by Johann Paul von Westhoff, the father of polyphonic writing for violin, which brings us back to the fundamentals regarding this unique way of treating the instrument. In a completely different universe, the fantasy of Nicola Matteis contrasts with the elegiac character of the sonatas of Giuseppe Tartini, whose minimal harmonic support is entrusted solely to the violin without recourse to the basso continuo (the composer liked to accompany himself in this way for some of his sonatas). In the background, the works of Johann Sebastian Bach scattered throughout the concert remind us of how much these masterpieces have marked the writing for solo violin with their genius and depth.

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