Union Station Fantasia

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Telemann, Fantasia #3

In case you haven’t been down near Union Station recently, long awaited construction has begun in earnest.

With a much talked about makeover, the erection of some pretty impressive hoarding seems to suggest that renos on the historic site and massive transit hub are finally getting underway.

I love how the sounds of construction in the background almost breathes with the music, especially as the first notes sound – it’s almost as if this Fantasia for Solo Flute were scored for flute and percussion!

Sure, I make a couple of flubs, but, like a lot of my recordings, this is a quick one-off as much to capture the unique acoustics of this wonderful lofted space, so I hope you can roll with joke! There’s a short break as I talk briefly with a couple of passers by, and then I carry on with the final movement.

Read an insightful treatise by Rachel Brown regarding Telemann’s 12 Fantasias here.