Having once gone out with a professional violinist who happened to be participating in a long concert series in which her orchestra was doing vast amounts of Telemann for some ridiculous reason, I can assure you -- having had to lovingly sit through this experience, including rehearsals -- that Telemann wrote lots of what I can only call Muzak crapola. If I never hear any Telemann ever again, I will count myself blessed. I would rather sit and listen to Mbo play the collected works of ELO on the Hohner harmonica. Truly.

yours, Peter T.