harpsichord

Rachel Barton Pine, violin, & Jory Vinikour, harpsichord (U.S.)

He conducts both of the college's choral ensembles; teaches applied and class voice, and harpsichord; designed and teaches a course in world music; and serves as coordinator of the Musica Viva Concert Series.

His friend and harpsichord player Terence Charlston said the profound impact of it saw him eventually dedicate his life to the music, sound, and making of harpsichords, based on the methods of great makers of the past.

Born in Tehran in 1984, Esfahani studied piano with his father before exploring the harpsichord as a teenager.

The book goes on to contain Kirkpatrick's Reflections, which give a clear perspective of the history of harpsichord performance, the early music movement in his day, and display the author's immense contribution and role in shaping music history, which continues to help us as players and musicologists today.

Esfahani studied harpsichord in Boston, and spent many years playing under the guidance of legendary Czech harpsichordist Zuzana Ruzickova.

In fact, he could hardly have done much better - because, from the bustling celebration of JS Bach's Brandenburg Concertos to the energy and invention of his harpsichord concertos, music simply doesn't get any more satisfying - or timeless - than this.

The musicians who will be performing are Virginie Bove on the flute, Sorin Alexandru Horlea on the violin, and Nicolas Melis on the harpsichord.

After working with the harpsichords in Florence, Cristafori experimented with building another instrument.

The typesetting is clean and offers some convenient aspects, including a written out harpsichord part (versus figured bass), a double bass part that is not just a duplication of the cello, and printable PDF solo and orchestral parts included on a CD.

Funaro is a facile virtuoso whose hands turn easily from technical brilliance to lyricism, humour and pure emotion bringing the harpsichord to life.

They recorded their debut album, My Heart's Sick Chord, in the first half of 2011, an album dedicated to Bach's favourite instrument, the harpsichord.

Analekta is quick off the mark to honor the occasion with this CD of cantatas featuring two young, up-and-coming Canadian singers with a Montreal-based instrumental ensemble directed from the harpsichord by the ever-solid Montreal keyboard fixture, Luc Beausejour.