| 单词 | harpsichord |
| 例句 | The harpsichord plucks along, the violins make big baroque flourishes—the low, angled space of the attic brims with sound. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z My mother was perching herself before the harpsichord. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She has to shout above the sound of a dozen violins and a harpsichord. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z On this head, are not the afternoons spent playing Corelli with my mother—afternoons defunct, now that her harpsichord was sold—do these not seem like the arts of idleness? The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The harpsichord’s heyday lasted from this period until the piano gained popularity in the mid-eighteenth century. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The three of them are sitting around the dining room table, candles jumping to the harpsichord music drifting from the speakers. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z They were storing all the fragile pieces in the cellars, including the harpsichord. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Two or three stout-bodied moths circled the lamp that stood upon the harpsichord. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z My mother would play upon the harpsichord, and he would lie upon the sofa, tapping his hand out of time. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The oldest surviving complete harpsichord dates from 1521 and is Italian, the sophistication of its mechanism suggesting that the techniques for making harpsichords were already extremely well advanced by then. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Across the room, my mother would be learning her lessons on the harpsichord. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He taught my mother the art of playing the harpsichord, and, when I was four or five, began to tutor me on the violin. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Then the letter lay exposed on her mother’s lap, and Cecilia was on her feet, then moving toward them from the harpsichord stool. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z This made well temperaments particularly welcome for players of difficult-to-tune instruments like the harpsichord and piano. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z But for many instruments, such as piano, organ, harp, bells, harpsichord, xylophone — any instrument that cannot be fine-tuned quickly — tuning is a big issue. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The instrument commonly called the "piano" by the way, was originally called a "pianoforte" because it could play dynamics, unlike earlier popular keyboard instruments like the harpsichord and spinet. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z We spun out the somber passages, our violins singing one to the other as my mother played upon the harpsichord, and perhaps this is as much of her sadness and joy as I shall know. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z At 11, she played piano, the harpsichord, the violin, and sang in the church choir, but suddenly, her interest in music faded. What happened when I discovered my brother was a sexual predator 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z The director of the Academy of Ancient Music, from Britain, returns to New York for a solo harpsichord recital, titled “Clogg’d in the English Vein.” Classical Music in NYC This Week 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Another Baroque concert and another harpsichord you can barely, if at all, hear. Europa Galante's graceful time warp back to Vivaldi's final season 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z The repeating underlying passacaglia theme was set forth by harpsichord, cello and bass; there were duets, a pizzicato episode, violins questioning and answering each other, a lot of dynamic contrasts. Bernard Labadie's welcome return to Disney Hall 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z In the Double Concerto of 1961, the piano and harpsichord, each allied to its own chamber orchestra, speak in languages appropriate to their timbres. Elliott Carter, Composer of the Avant-Garde, Dies at 103 2012-11-06T03:06:19Z “It seemed to me at the time that the harpsichord really saved his life,” he added. He Was a ‘Bad Boy’ Harpsichordist, and the Best of His Age 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z If the harpsichord is a tool for Mr. Esfahani, who’s eloquent and smart, and at times angry and combative, what is it for? Making the Harpsichord Modern Again 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Having started out as a harpsichord player, it also seemed somewhat inevitable. William Christie, conductor – portrait of the artist 2013-06-25T18:00:00Z He himself played both chamber organ and harpsichord, and even that was pious: painted on its lid was a Latin quote from the Magnificat. Les Talens Lyriques ? review 2010-12-07T22:40:00Z Rodriguez made no attempt to emulate the touch or the textures of a harpsichord in this reading. Rodriguez ends International Piano Festival with imaginative takes on classical pieces Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, based in San Francisco and one of the country’s most respected period-instrument ensembles, will be passing its harpsichord, too. Passing the Baton (and Harpsichord) at Philharmonia Baroque 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Eclipse played both pieces in updated versions: the Vivaldi on modern instruments and with no harpsichord or continuo instrument and the Piazzolla in Leonid Desyatnikov’s arrangement for solo violin and string orchestra. Review | Everyone’s a soloist in Eclipse Chamber concert 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Three instruments in particular benefited from his attention: the guitar, harpsichord and recorder. Stephen Dodgson obituary 2013-04-15T15:52:17Z The Brook Street Band knew about me because the mother of the harpsichord player had been giving me flute lessons. Handel and me 2012-11-30T22:55:12Z Still, he often played rolled chords and scurrying passages with a slightly metallic gloss and textural lightness that intriguingly evoked the sound of the harpsichord. Review: Piotr Anderszewski Goes for Dim Lights and Intimacy at Carnegie Hall 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z The house contained an antique harpsichord, on which Ross made his breakthrough Rameau and Couperin recordings and played many of the Scarlatti sessions. He Was a ‘Bad Boy’ Harpsichordist, and the Best of His Age 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Baroque tinges from the harpsichord underpin the violin’s elegant lines. Music Review: A Breathless Boccherini, an Unnerving Shostakovich 2010-11-23T23:40:00Z The Question of Instrument wittily examines Gould's preference for the piano over the harpsichord. Glenn Gould Plays Bach – DVD review 2012-12-13T17:28:31Z In the Biber works the excellent continuo players were Mr. Stein, on both harpsichord and organ; Ezra Seltzer, on cello; and Charles Weaver, on theorbo. Music Review: Exploring the Intricacies of the 17th Century 2011-07-31T21:56:33Z Stubbs conducted while standing in front of an elevated harpsichord, which he occasionally played – sometimes only in part of a selection, sometimes only with one hand – while giving the orchestra and chorus cues. On a day of tragedy, a compelling ‘Messiah’ | Classical review 2012-12-15T17:50:42Z The strings laid down a thick blanket of sound for the thin harpsichord texture, as Bezuidenhout wove his web of relentless precision. Delightful evening of Bach, and those he inspired, at SSO 2011-10-29T17:24:05Z These harpsichord lessons, a varied mixture of dance pieces and other movements, have never been recorded before. CD reviews: Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s latest Mozart is a missed opportunity 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z She’s a musical pioneer, a grande dame of her country’s music scene, the first person in the world to record the complete harpsichord music of Bach. A survivor’s life in music 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z The work is set to Richard Strauss’s adaptation and orchestration of some of Couperin’s pieces for harpsichord, composed from 1713 to 1730. Alexei Ratmansky Celebrates Richard Strauss 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z Ms. Saariaho’s orchestration, with prominent harpsichord to suggest the period, is vibrant, consisting mainly of somewhat static textures, whether dense or shimmering. Critic?s Notebook: A Mistress of Voltaire, Set to Video 2011-06-05T22:05:53Z He sometimes played upon his harpsichord and flute, but was almost constantly engaged with his own mistempered fancies ... Lambeth Palace to exhibit 400 years of religious and royal treasures 2010-05-12T17:31:00Z Originally written for a two-manual harpsichord, they have been played on piano, organ, accordion, harp, bassoon, jazz guitar, flute, by a string orchestra, and the list goes on. A celebration of ‘theme and variations’ 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z The harpsichord, on the other hand, added not more than the faintest glittery tinkle. Hip harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani goes for Baroque but is unfortunately hard to hear 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z But another benefit was variety; here individual solo voices were more easily distinguished than in the harpsichord version. Music Review: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra at Zankel Hall ? Review 2011-11-21T23:08:19Z The composer and singer Sara Nova wrote a song for voice and harpsichord from these three phrases, and the result is sad but thrilling. Suzanne Bocanegra’s Haunting, Beautiful Clutter 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Most of the Purcell and much of the Britten used continuo accompaniment: mere harpsichord and cello. Review: Orchestra of St. Luke’s, With Susan Graham 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z The Concerto No. 5 comes close to harpsichord concerto territory. Music Review: ‘Brandenburg’ Concertos at St. Paul’s Chapel 2012-12-28T23:48:01Z Affectation and ostentation are not part of his makeup and, once seated at the instrument, he and the harpsichord become one. Young harpsichordist continues to amaze 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Suzuki is a cool customer with long, straight white hair who exudes a priest-like air when he leads his players from the harpsichord. Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan's impeccable taste shows at Disney Hall 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Her voice adapts to different situations from track to track: floating in isolation or layered in counterpoint within halos of hiss and static, among twinkling harpsichord, electric piano and found-sound ambience. Music Review: Sarah Cahill and Julia Holter at Le Poisson Rouge 2012-03-08T00:17:18Z At times, though, the ensemble, with Suzuki at the harpsichord, confronted the audience with an undifferentiated wall of sound. Review: Bach Collegium Japan Returns With Chamber Music 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z She began with Lou Harrison’s Six Sonatas for Cembalo, written in 1943, which use the harpsichord like a modern West Coast percussion instrument, but which also allude to Baroque practices, particularly in tuning. Instrumental mayhem in the name of Bach: Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile and company 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Châtelet played the harpsichord, and Émilie’s most personal forebodings and memories are often accompanied by harpsichord passages lightly evoking Baroque styles. Music Review: Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Émilie’ at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater 2012-07-20T23:33:07Z A must for those who think the Stones lost something when they stopped featuring harpsichords on their records. Readers recommend: foreign language versions ? the results 2011-03-10T17:26:30Z An all-around early music guy whose recording of Bach harpsichord suites is a knockout, Halls also happens to be big on 19th century opera, symphonic blockbusters and contemporary music. In an orchestra's meet-and-mash of Kanye West and Beethoven, classical kicks it with a hip-hop beat 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z The Consort’s acting artistic director, Todd Fickley, led eight instrumentalists from the harpsichord. Review | Washington Bach Consort gives a cheerful performance fit for spring 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Ignoring Bach's extraordinary body of organ music, Ken Cowan began the program with Max Reger's powerful arrangement of the composer's Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue for harpsichord. Originality enlivens the birthday party for Hurricane Mama 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z The museum's 800 or so instruments on public display are the superstars of a broader collection of more than 15,000 pianos, harpsichords, guitars, horns, drums and other musical items. SD museum adds Elvis' guitar to vast collection 2013-04-25T16:14:15Z Finally he added a harpsichord, an anachronism but at least a quaint and acoustic one, along with a cello, an accordion, some mandolins, lutes, whistles and a melodica. Why is a zany comedy troupe performing ancient Roman theater? The story behind the Troubies' 'Haunted House' 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z “Truly in baroque repertoire, especially when you perform chamber-music pieces, there is nothing wrong with directing from the violin or harpsichord,” Sinkovsky writes. Seattle Symphony audiences have never heard a ‘Messiah’ production quite like this season’s 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z I watched a small girl in a tulle tutu try to scale a vitrine of Meissen porcelain statuettes by Johann Joachim Kändler, particularly enchanted with one group, a fox accompanying a singer on harpsichord. Is Disney the Met’s Fairy Godmother? 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z Cuiller is a master of the ebb and flow of harpsichord sound, the sustained resonance and eloquent overlapping of notes. Mr Tomkins: His Lessons of Worthe ? review 2011-07-30T23:05:32Z There's nothing like it in music: the concept, the way it makes time and rhythm move, the instrumentation – that bloody harpsichord! Elliott Carter remembered: 'Music seemed to erupt from his very being' 2012-11-06T18:41:42Z Handel’s eight suites for harpsichord, published in 1720, haven’t always gotten as much attention or respect among performers as the keyboard works of Couperin, Rameau or, especially, Bach. The 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2020 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Goren, who will conduct from the harpsichord, said that he relished the chance to work with members of the Trinity Baroque Orchestra. Gotham Chamber Opera Has Rare Works and Many Venues 2013-12-24T21:40:58Z It's useless to play a long tremolo on the mandolin while the other musicians play the same thing, so I chose to play with the harpsichord's arpeggios. In his Hollywood Bowl debut, Avi Avital aims to reshape the sound of classical music 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Born into a family of classical musicians, Ms. Jansen sang in church from a young age, played Bach sonatas accompanied by her father at the harpsichord and witnessed rehearsals of early-music groups in her home. A Violinist as Riveting in Silence as in Sound 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z This may be the time to bring up harpsichord hatred. Hip harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani goes for Baroque but is unfortunately hard to hear 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z She plays this tidy and serene Satie-like miniature aggressively, messily distorting tone and time, the heavily amplified harpsichord adding a palate of unexpected new sound effects. Patricia Kopatchinskaja shows her astonishing artistry on 'Take Two' and 'Chiaroscuro' 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z The ensemble’s violinists took turns as concertmaster, and if Mr. Stein conducted from the harpsichord, he did so subtly. Music Review: Baroque 4x4 Festival at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church 2012-08-28T21:04:06Z In Bruges, we came across a grand exhibition of musical instruments, where I was thrilled to have the chance to try out a harpsichord. ‘I couldn’t deal with it, it tore me apart’: surviving child sexual abuse 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Miller says Morlot was "very excited to be involved, and strict about using the specific instruments" called for in Ullmann's eclectic orchestration, including banjo, harpsichord, guitar and saxophone. Music of Remembrance to stage Viktor Ullmann's 'Emperor of Atlantis' 2012-11-15T22:28:03Z The Apollo’s Fire arrangement thrusts the instruments forward, starting with Ms. Sorrell’s harpsichord. Complex Pleasures Rooted in Love, Delight and Song 2011-07-30T04:00:25Z The opera abounds with gorgeous melodies and beautiful instrumental music, performed impeccably by a small period ensemble including the violinist Robert Mealy and led by Avi Stein on harpsichord. Music Review: Opera Omnia?s ?Giasone,? at Le Poisson Rouge - Review 2011-09-03T00:00:03Z Photograph: Tristram Kenton The delicate colours of theorbos, viola da gamba, harpsichord and recorders are swallowed up in the cavernous Coliseum but still managed to sound sensuous. The Flying Dutchman; Medea – review 2013-02-24T00:07:18Z Someday, perhaps, a lively musicologist will examine the history of the harpsichord and hipness. Hip harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani goes for Baroque but is unfortunately hard to hear 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Weinberg adds a harpsichord to the latter to create the equivalent of a five-movement baroque concerto grosso. Weinberg: Symphonies Nos 1 & 7 2010-06-03T22:16:00Z Wedow conducted the recitatives and arias mostly from the harpsichord, where he is a master stylist in achieving just the right fluid interconnections; he is supportive but never intrusive. ‘Messiah’ rings out, with Gary Thor Wedow at the helm 2013-12-22T02:43:48Z That seems the right instinct for the subject, and though the scoring is richly varied, including harpsichord and electronic elements, the orchestra is small. Music Review: Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Émilie’ at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater 2012-07-20T23:33:07Z There is no real body of music for a lute and harpsichord duo. The Gentle, Brilliant Bros of French Baroque Music 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Rather as with the debate about whether Bach sounds best on the piano or the harpsichord, there is no right answer, and most Bach lovers are happy to be of two minds. Review | British harpsichordist plays Bach with precision, clarity and finesse at Phillips Collection 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z A Clavinet looks like an electric keyboard, but it is an electro-mechanical string instrument originally developed for the performance of classical harpsichord and clavichord music. Dissecting Stevie Wonder’s "Superstition," 50 years after we first heard its infectious grooves 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z It takes a village to perform Handel’s “Messiah”: a nimble and speedy chorus, an accomplished orchestra, four virtuoso soloists, and a keyboard player who is equally adept at the harpsichord and the organ. Hallelujah! Seattle Symphony and Chorale deliver an energetic, nuanced ‘Messiah’ 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z The top layer was made up of a short two-part invention and a trio sonata; the Bach bread underneath was the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D Minor for harpsichord. Bach forever! Camerata Pacifica enters the fray 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Mozart composed it at 20, possibly for the harpsichord, as fortepianos were not widely available in Salzburg, where he lived at the time. Music Review | New York Philharmonic: Jeffrey Kahane Leads the New York Philharmonic 2010-03-26T20:47:00Z Mr. Esfahani was asked to put together a list of vital harpsichord works from the 20th and 21st centuries. Making the Harpsichord Modern Again 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Neither the piano nor the organ mesmerized him as much as the harpsichord, which he first heard at the age of 9, sitting in the library after school. The Pugnacious Performer Who Wants to Take the Harpsichord Mainstream 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z “The powerful and dark brilliance of the sound with colors always suggestive of organ stops is unique to the Gräbner harpsichords,” Mr. Phillips writes in the program booklet. Artek Celebrates the German Harpsichord 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z He offered crystalline phrasing that would not have been out of place on the harpsichord — an instrument he also happens to play — while drawing hushed, beautifully rounded tone from his Steinway. Review | Subtle, understated, or simply muted? Pianist offers restrained beauty in WPA debut. 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z He wrote a treatise about harpsichord playing, but if you were to play him by his own rules on the modern piano, in my opinion it might not work. For This Pianist, Every Album Is an Essay 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z It was as an early-music performer focused on harpsichord music from the 17th and 18th centuries that Schenkman established his reputation. Byron Schenkman & Friends present the poetry of Schumann, played and sung 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z At Saturday’s performance, which was livestreamed, the use of an organ, played by Avi Stein, as opposed to a harpsichord, provided a mellow, cloudlike underlay. Around New York, Different Ways of Hearing Handel’s ‘Messiah’ 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Mealy everywhere led the fine Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra with spirit and drive, essentially acting as conductor, though Mr. Stubbs took the lead from harpsichord and lute in “La Resurrezione.” Review: Operas Within Operas Within Operas: A Baroque Explosion in Boston 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Carter scored his antiphonal concerto for piano and harpsichord soloist, with each accompanied by a small chamber orchestra. Music Review: American Soundscapes Ensemble at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-29T20:31:54Z And the Adagio harpsichord introduction to a sonata in C minor showed off Christie’s magic touch, his phrasing noble yet gentle. Les Arts Florissants Returns to New York, Endangered 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Germany was a collection of principalities and city-states at the time, and later came wars and devastation, harpsichords hardly suffering the worst of it. Artek Celebrates the German Harpsichord 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Neal Goren, the company’s artistic director, conducted from the harpsichord a small group of players drawn from the estimable Trinity Baroque Orchestra. Opera Review: ‘La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers’ at St. Paul’s Chapel 2014-01-02T22:36:48Z Like their 1997 track Message from Home, the theme to the itself, The Equestrian Vortex, is filled with harpsichord and tumbling, jazzy drums that recall the Pentangle's Terry Cox. Broadcast: Berberian Sound Studio Original Soundtrack – review 2013-01-03T15:30:02Z The Us is great – is that a harpsichord we hear before us? New band of the day ? No 766: I Am Arrows 2010-04-15T10:56:00Z Despite his responsibilities there and a busy schedule as a guest conductor, he still makes time for a solo harpsichord career. Richard Egarr brings ancient music to life at Library of Congress concert 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z The audience perambulates around the building following the six singers and three versatile musicians: cello, violin and harpsichord. Dido and Aeneas; Aurora Percussion Duo, Bartosz Glowacki; Alina Ibragimova & Cédric Tiberghien – review 2013-01-13T00:06:16Z Shimmering harpsichords, minimalist pulses and layers of her voice in the lower registers give “Sculpting the Exodus” a vertiginous depth. Circuit des Yeux battles through grief to create an artistic triumph 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Biondi and his excellent ensemble of nine strings, harpsichord and lute have, instead, more grace than flair. Europa Galante's graceful time warp back to Vivaldi's final season 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z He also provided nimble harpsichord accompaniments during the recitatives, which enhanced the organic shape and flow of the performance. Music Review: ?Don Giovanni? at the Metropolitan Opera - Review 2011-10-14T18:50:40Z The melody is sweetly ornamented, with bright rivulets of harpsichord, as Hope narrates the plangent letters, full of existential angst, she writes to pop divas like Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. Review: In ‘You Us We All,’ a Symbolic Hope Writes to Pop Divas 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z His own solo harpsichord recital earlier was exemplary. Accademia Bizantina/Dantone – review 2012-06-26T15:00:01Z Trumpeter Kris Kwapis joins the orchestra for “Baroque Celebration!,” a program of trumpet sonatas by Corelli and Handel as well as works for strings and harpsichord and selections from SBO’s new Vivaldi CD. Arts and entertainment highlights for the week of Dec. 23 2012-12-20T00:49:36Z Here is Thomson the master at work: Wanda Landowska’s harpsichord recital was “as stimulating as a needle shower.” An Essential Music Critic, but Nobody’s Role Model 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z After a gloomy opening, the short second movement concludes in a comparative rush, with strangely strutting passages for double bass, harpsichord, harmonium and trumpet. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z A few years later, his mother moved her two sons to France, and Ross, by then adept at the organ, entered the Nice Conservatory, where he delved into — and increasingly concentrated on — the harpsichord. He Was a ‘Bad Boy’ Harpsichordist, and the Best of His Age 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Bezuidenhout, who played continuo harpsichord in “Chaos” and the sinfonias, was the refined soloist in J. S. Bach’s Concerto in D minor. Music Review: ‘The Baroque Vanguard,’ at the Miller Theater 2013-04-30T20:55:35Z As expressions of Bach’s virtuosity, solo pieces for cello, violin and harpsichord dotted the evening. Review | The Knights weave old and new in concert of surprises at Dumbarton Oaks 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z It mixes unusual instruments that sound to my ears like harpsichord, sitar and strings played in Middle Eastern modes. Why Doctor Strange shares its psychedelic DNA with Pink Floyd 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Ross, then in his early 30s, was already one of the most eminent harpsichord players in Europe. He Was a ‘Bad Boy’ Harpsichordist, and the Best of His Age 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z His varied instruments, atmospherically recorded, include a fine example of a rare hybrid called the claviorganum, which combines the sounds of the harpsichord and the organ. Mr Tomkins: His Lessons of Worthe ? review 2011-07-30T23:05:32Z He also learned the organ and the harpsichord so he could play continuo. A Rising Conductor Who’s ‘Not Just a Pair of Hands’ 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z But his new concerto makes another leap by turning the spotlight on the theorbo as the protagonist, here accompanied by a chamber orchestra of strings and harpsichord. The magic lute: Baroque instrument gets electric update for world premiere 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z You would play music with the lady of the house, on a harpsichord whose lid was painted with scenes of mythological romance. On the Trail of a Lover Boy in the Age of Enlightenment 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z "A piano accelerates to a flickering tremolo as a harpsichord slows to silence," wrote composer and musicologist David Schiff, describing Carter's music. Award-winning U.S. composer Elliott Carter dies at 103 2012-11-06T00:53:04Z I would tell him: “On this song, I want a harpsichord, a theremin, Caribbean congas and upright bass, but it would be nice to have an electric bass, too. And a sitar.” Donovan to Enter Songwriters Hall of Fame 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Timbres of strings, winds and harpsichord stacked in throbbing dissonance, a grinding wall of sound melting into ordered harmony — so began the world, according to French baroque composer Jean-Féry Rebel. Review | NSO presents an exuberant panorama of early music 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z There’s a harpsichord; there are eight guitars in the percussion section, tuned to open tuning. After Two Hit Operas, a Composer Takes on the Bleak Prairie 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z It is only the presence of the harpsichords and the suggestive power of the name "Bach" that keeps the music in the Baroque era at all. Review: Koopman, SSO go for Baroque 2011-05-14T17:08:05Z Of course: Steve Reich’s “Piano Phase,” rearranged and overdubbed for single harpsichord. Classical Playlist: Teodor Currentzis, Bach and Per Bloland 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Cheng played not with the left hand but both hands to better control harpsichord resonance felt. Instrumental mayhem in the name of Bach: Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile and company 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Carter was intrigued by the modern harpsichords that became briefly popular after World War II, before they became obsolete with the rage for historically minded performances of Baroque music. Bach forever! Camerata Pacifica enters the fray 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z The Iktus players updated this instruction by playing samples of harpsichord and orchestral music, rock and funk from a laptop, which allowed them to control which sections of each sample were heard. Music Review: Iktus Percussion Plays John Cage at Le Poisson Rouge 2012-07-09T22:27:57Z In a poignant image Ms. Kleiter is imprisoned within the enormous harpsichord, bound by its strings. Music Review: Francisco Negrin Directs ?Rinaldo? for Lyric Opera of Chicago 2012-03-01T23:12:14Z “My dad’s way of dealing with his depression was to build something, a harpsichord or cabinets or a loom,” he says. ‘Hollywood Is Changing,’ Says Its Veteran Activist, Tim Robbins 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z Bach’s music, played on a harpsichord representing his time and place: as natural as this may seem, it is an infrequent event, at least in New York. Artek Celebrates the German Harpsichord 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z There was little flashiness, as such, in Mr. Weiss’s reading on the harpsichord. Music Review: Intricate Journey Contained in One Multifaceted Work 2011-02-02T22:20:45Z Its not often that you hear a trombone alongside a harpsichord. At Seattle Symphony, Strauss worth savoring 2014-03-07T18:53:25Z Ms. Bond’s quirky “Peculiar Plants,” originally for solo harpsichord, was effectively rearranged for the ensemble by the guitarist and Cygnus leader William Anderson. Music Review: Cutting Edge Concerts Continue at Symphony Space 2010-04-06T22:28:00Z The elegant performance preceded an extraordinary rendering of Bach's Third Brandenburg Concerto in which Seattle Symphony first violinist Cordula Merks led 10 players, three each of violins, violas and cellos, plus double bass, and harpsichord. Seattle Symphony goes for Baroque in 'Like Father, Like Son' program 2012-03-10T20:40:13Z With the introduction of the fortepiano, for example, Haydn was able to write smooth, singing lines that could have been barely hinted at on the harpsichord. In a Forest of Instruments, Signs of Evolution 2010-09-03T17:20:00Z He recently expanded an already prolific discography with “The Art of the Harpsichord,” the culmination of years of becoming acquainted with the rare historical harpsichord collection of the National Music Museum in Vermillion, South Dakota. Byron Schenkman & Friends present the poetry of Schumann, played and sung 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Think the harpsichord is an inherently limited instrument, too quiet, too inexpressive, too inferior to a modern piano? Making the Harpsichord Modern Again 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z "They were both great improvisers," he said — Handel on harpsichord, Hendrix on guitar. Jimi Hendrix, George Handel: On the street where they lived (in London) 2010-08-25T23:00:00Z The Venice Baroque Orchestra’s program on Friday, led from the harpsichord by the group’s founder, Andrea Marcon, actually offered more than the advertised Vivaldi. Review: Venice and Vivaldi, Center Stage at the Metropolitan Museum 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z But when played by the strange combination of an Arabic fiddle, saxophone, frame drums, zithers, cello and harpsichord, Bach’s melody sounds decidedly Turkish. Music Review: Ensemble Sarband in White Light Festival - Review 2011-11-21T23:11:33Z Stephen Dodgson had a particular affinity for the guitar, harpsichord and recorder. Stephen Dodgson obituary 2013-04-15T15:52:17Z The Lincoln Center performances will also include a fortepiano instead of a harpsichord. Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Joins Mostly Mozart 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z The modern piano has shamelessly infiltrated the vast repertoire originally written for harpsichord. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z He might well have been playing his barely audible harpsichord for himself. Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan's impeccable taste shows at Disney Hall 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z In the finale, while the strings continue to play more fluently, flute, percussion, harp and harpsichord engage in a series of marcato chimelike chords. Dance Review: Moving Preciously to the Music, Sometimes Stealing Away With It 2010-09-23T21:53:00Z Music lovers will long remember the roaring excitement of George's Bach performances on the harpsichord with his longtime duo partner, flutist Jeff Cohan. Tribute: George Shangrow, a roaring presence on Seattle's classical-music scene 2010-08-07T00:21:00Z Bach wrote the 30-variation set for harpsichord, an instrument most notable for transparency, delicacy and agility. Organist Brink Bush brings out the best of Bach 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z These will be available for purchase or free download for each of the standard orchestral string, woodwind and brass instruments as well as for recorder, saxophone, euphonium, piano, harpsichord, guitar, harp, percussion and voice. Carnegie Unveils Music Education Program 2011-03-25T23:03:39Z Hodges attended elementary school at Christ Church Cathedral School in Oxford, where he took lessons on the viola, the oboe, the harpsichord and the organ, in addition to the piano. A Pianist Adapts to Life With Parkinson’s Disease 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z From the start, liquidity was a keyboard ideal, and an ocean of music evoking water has been written over the centuries for harpsichord, clavichord, fortepiano and modern grand. The natural elements prove a breeze for Vicki Ray's Piano Spheres recital at REDCAT 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z I think it might have been their electric harpsichord that they left in the studio, too. The Zombies resurrect their famous album 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Cummings led, with a lively bounce, from the harpsichord. An Early-Music Ensemble Gives a Handel Opera a Period Punch 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z That repeat sets off the charming dance in the middle, highlighted by Egarr’s use of a soft, lute-like stop on the harpsichord. CD reviews: Cellist Isserlis shows guts in Bach 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Stein’s readings were graceful and rhythmically supple, and were couched in a delicate but invitingly warm sound, as harpsichord tone goes. Music Review: Baroque 4x4 Festival at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church 2012-08-28T21:04:06Z Dodgson always rose to the challenge presented by an improbable melange of instruments, including, in 1999, High Barbaree, for recorder, guitar and harpsichord. Stephen Dodgson obituary 2013-04-15T15:52:17Z This 13-minute suite is essentially Mr. Adès’s arrangements of three harpsichord pieces by that French Baroque master. Music Review: David Zinman Leads Philharmonic in Mendelssohn and Mozart 2013-12-06T22:21:02Z Many modern composers note the return to the harpsichord, especially when a pianist like Cheng, who is well known for premiering much new music, takes an interest in the early instrument. Instrumental mayhem in the name of Bach: Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile and company 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z A harpsichord, a theorbo and a viola da gamba sound alongside an upright piano and an electric organ. A Queer Revolutionary Classic Book, Now Onstage With Music 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Nakamatsu devoted his program mostly to Romantic music — works by Brahms, Liszt and — but he began with an elegant, texturally transparent account of a Rameau Gavotte with six variations, originally for harpsichord. Music Review: Muscularity and Grace in Sounds of Romance 2011-04-13T22:13:16Z Giustini maximized the expressive potential of the piano and its ability to produce contrasts in dynamics, an element lacking on the harpsichord, its predecessor. Music Review: Olivier Cavé Plays Bach and Others at the Frick Collection 2014-03-17T22:13:54Z A music lover, Sherman brought a harpsichord with him and later arranged for a small organ to follow. The More We Learn About ‘Dido and Aeneas,’ the Less We Know 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z The result is a film that tells the story of 20th-century Czech history and conveys a sense of the harpsichord as a living instrument. A survivor’s life in music 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Harle’s electronic setup was flanked by a harpsichord on one side and a string trio, but the musicians disappeared after a little Baroque-versus-electronic byplay, and the dance beats and pitched-up vocals began. Review: PC Music and Sophie in a High-Concept Extravaganza at BRIC House 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z Planned for release in June, it will inaugurate a cycle of the composer’s complete harpsichord works, emulating his mentor Růžičková in a 21st-century context. A controversial harpsichordist? The adventurous Mahan Esfahani makes his Seattle Symphony debut 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z The continual, anguished collapsing seemed cartoony against the score’s antic qualities, its riffs on Franz Liszt with saxophone and harpsichord. Dance Review: ‘Capture/Release’ Uses Lar Lubovitch Dancers 2013-06-26T21:49:30Z By and large, when pianists play Bach or Handel, you don’t want to hear an imitation of the harpsichord, much less with Brahms. Review: Richard Egarr and Carlo Grante on Keyboards 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Later, seated on a platform, Ma sounded more glamorous, projecting into the room more in the Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1, with Kahane directing traffic from a harpsichord. In Yo-Yo Ma concert with L.A. Chamber Orchestra, simplicity outshines the showmanship 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z The orchestra of eight, conducted by Mr. Stein from the harpsichord, played with spirit and polish once past some confusion in the violins at the start. Music Review: Opera Omnia Takes ‘The Return of Ulysses’ on a New Route 2013-09-11T21:05:22Z “But that’s the world I came from. I had a three-manual harpsichord, and I played that. I played electric piano and zither, or something wild like that.” Thom Bell, a Force Behind the Philadelphia Soul Sound, Dies at 79 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z A wispy tinkle of harpsichord and it's over – "like a wink," says Salonen. Salonen, CSO scale majestic heights of Bruckner symphony 2011-03-04T18:35:00Z For the new production Mr. Wilson added a brief Prologue, sung — in the best Baroque tradition — by La Musica, with harpsichord accompaniment. Music Review: A Long-Dead King Sets Out to Upgrade His Brand?s Image 2011-01-26T23:03:16Z In the late 1960s, this view — and a well-reviewed harpsichord concert at Carnegie Hall — caught the attention of Columbia Records executive Clive Davis. Anthony Newman ready to 'wow' on Disney Hall's 'Hurricane Mama' organ 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z The high point of the movie is a harpsichord and Stratocaster duet played by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Jimi Hendrix, a nicely conceived and executed demonstration of how genius recognizes genius. ‘Bill & Ted Face the Music’ Review: Be Adequate to Each Other 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z The Baroque revival in the '60s renewed interest in the instrument, and metallic harpsichords even began showing up on Beatles and Rolling Stones songs. Hip harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani goes for Baroque but is unfortunately hard to hear 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Their music is a similar mishmash of disco and psychedelia, using everything from vocoders to harpsichords, violins to double-necked guitars, and ending up somewhere between the Scissor Sisters and the Flaming Lips, with Prince-style narratives. Of Montreal ? review 2010-10-07T21:30:00Z Far from my dictionary’s fling, “unrestrained pleasures or dissipation,” this was a genteel affair, as you would ordinarily expect of an evening of violin, two viols and harpsichord. Music Review: Repast Baroque Ensemble at the Baruch Performing Arts Center 2013-05-24T21:17:11Z It’s a little like hearing a piano and harpsichord playing together. Ensemble Galilei at National Gallery closes out holiday offerings 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z In a small rehearsal room upstairs, where the students were gathered, Saariaho set down her bags on a covered harpsichord. The Troubadour and the Lady 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z The 800 or so instruments on public display are the "superstars" of the broader collection of pianos, harpsichords, guitars, horns and drums. SD museum with rare instruments seeks $15M revamp 2013-02-17T19:19:09Z The challenges are more pronounced on the harpsichord than on its modern equivalent, and one of the best at making the older instrument sparkle is Richard Egarr. CD reviews: A cellist’s solo “Trance.” 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z His introduction to the harpsichord came through its Czech exponent Stanislav Heller, for whom he wrote his first set of Six Inventions in 1955. Stephen Dodgson obituary 2013-04-15T15:52:17Z The piece is actually a scholarly reconstruction, retrofitted to its original solo instruments from Bach’s later version for two harpsichords. Helmuth Rilling returns to NSO with sweet gifts of Bach Mr. Kahane conducted from a harpsichord, improvising an accompanying part, or continuo, to the symphony. Jeffrey Kahane Conducts New York Philharmonic Using iPad 2011-11-23T23:13:25Z The range of works that survive today — 24 symphonies, a dozen concertos, the same number of violin sonatas, six published harpsichord sonatas, music for church services — suggests he was no compositional slouch. William Herschel Is Famous for Science. What About His Music? 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z But once the piano took over in the 19th century, old harpsichords were refashioned into desks and other pieces of furniture. Hip harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani goes for Baroque but is unfortunately hard to hear 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z This program of all six Bach sonatas for violin and harpsichord was the most recent of several appearances in the past couple of years around Washington. Violinist Pamela Frank presents a rich program of all six Bach sonatas 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z During this time, she switched from piano to the organ, adding harpsichord studies at conservatory. A Baroque Specialist Gets the Philharmonic to Play From the Gut 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z For some it will recall the band Vampire Weekend, which used sprightly harpsichord in a song about a Manhattan crosstown bus. Review: In ‘You Us We All,’ a Symbolic Hope Writes to Pop Divas 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z The first season’s artists, 16 of whom are based in New York, include Conceptual artist Cory Arcangel, who chose the harpsichord, found in the Musical Instruments Room displayed alongside forte pianos. Artists on Art: A New Web Series From the Met 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Pieces by Bach and Haydn seemed to show an awareness of historically informed performance practice and the sounds of both the harpsichord and the fortepiano. A young virtuoso makes his D.C. debut 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z He created for clarinet, piano, harp, harpsichord, marimba and percussion. You’re the Choreographer, an iPad’s Your Stage 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Ms. Wang, cavorting in costume, played keyboards with the ensemble and prefaced the cheerful epilogue with a giddy cadenza on digitally sampled harpsichord. Music Review: Light and Color in an Undulating Cloud 2010-10-18T22:29:00Z He had tuned his harpsichord not to the relatively smooth, equal temperament of modern times, he explained, but to a “severe” mean-tone temperament used in the early 17th century. Review: A Harpsichordist Who Keeps His Listeners Off Balance 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Pedja Muzijevic, on harpsichord, provided a crisp backbone for all the concertos and in the Fifth — an early premonition of a keyboard concerto — he contributed an exhilarating, wildly chromatic cadenza. Music Review: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Plays Bach 2013-12-17T22:02:05Z Saturday’s concert offered a fascinating cross section of styles, in German works for multiple harpsichords, two in each case except for the Bach blowout. Artek Celebrates the German Harpsichord 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Harp and harpsichord had Baroque-era tunings and provided extra perfume to his most delicious melodies, such as the one for violin sensuously played by Shalini Vijayan in a movement honoring Fragonard. What do microtones have to do with global warming? Two concerts offer an answer 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z Yet even with a touch of amplification, the harpsichord was sometimes hard to hear through the full-bodied sound of the modern strings in the ensemble, conducted by Mr. Lubman. Music Review: ‘The Baroque Vanguard,’ at the Miller Theater 2013-04-30T20:55:35Z She was playing the harp and listening to harpsichord music. Richard Linklater and Ellar Coltrane on 'Nerding Up' 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z The most obvious of those threads is the number seven: seven acoustic instruments — violin, viola, cello, flute, harp, percussion and harpsichord along with synthesizer, augmented by electronics — traverse seven movements, each cast in seven sections. Exploring the Magic of Seven 2010-09-17T19:44:00Z Think the sound a harpsichord produces is too dainty? A controversial harpsichordist? The adventurous Mahan Esfahani makes his Seattle Symphony debut 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z “The harpsichord opened me up to modern music,” Mr. Esfahani said. Making the Harpsichord Modern Again 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Bruce conducted, from the harpsichord, members of the festival orchestra and a strong cast. Colonial Roots at Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, S.C. 2010-05-30T22:11:00Z But in a era of bombarded ears, the harpsichord's beauty, range of timbre and texture, and, yes, hipness can only be appreciated close-up. Hip harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani goes for Baroque but is unfortunately hard to hear 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z “The only problem,” he says, “was that the harpsichord was tuned a semitone flat.” Perspective | Can Meghan and Harry make you care about Handel? 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z For the rest, imagine lush chordal textures, note-bending Hasidic tunes and a touch of hoedown bowing, all underpinned by a lute, harpsichord and cello continuo section. Critic?s Notebook: A Festival Brings the Obscure to the Fore, With a Global Touch 2011-06-20T21:59:21Z With harpsichord, it was plucking strings; piano, it was hammers hitting strings. The Genius of ‘The Nutcracker’? It’s the Sugar Plum Fairy 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z Most of Bach’s harpsichord concertos, she explained, were composed initially for other instruments, often violin. Music Review: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra at Zankel Hall ? Review 2011-11-21T23:08:19Z The morbid graveyard scene startled the ear with a richly twanging harpsichord that seemed to be grinding out delirious, slow-moving fantasias in the style of a latter-day Bach. Nikolaus Harnoncourt Explores ?Porgy and Bess? 2010-06-04T13:37:00Z This will not be Monteverdi as we have heard him; there will be nary a period instrument in sight, neither a harpsichord nor a sackbut, a theorbo nor a cornett. Nico Muhly Modernizes Monteverdi With ‘Irreverent Veneration’ 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z He finally got a harpsichord at age 16. The Pugnacious Performer Who Wants to Take the Harpsichord Mainstream 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z I’ve played a lot of recitative with harpsichord in my life. Old-Fashioned Approach to Met?s New ?Don Giovanni? 2011-10-09T03:45:05Z Why shouldn’t they be interested in the harpsichord? Making the Harpsichord Modern Again 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z In composing the tracks, Ellis wanted to shy away from the expected “lutes and harpsichords” approach. She’s Marianne Faithfull, Damn It. And She’s (Thankfully) Still Here. 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Still, Miller became known for his distinctive arrangements, such as the use of a harpsichord on Clooney's megahit version of "Come On-a My House." Conductor Mitch Miller dies at age 99 2010-08-02T18:27:00Z Esfahani was introduced Thursday as having said he took up the harpsichord as an act of teenage rebellion. Hip harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani goes for Baroque but is unfortunately hard to hear 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Around her, an orchestra darkened by the absence of its violin sections murmured and roiled, its sound colored with itchy harpsichord, twinkling celesta and harps, burnished Wagner tubas and an enormous, roaring tam-tam. Music Review: Orchestra and Violin, Matching Wits 2011-04-01T22:59:41Z Mr. Mortensen imparted tremendous energy to the young string and, at times, woodwind players, providing occasional keyboard flourishes but leaving most of the continuo work to players on a second harpsichord and a positive organ. Review: A Vivid Vision of Muffat at Juilliard415 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z He used a classical-sized orchestra for the Mozart and Beethoven, and a smaller one, just 24 string players and harpsichord, for the Vivaldi. A night of masterful grace with violinist Itzhak Perlman 2012-02-23T17:32:54Z A piano and harpsichord play mute in “Forgotten Light,” their mechanisms hoping to create notes now improbable. Chaya Czernowin’s ‘Wintersongs’ at Miller Theater 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z The playing was very fine, but the harpsichord version seemed more varied and even more visionary by comparison. Bach’s Goldbergs: Variations on a review 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z He was soon joined by Todd Fickley on harpsichord, wheeled on stage on his own rolling platform. The Washington Ballet, perfectly balanced in Forsythe’s ‘In the Middle’ 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z They further blended ideally with the ensemble of two violins, viola da gamba, theorbo and Christie's harpsichord. William Christie, with small Les Arts Florissants group, works magic 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Instead of using his full ensemble, he led a string quartet from the harpsichord, billed as the Sinfonia New York Chamber Players. Music Review: Sacred Works by Pergolesi at Church of the Epiphany 2010-03-29T21:11:00Z Just a few days after his Seattle engagement, his schedule takes him to London for an evening of harpsichord and electronics. A controversial harpsichordist? The adventurous Mahan Esfahani makes his Seattle Symphony debut 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z He also aims to bury the harpsichord’s antique image. Making the Harpsichord Modern Again 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z The small orchestra of strings, oboes, bassoon, brass and harpsichord was on its toes. At Hollywood Bowl, Nicholas McGegan is the man for all seasons The cast has three singers, who will be accompanied by a baroque violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord. | Oct. 17 ? 23 2010-10-15T16:51:00Z Three weeks ago, Sam Post performed the whole set at Epiphany on the piano, layering on a dimension of color not available to the harpsichord. Organist Brink Bush brings out the best of Bach 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Directed from the harpsichord with precision by Bicket, the English Concert have a marvellously acute understanding of Handelian sensuousness. Joshua/Connolly/Bicket 2010-04-05T21:30:00Z About this time, baroque instruments — the harpsichord and the viola da gamba among them — evolved into instruments that had more oomph, and more expressive possibilities. How ‘A Mad Love’ of Opera Has Played Out From 17th-Century Mantua to 21st-Century New York 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z But Thomas Crawford, the orchestra’s music director, chose to lead them more or less passively from the harpsichord, flagging the occasional cadential slowdown. Music Review: American Classical Orchestra Plays Bach at Alice Tully Hall 2012-11-28T23:05:18Z The one thing, here, to mystify Bach was the harpsichord itself. Instrumental mayhem in the name of Bach: Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile and company 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Bach’s music is now so often performed on the piano that it takes a moment to adjust when hearing it on the harpsichord. Music Review: Mahan Esfahani at the Frick Collection 2012-04-02T22:11:47Z This was Koopman's one time in the program to shine as a harpsichord virtuoso, and he made the most of it, trading roller coasters of swift lines with Mathot. Review: Koopman, SSO go for Baroque 2011-05-14T17:08:05Z He had to be led to his harpsichord and could only improvise. Handel and me 2012-11-30T22:55:12Z Neon harpsichord levitates the elusive lyrics, sung delicately by Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser. Reissue of Massive Attack’s Mezzanine Highlights Band’s Influence 2013-11-15T16:52:52Z That said, it was of course right and proper to open with the original harpsichord version. Bach’s Goldbergs: Variations on a review 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z He spoke of the instrument’s “sustaining power,” something harpsichords reputedly lack, and its buildup of sound. Artek Celebrates the German Harpsichord 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Emelyanychev leaped from his seat at the harpsichord and broke out a recorder for a solo. Review: Joyce DiDonato’s ‘Eden’ Takes Root at Carnegie Hall 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z That the piece, to a harpsichord concerto by Bohuslav Martinu, doesn’t quite go anywhere didn’t detract from its interest; it was the only work slightly to rattle sensibilities or expectations. Dance Review: San Francisco Ballet Finishes Its London Season 2012-09-25T22:04:19Z Rousset uses one of the oldest surviving French harpsichords for the recording, too – a recently restored instrument from 1658, with a beautifully reedy sound that suits these pieces perfectly. Couperin: Suites 2010-07-15T21:45:00Z Kelly Savage’s synthesizer produced a credible digital harpsichord sound; a vibraphone-marimba patch Ms. Savage adopted for Ms. Palmer’s arias heightened their burlesque character. Music Review: ?The Judgment of Paris? by Morningside Opera - Review 2011-09-01T22:41:50Z I love the Double Concerto for piano, harpsichord and two chamber orchestras. Elliott Carter remembered: 'Music seemed to erupt from his very being' 2012-11-06T18:41:42Z Gesture seemed more important than clarity, with Aimard pushing the piano more to the liquid sound of the organ than to the brilliant, plosive precision of the harpsichord. French pianist Aimard delivers strange recital at Library of Congress Given the labor that goes into building and maintaining each harpsichord, and the tactile connection between a player’s fingertips and the sounds he produces, he asked, “How is the harpsichord different from craft anything?” Making the Harpsichord Modern Again 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Their changing styles reflected the transition from the metal-framed instruments of the Wanda Landowska generation to the more resonant classical-replica harpsichords, and indeed to more authentic performance practice, with appropriate and stylish ornaments. Stephen Dodgson obituary 2013-04-15T15:52:17Z He uses the pedal with great finesse to create a subtle lyrical flow, rather than attempt to achieve the effect of harpsichord clarity. Igor Levit, the best Russian pianist you haven't heard...yet 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Charlotte Nediger, on harpsichord, and Ms. Mackay, on bass, were also solid presences, and the bursts of virtuosity were too widespread and numerous to list. ArtsBeat: Star-Studded Early Music in Toronto 2011-03-04T20:30:25Z At Armida’s word a huge harpsichord descends from above: literally her instrument of enchantment. Music Review: Francisco Negrin Directs ?Rinaldo? for Lyric Opera of Chicago 2012-03-01T23:12:14Z He recalls visiting a museum of historic musical instruments in Berlin, where he was very moved to see the harpsichord that belonged to Bach. Books of The Times: ‘Reinventing Bach,’ by Paul Elie 2012-10-07T20:25:38Z The “Capriccio on the Departure of a Beloved Brother,” positioned as a solo harpsichord interlude between the two secular cantatas, was less persuasive. Review | Washington Bach Consort gives a cheerful performance fit for spring 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z In a nod to period practice, continuo support was provided by both harpsichord and period piano, and the orchestra pit was raised almost to the floor level of the National Theater. Opera Review: No Beauty Goes Unexplored in ‘La Clemenza di Tito’ 2014-02-17T16:05:54Z There is no way to know this, but the look of Bach on his portraits makes me think that he, steady at the harpsichord controls, would have reacted exactly the same way as Suzuki. Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan's impeccable taste shows at Disney Hall 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z But later, when I was recording some session guitar for Kevin at Abbey Road, there were all these wonderful instruments around: harpsichords, timpanis, tubular bells – so I would experiment on them before every-one else arrived. How we made: Richard Branson and Mike Oldfield on Tubular Bells 2013-05-20T16:44:32Z The realization of the continuo parts is shared among lute, harpsichord and organ to subtle and varied effect. CD reviews: A Hungarian master stirs the senses and the mind 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z The encores were a movement from a CPE Bach concerto and, with an orchestra bass player and harpsichord, "Autumn Leaves." Marsalis, Philadelphia orchestra go by the book at the Wallis 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Also, there is no harpsichord in “Stairway to Heaven.” The Unoriginal Originality of Led Zeppelin 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Esfahani did address the quietude of harpsichord music in answer to a question from the audience afterward, noting that it is an instrument for quieter times. Hip harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani goes for Baroque but is unfortunately hard to hear 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Now it is directed by Harry Bicket, who leads it from a stack of keyboards — a legless harpsichord, resting atop a chamber organ. Music Review: Period Music, Played With Freewheeling Touches 2010-10-16T01:24:00Z The brunt of the energy in this “Agrippina” hovered around Ms. Peterson, who conducted the scrappy period-instrument orchestra from the harpsichord, her playing crisp and propulsive. Opera Review: ‘Agrippina’ by Operamission Sees Rome in a Satiric Light 2014-01-22T16:44:15Z And in his campaign to get the harpsichord on everybody’s radar, he is downright feisty. The Pugnacious Performer Who Wants to Take the Harpsichord Mainstream 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The rest of the program was played by a large group, in Baroque terms: eight violins, two violas, two cellos, bass, Baroque guitar, theorbo and harpsichord. Music Review: Baroque 4x4 Festival at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church 2012-08-28T21:04:06Z The harpsichord, folded into the texture, emitted an appealingly gentle tinkle. Around New York, Different Ways of Hearing Handel’s ‘Messiah’ 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z A polymath whose degrees are in composition, conducting and harpsichord performance, as well as opera directing, Nelson, 39, founded his own company in Baltimore in 2002. Perspective | In opera, small is the new grand: The revamped In Series shows the way 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Saturday’s program pays homage to Bach with a harpsichord concerto, a cantata and an orchestral suite. Classical Music Listings for Sept. 9-15 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Still, the ear was repeatedly seized by arresting combinations of timbre, like a glowing mix of harp, percussion, harpsichord and celesta that surfaced near the end, and Mr. Fulmer’s prodigious playing commanded attention throughout. Music Review: New Juilliard Ensemble Plays Fulmer and Kapica 2010-04-30T20:24:00Z In the single movement for harpsichord alone, in the middle of the sixth sonata, Prutsman’s rough edges brought an unwelcome harshness. Violinist Pamela Frank presents a rich program of all six Bach sonatas 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z In 1911 the brilliant harpsichord pioneer Wanda Landowska discovered the piano languishing in the same drafty monastery where Chopin and Sand had stayed. An Ingenious Frédéric Chopin 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z As a toddler, the young boy gravitated toward his father’s harpsichord — but he wasn’t interested in touching the keyboard. How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z The set design is virtually nonexistent — unadorned floors and walls dotted with a harpsichord, some stringed instruments, a fencing sword mount and a table with quills and an inkwell. ‘Barococo’ Review: Fop Till You Drop 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z On the recorded version of “Rainbow,” Riley played all the instrumentation himself, using overdubs to build layers of electric organ, harpsichord, tambourine and an Indian goblet drum called a dumbec. Terry Riley’s Avant-Garde Sounds Are Still Casting Spells 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z But he seemed to settle in beautifully on Tuesday, bringing in the period orchestra New York Baroque Incorporated, a group of budding stars, and conducting from the harpsichord. Cobbling Together a Christmas Music Marathon 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Julian Perkins plays the harpsichord and Rachel Brown the flute at the National Gallery's Vermeer exhibition. National Gallery's Vermeer-themed show gets musical accompaniment 2013-06-25T16:36:21Z We spent the afternoon at the conductor’s house, playing the harpsichord and talking about music. ‘I couldn’t deal with it, it tore me apart’: surviving child sexual abuse 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Conducting "Don Giovanni" for the first time and playing the recitatives from the harpsichord in the manner of Mozart's era, Luisi led a brisk and musically satisfying performance that included many fine details. Review: One dull `Don Giovanni' replaces another 2011-10-14T19:06:15Z She would play the harpsichord from behind a screen, Ms. Katigbak recalls his saying, “because there were no Asians in France at that time.” An Asian-American Theater Company Cuts a Fresh Casting Trail 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Bach was writing at a time of great technological change, as harpsichords and clavichords were giving way to fortepianos, a shift that allowed composers to develop new means of expression. Listen to Keyboard Music by Bach (No, Not That One) 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Handel’s solo keyboard music constituted a relatively small part of his output, although his harpsichord scores were disseminated more widely during his lifetime than the more numerous keyboard works of either Scarlatti or Bach. Classical Recordings: ‘Handel: Keyboard Suites’ by Lisa Smirnova 2012-09-29T23:03:03Z A motley sisterhood of keyboard instruments — virginals, clavichords, harpsichords — squat on platforms and tables. Metropolitan Museum?s Western Instruments, in a Shinier Home 2010-03-11T23:20:00Z "I sometimes think Scarlatti must have travelled to the 18th century from the future, because his keyboard music implies tonal effects and colours that seem unimaginable on a harpsichord," agreed WaxwingSlaine. Readers' reviews 2011-02-10T22:10:00Z Mr. Worrell’s varied repertoire of keyed instruments included the electric organ, harpsichord, melodica and clavinet, but his style seemed always to contain a bit of that inexplicable style he helped refine: funk. Bernie Worrell, keyboardist and songwriter for Parliament-Funkadelic, dies at 72 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Brahms’ piano transcription was returned to a Bachian harpsichord but tuned a little differently, so that it sounds closer to a Baroque violin yet also with a very distant flavor of Lou Harrison’s California. Instrumental mayhem in the name of Bach: Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile and company 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z "Modern Vampires" is still a distinctively Vampire Weekend album: harpsichords, gospel pianos, Jamaican influences are liberally applied. Vampire Weekend switch it up, some, on third album 2013-05-16T16:14:08Z By comparison with the copies of original harpsichords now increasingly available, it was fast becoming a pariah. Rafael Puyana obituary 2013-03-09T18:43:43Z Stephen Stubbs, the noted early-music specialist, conducted from the harpsichord and the lute. Review: ‘La Calisto’ by the Juilliard Opera 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z His voice underlined by a creepy harpsichord, Tom wins his soul, but Nick takes his mind. Review: A ‘Rake’s Progress’ for a Fame-Hungry Internet Age 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Think that the harpsichord is exclusively an instrument for the music of centuries past? Making the Harpsichord Modern Again 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z The stylistic challenges of French harpsichord music exceed those of Bach, with an equal number of uncertainties and arcane rules, particularly as to ornaments. French pianist Moulin shows promising talent in short but sweet performance Ms. Toth discussed the differences in touch and sound production on the harpsichord and clavichord from those of the piano, and amateur performers who attended were able to play a bit themselves. Artek Celebrates the German Harpsichord 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z The rhythm is immediately locatable as Brazilian but, with an acoustic guitar and harpsichord chiming on top, it's an ornate, refined sound, perhaps at odds with the subject matter. Readers recommends songs about South America: The results 2010-06-24T22:00:00Z Onstage a dancer pretends to play the gargantuan harpsichord. Music Review: Francisco Negrin Directs ?Rinaldo? for Lyric Opera of Chicago 2012-03-01T23:12:14Z Rameau was a major French composer of opera and harpsichord music from the Baroque era. SBO conductor candidate Kevin Mallon leads Bach cantatas 2014-03-19T19:52:56Z These early English harpsichord pieces had no history of piano performance until Gould’s charismatic advocacy. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Classical Music 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z The baritone Russell Braun was appealing as Olivier, the poet who is outraged when, in a rush of inspiration, Flamand sets Olivier’s sonnet to music and sings it for the Countess at the harpsichord. Music Review: Words or Music: Why Choose? 2011-03-29T22:23:23Z The performance featured an accomplished young cast and the fine conducting of Laurence Cummings, an early-music specialist, who drew crisp, textured playing from the orchestra and led the continuo section from the harpsichord. Music Review: Garsington Opera’s ‘Olympiade’ by Vivaldi, in England 2012-06-24T22:11:06Z Alternating between legato and staccato, her tone practically bounced off the harpsichord, and she tumbled gracefully through intricate passagework. Review: Bach Collegium Japan Returns With Chamber Music 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Landowska did much to revive the art of harpsichord playing in the 20th century. Music Review: Mahan Esfahani at the Frick Collection 2012-04-02T22:11:47Z Amherst magazine described it as “a cross between a harpsichord and a pinball machine.” Lewis Spratlan, Who Took Winding Route to Music Pulitzer, Dies at 82 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z He conducted himself, from the harpsichord, a five-piece instrumental ensemble, and he kept many of the da capo arias complete, with an eye to musical rather than dramatic integrity. Review | The In Series adapts an opera about a crazy, juvenile ruler to the standards of our time 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z The Hendrix exhibition, which runs to Nov. 7, is a bit of a shock next to the muted gray walls, oil paintings and harpsichords of the rooms devoted to Handel's life. Jimi Hendrix, George Handel: On the street where they lived (in London) 2010-08-25T23:00:00Z In his alluring “Varied Quintet,” for violin, harp, harpsichord and percussion, Harrison let bells ring the way bells like to ring in all their sonic complexity. What do microtones have to do with global warming? Two concerts offer an answer 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z The fact is for nearly the entire evening, the harpsichord remained inaudible. Hip harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani goes for Baroque but is unfortunately hard to hear 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z “I adore the piano, but it’s like I’m covering my mouth when I play it. The same goes for the violin, which I’ve also played. For me, the harpsichord is super direct.” A controversial harpsichordist? The adventurous Mahan Esfahani makes his Seattle Symphony debut 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z The Met, after all, is a superb Mozart orchestra, and Mr. Luisi, who conducts “Don Giovanni” from the harpsichord, has a firm grasp of the composer’s style. Music Review: Fabio Luisi With the Met Orchestra at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-10-17T15:15:08Z Guitars, harpsichord, drums, scat-singing and vocal harmonies ebb and flow through the song, all delivered as if it were simple and homespun. David Crosby’s 15 Essential Songs 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z If you think chamber music only means musicians playing centuries-old polite melodies on a harpsichord, violinist Kristin Lee would like to have a word with you. Emerald City Music explores connections between classical music and jazz 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z And just like her sentient severed hand companion and host of macabre hobbies, Wednesday Addams also comes with a musical signature: four rising harpsichord notes and two finger snaps. When Tim Burton needs a composer, Danny Elfman snaps up the gig 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z It involved processing on a then supercomputer seven pieces for harpsichord, one of them by Busoni. Review: An unforgettable performance by SF Symphony reveals Busoni in his full glory 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Or a kid suddenly obsessed with harpsichords can assemble her own Jean Rondeau marathon in an instant. Perspective | With a new classical-only app, Apple frees the music from its metadata 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Bach’s harpsichord concertos and other works; 7 p.m. Byron Schenkman & Friends celebrates past and present of classical music 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z The annual “Evolution” concert launched two years ago with a performance tracing the history of keyboards through harpsichord, piano and synthesizer. Emerald City Music explores connections between classical music and jazz 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z For an exciting set piece where Thing follows the seemingly not-murdered boy into a train station, Elfman chased the action with dancing strings, pulsing voices, timpani and a high-speed harpsichord solo. When Tim Burton needs a composer, Danny Elfman snaps up the gig 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Add to this the absence of harpsichord in this orchestration — and thus, the lack of that distinctive timbral tinsel that helped brighten the edges within the other two orchestras. Perspective | Move over, Mariah: For my Christmas spirit, I went all in on Handel 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z It includes Carolyn Jones, as Morticia, singing “Deck the Halls” to the accompaniment of shamisen and harpsichord and a closing group sing of “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.” Christmas specials old and new, traditional and offbeat, brighten the holidays 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z She made astonishing arrangements of Bartók in which the harpsichord mimics Hungarian folk instruments. Best classical of 2022: Gustavo, Mark Morris and the CD discovery of the year 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z Her new recording with the quirky Eleventh Symphony for harpsichord and strings and the gripping Third Symphony make the case for Weinberg all the more urgent. Commentary: Conductor Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla has changed symphonic life. It's changed her too 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z So, maybe just a harpsichord and finger snaps next time. When Tim Burton needs a composer, Danny Elfman snaps up the gig 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Beatles harmonies, harpsichords and flute-like sounds permeate the album, which The Guardian says has a “naïve, endearing charm” and the title track has a trippy animated video. New this week: ‘The Sea Beast,’ early Elton John, ‘Maggie’ 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z He decided he wanted to study all of the keyboard instruments: piano, organ, harpsichord, synthesizer … carillon. Perspective | Hark, hear the bells? The Netherlands Carillon is back in action. 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Dr. Fryer was giddy as he left the stage, so exhilarated that, before returning to Philadelphia, he splurged on a manual harpsichord, which he wryly described as “among the least wise choices of my life.” He Spurred a Revolution in Psychiatry. Then He ‘Disappeared.’ 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z But this harpsichord rendition has, for some reason, never made the leap to digital. Perspective | Finding order (and a hometown connection) in a lost recording of a Bach masterwork 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z French culture wasn’t silly, or superficial, and though the paintings of Fragonard and the harpsichord works of Rameau may seem too precious to some audiences, there is substance and depth in both. Review | The dark side of Disney’s unexpected love affair with frothy French rococo 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Enjoy concert pieces by Vivaldi, Handel and Telemann and dance music from the court of King Louis XIV, featuring the baroque cello, viol, theorbo and harpsichord. Celebrate Christmas with these merry events, plus other festive things to do around Seattle 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z He makes the faint harpsichord that typically serves to underscore other instruments a flashy protagonist in the fifth. Commentary: It's been a year to rethink Bach's 'Brandenburg' Concertos 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z In his program note, Esfahani likens the effect of the harpsichord to that of sketches and etchings by great painters. Review: Mahan Esfahani proves there's more to the harpsichord than Bach and the Baroque 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z After a childhood spent in piano lessons, he got into Harvard University and made his way to Paris, where he studied harpsichord with Wanda Landowska and music theory with Nadia Boulanger. Perspective | Finding order (and a hometown connection) in a lost recording of a Bach masterwork 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z At the Chandler, there was the small, arrestingly virtuosic ensemble with Bicket conducting from the harpsichord, seated with his back to us in a way that never felt demonstrative. Review: Los Angeles Opera imports a starry Handel extravaganza from London 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Sanders plays with watchful reflection throughout, as if holding a casual conversation with Shepherd's chiming harpsichords and airborne synth lines. Mercury Prize nominations: Wolf Alice, Arlo Parks and Celeste make the shortlist 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z As a child, he mastered the piano, along with several other instruments including the violin, organ and harpsichord. You Don’t Have to Start Young to Be a Great Musician 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z In these, there was no suggestion of improvisation, just myriad harpsichord effects that revealed an unexpected variety of tone from his three-year-old, two-register instrument built in Los Angeles by Curtis Berak. Review: Mahan Esfahani proves there's more to the harpsichord than Bach and the Baroque 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z But the music, with strings and harpsichord over a clip-clop beat, defies classification even now. All 85 Prince singles, ranked 4 u from worst 2 best 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z Pittsburgh-born musician Ross specialized in the harpsichord, a keyboard instrument that was popular in the 16th through 18th centuries. Andy Garcia documentary could lead to a Florida film studio 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z He recorded Bach’s sonatas written for violin and harpsichord, and conducted the first recorded performance of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” in America to use historical instruments. James Weaver, who helped bring music to the Smithsonian museums, died after contracting covid-19 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z With an African-inspired introduction ceding to harpsichord and piano, her worlds appear together but separate. Review: Reissue of 1982 Nina Simone disc a work of contrasts 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Andriessen’s imaginary overture to an imaginary opera is, itself, a lovely tribute to the harpsichord. Review: Mahan Esfahani proves there's more to the harpsichord than Bach and the Baroque 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Though conducting from the harpsichord, Haïm was mostly on her feet, in vivid contact with a small orchestra and bringing her unique combination of modern-day fire and voluptuousness to Handel. Review: The L.A. Phil, as only it can, delivers a long weekend of 'Apollo' and 'Flower Power' 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z It really takes something to sprinkle in what sounds like a harpsichord to a horde of headbangers. One of the heaviest-sounding bands in D.C. found an unlikely influence for its latest album 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Alkabetz shuffles the events that occur and their pacing during many crossings, much the way a baroque musician might perform variations on a harpsichord theme. Review: Personal touches bring life to annual Animation Show of Shows 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z The pair broke into the darkened office of Dr. Colin Turnbull, a noted British anthropologist who kept a harpsichord in the office to play at lunchtime. How a Band of Surfer Dudes Pulled Off the Biggest Jewel Heist in N.Y. History 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z And yet there is something about the harpsichord that makes it hard to ignore. Review: Mahan Esfahani proves there's more to the harpsichord than Bach and the Baroque 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z It’s not harpsichord heavy and preachy in the manner of, say, Pride and Prejudice but neither is it overly saccharine and full of orchards à la Anne of Green Gables. Greta Gerwig: why Little Women still generates a big buzz | Lucy Siegle 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z His organ arrangement of Bach’s French Suite No. 5 becomes a riot of intriguing pastels, exquisitely evoking an earlier age for a modern listener in a way a harpsichord never quite could, however authentic. Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Cameron Carpenter are resurrecting classical music 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z The harpsichord on “Death in Midsummer” provides a Western tinge, yet avoids being nostalgic with the layering of synth. Review: Deerhunter balances bleak with upbeat on new album 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Success bred discontent, as more harpsichord sales meant more tuning and repair jobs. Wolfgang Zuckermann, whose DIY kit fueled a harpsichord revival, dies at 96 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Unlike the tone of a monster-sized grand piano, harpsichord strings, which are plucked, do not sound grounded. Review: Mahan Esfahani proves there's more to the harpsichord than Bach and the Baroque 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Softness was all but missing from Boys for Pele; at once alien and archaic, the harpsichord is not capable of softness. How Tori Amos's Boys for Pele rewrote pop by daring to be ugly 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z “A fine schoolroom — the use of one of the drawing rooms where the harpsichord is — and a parlor to receive my male visitors in.” This Dublin Block Tells the Story of the City 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Crimp, who plays the piano and the harpsichord, had listened to some of Benjamin’s music, and Benjamin had read Crimp’s plays, admiring their careful construction. How the Composer George Benjamin Finally Found His Voice 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z For some 200 years, the harpsichord was king. Wolfgang Zuckermann, whose DIY kit fueled a harpsichord revival, dies at 96 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Indeed, much about the harpsichord — as Mahan Esfahani, today’s best known harpsichordist, marvelously demonstrated in his Disney recital — is curiously liberating. Review: Mahan Esfahani proves there's more to the harpsichord than Bach and the Baroque 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Both versions of the tune start with a plinking harpsichord, cello and mellow bass, dubbed with commentary from England’s defeats. “Three Lions” perfectly captures the masochism of supporting England 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z A typically cutting-edge set from Daniel Lopatin, full of harpsichords, mournful songcraft, trap drums and more, all flanked by digital noise and sorted into strange, visionary arrangements. Best albums of 2018 so far 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z She was a member of the Friday Morning Music Club under whose auspices she gave volunteer harpsichord performances, most frequently at the Dumbarton House museum in Georgetown. Washington-area obituaries of note 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z And by the end of the 18th century, when revolutions were raging in France and America, the harpsichord was eclipsed by its gentle cousin, the fortepiano. Wolfgang Zuckermann, whose DIY kit fueled a harpsichord revival, dies at 96 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Composers had pretty much given up on the harpsichord by the end of the 18th century, although it got a revival of sorts in the 20th. Review: Mahan Esfahani proves there's more to the harpsichord than Bach and the Baroque 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z But other music comes from the jazz pianist Ethan Iverson, a longtime Morris collaborator, writing for a mixed band that includes soprano sax, trombone, harpsichord, percussion and theremin. Mark Morris mines the Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper' for an irresistible 'Pepperland' 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Over his long career, Johann Sebastian Bach wrote hundreds of fugues for everything from violins to harpsichords. Perfected by Bach, fugues have enjoyed an impressive afterlife 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Couperin 350 Con Gioia Early Music Ensemble's salute to the French Baroque composer includes works for solo harpsichord and chamber ensemble. The week ahead in L.A. classical music, March 11-18: Los Angeles Master Chorale, the Music Guild and more 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z “Fifty percent of the harpsichord makers in the world,” he estimated, “began by building a Zuckermann kit.” Wolfgang Zuckermann, whose DIY kit fueled a harpsichord revival, dies at 96 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Related programs include an evening of 18th-century French harpsichord music, featuring pieces mentioned by an early resident of New Orleans in his papers, and a number of lectures. Exhibit opens Feb 27 about New Orleans many early cultures 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Ms. Ruzickova trained initially as a pianist but became best known as a virtuoso of the harpsichord, a principal instrument for which Bach composed, and one whose sound she helped revive in modern concert halls. Zuzana Ruzickova, Holocaust survivor who rediscovered life’s beauty in Bach, dies at 90 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z After the war, she studied the harpsichord in Prague and Paris before winning a competition in Munich in 1956 that kicked off her career. Harpsichordist Zuzana Ruzickova, who survived three Nazi camps, dies at 90 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Ruzickova played music that spanned baroque to contemporary, but was the first musician to record all of Bach’s music for harpsichord. Czech harpsichordist Zuzana Ruzickova dies at age 90 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z He said he preferred the sound of the piano over the jingling tones of the harpsichord, but he became fascinated with the latter while tuning keyboards in Greenwich Village in the early 1950s. Wolfgang Zuckermann, whose DIY kit fueled a harpsichord revival, dies at 96 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z A self-produced, and mostly self-played record, there are rapid changes in texture, from rich African choruses to solo piano sonatas; from rousing Broadway tunes to spindly harpsichord sequences. Benjamin Clementine: ‘I make people believe in me’ 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z “Though the sun’s eclipse seems final/surely he will rise again,” Ferry sings of his Jesus-figure, while an Elizabethan harpsichord tinkles below. Songs for the eclipse – 10 of the best 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z At concerts, she used to play the same tunes first on the piano and only then on the harpsichord. Harpsichordist Zuzana Ruzickova, who survived three Nazi camps, dies at 90 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z I remember when he became consumed with Bach’s harpsichord concertos, assembling a library of every one he could find. The Lawyer, the Addict 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z By then, musicians such as Sylvia Marlowe and Wanda Landowska had kicked off a harpsichord renaissance — leading some wealthy American listeners to buy modern metal-framed versions of the instrument for their homes. Wolfgang Zuckermann, whose DIY kit fueled a harpsichord revival, dies at 96 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z In private, he entertained his queen by playing the harpsichord; they sang and conversed in German. America’s last king: The unsettling parallels between King George III and Donald Trump 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z And for which he would play the harpsichord. Opinion | Conservatism is soiled by scowling primitives 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z It was only in the 1980s that she persuaded Prague’s academy of performing arts to accept the harpsichord as a fully fledged instrument. Harpsichordist Zuzana Ruzickova, who survived three Nazi camps, dies at 90 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Her “Shades of Silence” begins with droning strings and with barely audible sounds produced by plucking, brushing, and rubbing the strings of a harpsichord. The L.A. Philharmonic Celebrates Iceland 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z So Mr. Zuckermann hired a woodworking partner, immersed himself in the instrument’s history and design, and began building harpsichords modeled after their 18th-century predecessors. Wolfgang Zuckermann, whose DIY kit fueled a harpsichord revival, dies at 96 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z There, she showed us two custom-made instruments, a celeste and what looked like a harpsichord. My life with Oliver Sacks: ‘He was the most unusual person I had ever known’ 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z It is now beautifully decked out to look exactly as it was, a museum and music centre called Handel & Hendrix in London, where Hendrix’s Little Wing is played on the harpsichord in Handel’s music room. 'Jimi went inside with his music. When he got on stage, that was his time' 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z “Dollar Dollar” emerged from a fog of brass and hazy guitars — the latter instruments struck as if they were a harpsichord — as Harvey detailed the face of a young beggar approaching a car. PJ Harvey creates a bluesy soundtrack for tough times at the Shrine 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z He played the clavier and the harpsichord both. Frederick Seidel: ‘It's necessary to criticise the left’ 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z As one of the few harpsichord makers in New York, Mr. Zuckermann acquired clients that included the Metropolitan Opera, according to Britton, and built about a dozen instruments each year. Wolfgang Zuckermann, whose DIY kit fueled a harpsichord revival, dies at 96 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Now, with their non-profit L.L.C., they seek to promote the harpsichord, and other Baroque music, through performance and education in the greater D.C. area. How co-hosting Baroque concerts in her living room helped a World Bank retiree reinvent herself 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z And how he ties it all together, from the clavichord to the harpsichord to the piano. Virginia Musical Museum reflects history of instruments 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z It was simply a magical mix: the horn flourishes on "Penny Lane," the harpsichord on "In My Life" and the elegant introduction to "Ticket To Ride" are collaborations in the truest sense. George Martin was a quiet man who helped shape rock music history by guiding the Beatles throughout their astonishing career 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z It was simply a magical mix: the horn flourishes on “Penny Lane,” the harpsichord on “In My Life” and the elegant introduction to “Ticket To Ride” are collaborations in the truest sense. George Martin supplied exactly what Beatles needed 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z “So he decided he would make it so clients could repair and tune their own harpsichords, and the best way to do that would be if they could build them themselves.” Wolfgang Zuckermann, whose DIY kit fueled a harpsichord revival, dies at 96 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Both women thought the harpsichord seemed like a natural progression from the piano. How co-hosting Baroque concerts in her living room helped a World Bank retiree reinvent herself 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z For instance, many of Kygo’s productions are propelled by a whistling, plucking virtual instrument, halfway between a pan flute and a harpsichord. Kygo’s Kinder, Gentler Dance Music 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z The four-minute cantata was found in the archives of the Czech Museum of Music in November 2015 and played on harpsichord for an audience on Tuesday. Mozart and Salieri 'lost' composition played in Prague - BBC News 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Futuristic-sounding electronica sits easily alongside sax solos and harpsichord interludes: the blend of genres, she says, “is actually not thought out too much – I follow my musical impulses”. Julia Holter: ‘I tend to feel like everything I’m doing is crazy’ 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z But he was best known for his DIY harpsichord kit, a product that was sometimes described as the “Model T” of modern harpsichords. Wolfgang Zuckermann, whose DIY kit fueled a harpsichord revival, dies at 96 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z While Ms. Honigberg says she is seriously pursuing the the study of her harpsichord, Ms. Winter found she is less of a player and more of a host for virtuosos. How co-hosting Baroque concerts in her living room helped a World Bank retiree reinvent herself 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Just as it is probably best to put a hold on asking when we might see the first barks of power-chord football from the collection of mandolins, harpsichords and broken ukuleles thrust into his hands. Liverpool transfer jumble has left Jürgen Klopp in charge of a footballing camel 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Among the highlights are a groaning board in Historic Edenton, harpsichord music in Historic Bath and fireworks at Tryon Palace in New Bern. Cultural Resources offers chance to win trip to 3 sites 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z Rich with strings, piano, brass, harpsichord, shakers and various acoustical tools, the 10 songs highlight delicately placed tones and textures as old as the ages, but harness them to create defiantly contemporary work. Julia Holter's 'Have You in My Wilderness' is a breathtaking and rewarding listen 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z Way moved the shop to Stonington, Conn., and oversaw its growth into one of the world’s largest harpsichord manufacturers. Wolfgang Zuckermann, whose DIY kit fueled a harpsichord revival, dies at 96 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z She mentioned this to her next door neighbor, Ms. Honigberg, who happened to have also developed an eye for harpsichords. How co-hosting Baroque concerts in her living room helped a World Bank retiree reinvent herself 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z I saw a woman seated at the harpsichord next to Wolfgang, their hands intertwined, playing together. The lost genius of Mozart's sister 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z On "Surreal Exposure," it's that secondary melody — I think it's a harpsichord? — lurking behind Mondanile's vocals and guitar line. This week's most important songs: Disclosure, Prince, and more 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Hannibal is quite a catch: he plays the harpsichord and the theremin, he’s a natty dresser, and he knows his Dante. The Savory Spectacle of “Hannibal” 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Zuckermann’s departure coincided with the release of “The Modern Harpsichord,” a survey of European and American harpsichord makers, published by Way. Wolfgang Zuckermann, whose DIY kit fueled a harpsichord revival, dies at 96 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z “When you play the harpsichord you are literally plucking a string,” said Ms. Honigberg, who has been playing piano for 42 of her 49 years. How co-hosting Baroque concerts in her living room helped a World Bank retiree reinvent herself 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z But despite the bonanza of gilded pier glasses and silver sconces and bronze flowerpots, it was a harpsichord that held the home together. William F. Buckley would have loathed Fox News: Inside the right-wing media’s intellectual downfall 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z They only had an instrumental theme song with a harpsichord, and asked if we would be interested in putting together a little theme song for the American version. Johnny Rivers Chats About His Big Hit, Secret Agent Man 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z “The Gates was like a trumpet. This will be like a little harpsichord in the background,” says Elizabeth Kaledin, a conservancy spokesperson. For Its Next Big Project, Creative Time Heads to Central Park 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z I find the “barrelhouse harpsichord” in Rosemary Clooney’s “Come on-a My House” exhilarating and not a mere gimmick, a worthy predecessor to the Beatles’ use of that sound in “In My Life.” A flashback to the ’50s 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z “He said, ‘I understand you really like my harpsichord.’” How co-hosting Baroque concerts in her living room helped a World Bank retiree reinvent herself 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z King George serenades his departing colony with a number titled “You’ll Be Back,” which echoes British pop—the Beatles, but on the harpsichord—with witty, melodious menace. Hip-Hop Hamilton 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z He could not work without a piano or harpsichord. Divine genius does not exist: Hard work, not magical inspiration, is essence of creativity 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z “On a digital piano they can practice with a harpsichord sound or a trumpet sound. It makes it more fun,” she said. Piano stores closing as fewer children taking up instrument 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z As they approached, harpsichord music erupted and the actors broke off into baroque dance capers while someone scampered around the stage bearing a placard that read “Flying Machine Interval.” A Review of ‘The Learned Ladies’ in Morris Township 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z “If you had told me while I was at the World Bank that I was going to be running a Baroque harpsichord concert series, I would have burst out laughing,” said Ms. Winter, 59. How co-hosting Baroque concerts in her living room helped a World Bank retiree reinvent herself 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z And the notes on the organ, unlike on the piano or harpsichord, don't die away after they’re hit, but keep ringing until the player takes his or her hand away. Meet Cameron Carpenter: the Kanye West of pipe organs 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z I found a version of it, played on a harpsichord, by a famous performer. Conversation on Daydreaming with Jerome L. Singer 2013-12-10T22:45:07.126Z For example, you get a choice of keyboard sounds: two grand piano sounds, two electric pianos and an incredibly authentic-sounding harpsichord. State of the Art: A Stringless Piano From Yamaha Even Van Cliburn Could Love 2013-09-04T19:01:07Z They are taken from a "treasure trove" of "exquisite" harpsichords, which are "as spectacular to look as to listen to", from St Cecilia's museum in Edinburgh. International Festival leaves Earth 2013-08-08T23:08:35Z Pulse Chamber Music, performs on clarinet, violin, viola, piano, recorders, baroque vioin and harpsichord. Washington area religion events 2013-05-24T23:32:58Z It makes for an agreeable arrangement, enabling him - always an aesthete - to spend his time learning to play the harpsichord and gardening in the chateau's spacious grounds. Tom Ripley and a talent for evil 2013-05-17T16:01:18Z Ms. Windsor’s interests varied from writing software to the theater to building a harpsichord, to travel. Edith Windsor Revels in Gay Marriage Case Before Supreme Court 2012-12-11T04:33:55Z Bouncy music from a harpsichord or piano propelled the antic, vaudeville-like capers. Judith Martin, a Founder of Paper Bag Players, Dies at 93 2012-08-01T05:17:18Z "No," answered Zara, looking down at the keys of the harpsichord; "I know no one of that name;" and she recommenced the song. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z The furniture had been removed, though the family picture still hung in the blue room, and the harpsichord stood in the passage way to be abused by the children who passed through. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z A small wood fire burned on a wide hearth between carved marble pillars; and in one corner of the room stood a harpsichord, harp, and music-stand. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z "This is the room where the 'incomparable Juliette' danced her celebrated gavotte," he remarked, "probably to the music of that old harpsichord—or is it a spinet?—in the corner." Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z Father Castel, the inventor of the ocular harpsichord, spent an entire night in one position, ruminating on a thought that struck him as he was retiring to rest. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z "She might have asked him to go and see a flower, or offered to play him a tune on the harpsichord, or taken him to look at the dovecot, or anything," thought Mrs. Barbara. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z A lovely maid, with moist, clear eye, and pleadi ng, earnest voice, was seated at the harpsichord. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Then she hired very handsome lodgings and a footboy, and she got a harpsichord, but Bet could not play; however, she put herself in fine attitudes and drummed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Next the door I found a trio or quartet of three-legged stools, fixed one into the other, and nearest them a harpsichord,—a very harpsichord with crooked legs. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z Turn from Robert Bridges's poems of outdoor life—the noble old English style—to Yeats's dim visions, or to Arthur Symons's harpsichord dreaming through the room, and you have the difference between yesterday and to-day. Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck 2012-02-19T03:00:16.920Z Scintillant converse was interspersed with music from the old harpsichord in yonder corner,—touched by fingers that now are dust,—with recitations and reading of MSS. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z After the introduction or invention of the keyed dulcimer or clavichord, and of the spinet, the word clavicymbal was used in the Romance languages to denote the varieties of spinet and harpsichord. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z His parents and his brother and sister were avid chamber music players, and when he was a teenager his parents bought a harpsichord for Baroque music performances. Gustav Leonhardt, Harpsichordist, Dies at 83 2012-01-18T02:49:00Z Returning, I found him still at the window; he was leaning upon the bureau, not near the harpsichord, not before the organ, but gazing, child-like, into the bright blue morning. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z Monteverde's Orfeo contained parts for harpsichords, lyres, violas, double basses, a double harp with two rows of strings, two violins, besides guitars, organs, a flute, clarions, and even trombones. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z I am likewise to take some lessons on the harpsichord, as Sir William finds great fault with my fingering, and thinks I want taste in singing. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z His father was a musician of repute, a player on the flageolet; he wished to bring the lad up to perform on the harpsichord. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z He was soon engaged to teach the harpsichord at conservatories in Vienna and Amsterdam. Gustav Leonhardt, Harpsichordist, Dies at 83 2012-01-18T02:49:00Z He would discourse of music in its native tongue, when his small fingers conversed with the keys of his favorite harpsichord, so wondrously at home there, from the first time they felt themselves. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z Her excellence in singing arose from a natural, not an acquired, ability to modulate her voice: the instruments she played were the cittern, the harp, and the harpsichord. Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 2011-11-20T03:00:16.107Z The harpsichord had been invented, and sufficiently perfected to be worthy of the powers of such a master as Sebastian Bach. The Influence of the Organ in History Inaugural Lecture of the Department of the Organ in the College of Music of Boston University 2011-10-20T02:00:26.947Z The next day he was invited to supper, and Countess Denhoff and her sister amused him by singing to the harpsichord. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z The lad worked hard, and at the end of three years could play the organ, violin, and harpsichord. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z She said she couldn't promise, and, master, I never did again touch the harpsichord, but instead, I learned what was better, to play on Monsieur Andr�'s grand pianoforte!' Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z When he entered, she was endeavouring to cheer her husband with a tune upon the harpsichord—though, Heaven knows, there was no music in her breast, save that of love—enduring love! Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z Such results followed the invention of the harpsichord,—the early piano,—and here we must leave it. The Influence of the Organ in History Inaugural Lecture of the Department of the Organ in the College of Music of Boston University 2011-10-20T02:00:26.947Z The Chaplain enters with Pages carrying a harpsichord, which they place upon the table; also two Musicians with theorb and viol. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z Finally he seated himself at the harpsichord, the room becoming quiet as he played. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z Other and larger cases 211 were on the floor beneath the harpsichord; there hung a talisman or two of glittering brass upon the wall, by floating ribbons of red. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z I had left the pearls on the harpsichord. Penelope Brandling A Tale of the Welsh coast in the Eighteenth Century 2011-08-25T02:00:27.073Z She gradually recovers under Mrs. Heron's gentle tendance, and one day a child's accidental striking of a deep bass note on the harpsichord suddenly revives her old passionate delight in music. Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z She speaks in an irregular recitative, sustained by chords on the viols and harpsichord. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z She was leaning sorrowfully upon an old-fashioned harpsichord. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z I nervously disentangled one and sat down upon it then and there by the side of the very harpsichord. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z This evening, at the harpsichord, I could no longer hear, or at least no longer listen to, my own voice. Penelope Brandling A Tale of the Welsh coast in the Eighteenth Century 2011-08-25T02:00:27.073Z In the library is the splendid picture of Sofonisba Angusciola, by herself: she is touching the harpsichord, for like many others of her craft, she excelled in music. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z Then she speaks, recitative with chords only by strings and harpsichord. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z "Thank you," said the shoemaker, "but our harpsichord is so poor and we have no music." Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z Then appeared the harpsichord, a still nearer approach to the piano, having a hand or knee-worked pedal, and on which Mozart and Handel and Haydn brought out their grand productions. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z Hubert rose, locked the doors, and, to my relief, sat down to the harpsichord, on which he began to pick out a tune. Penelope Brandling A Tale of the Welsh coast in the Eighteenth Century 2011-08-25T02:00:27.073Z After breakfast the party was entertained by the young ladies on the harpsichord. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z At the end of the room, steps and a balustrade, with a harpsichord and double basses on a dais. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z He seated himself quietly before the harpsichord and began to play. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z Then appeared the harpsichord, a still nearer approach to the piano, having a hand or knee-worked pedal, and on which Mozart and Handel and Haydn brought out their grand productions. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z I got up and walked slowly to the harpsichord, at which Hubert was lolling and strumming. Penelope Brandling A Tale of the Welsh coast in the Eighteenth Century 2011-08-25T02:00:27.073Z Inventories tell us that her side-saddle cost 1,200 pounds of tobacco, and music lessons on the harpsichord cost 3,043 pounds of tobacco. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z And I had learned a new piece on the harpsichord, too,” she ended pettishly. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z There is a beautiful harpsichord; not a spinet as in Maleszow,—it has five and a half octaves. The Journal of Countess Fran?oise Krasinska Great Grandmother of Victor Emmanuel 2011-07-10T02:00:25.767Z The harp with which David stirred the dead soul of Saul was the prototype of the sweet clavichord, the romantic virginal, the tinkling harpsichord, and the grand piano. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z I was half stunned by the report; but through the smoke of my own weapon, I saw Hubert reel and fall across the harpsichord, whose jangling mingled with his short, sharp cry. Penelope Brandling A Tale of the Welsh coast in the Eighteenth Century 2011-08-25T02:00:27.073Z Hoffmann, in the mean time, had seated himself at the harpsichord, and drew a quodlibet from the most varied Burschen songs, leaping from one to the other, and interweaving phantasy-pieces between them. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z After tea Mrs. Trueman shewed them some of her drawings; and, to comply with their repeated request, played on the harpsichord, and Mr. Trueman took his violin to accompany her. Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories 2011-06-26T02:00:10.173Z Whenever she was able, she patiently employed herself with her needle or book, her guitar or harpsichord. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z She had sat long at the harpsichord, but at length rose, and went towards the window. The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-23T02:00:27.103Z For without losing a minute I went to the harpsichord, and despite the horrid, hot trickle all over my hands, I turned out his pockets and took his keys. Penelope Brandling A Tale of the Welsh coast in the Eighteenth Century 2011-08-25T02:00:27.073Z The company became continually more jovial, and began, on the platform, to dance a most singular quadrille, to which their musician played on the harpsichord in the most extraordinary style. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z His face was very unlike the painted one, when his glance, on entering, fell upon his physiognomical sister, who was singing with her little Bouse at the harpsichord, upon Beata. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z It read in French that the booklet contained 'six sonatas for the harpsichord'. High note: Charity shop worker's Mozart find 2011-06-08T04:55:10Z During this conference, some one appeared to be negligently sporting with the keys of a harpsichord, in the next apartment. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z I also greatly enjoyed hearing his concerto for harpsichord or piano, which he himself played on the latter instrument. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z In this confined circle, separated from nature by the alternation of night and moonshine, one must needs take refuge in something near and familiar, in the old harpsichord. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z Gustavus makes himself heard over here: he has for a conductor a harpsichord and plays on it. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z But solo pieces for lute or harpsichord can work especially well on the guitar. Musical heirs 2011-05-04T23:27:11Z It was in this room that Catarina sat down to the harpsichord and poured out her emotions in the deep rich tones of a fine contralto voice. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z Then uncle Br�sig offered his assistance, and engaged a teacher,--"A smart one," he said, "always in good spirits, and she can play you dead on the harpsichord." Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z Then he went to the harpsichord, and sang over to its accompaniment the most passionate passages of his letter; what strongly moved him always impelled him to singing, especially the emotion of longing. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z This room represented to him all that had passed there, and in the strings of the harpsichord lurked a far-distant and beloved voice, and behind the foil of the mirror a far-distant and beloved form. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z "I don't try to make the guitar sound like the harpsichord or lute," says Russell. Musical heirs 2011-05-04T23:27:11Z Her blood rushed to her head, she felt dizzy, the playing ceased, and she clung by one hand to the candle-rest of the harpsichord. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z The composer has adapted this glee for mezzo-soprano solo with harpsichord accompaniment, and a very pretty song it makes. Shakespeare and Music 2011-04-01T02:00:29.867Z For example, during breakfast he lost himself in the glimmering dew-drop on a stock-gillyflower, and, by moving his eye to and fro, played through the gamut of its harpsichord of colors. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z The harpsichord will lighten this section for me and fling out to me many sparks of thought. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z She said she could from her chamber see him "play on the harpsichord." Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z So absorbed was he in his astronomical work, however, that at the theatre, between the acts, he would run from the harpsichord to look at the stars. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z Jackson of Exeter, as he was generally called, who wrote the celebrated church service known as Jackson in F, has set these words as a duet, with harpsichord accompaniment. Shakespeare and Music 2011-04-01T02:00:29.867Z And she set the Alien to tunes that he didn't match, and sang him in a low voice to the cracked notes of an old harpsichord which George's mother had imported from Yorkshire. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z “Just as you please;” and Margaret began to rattle away on the harpsichord. Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 2011-03-04T03:00:58.347Z O, he began already to fear every key of the harpsichord would become a stylus, the instrument itself a box of letters, and all actions treacherously legible words. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z There was an old harpsichord in the room, and a few books on hanging shelves. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z When he was sixteen his father died, and he removed to Paris where he obtained employment with a harpsichord maker. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z Containing a selection of the most esteemed English, Scots, and Irish Songs, antient and modern: adapted for the harpsichord or violin. . . . A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 3 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:32.387Z Whilst we were conversing together, I heard of a sudden a jingling in the next apartment, as if some very aged and decrepid harpsichord were being exorcised into the unusual effort of a tune. Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 2011-03-04T03:00:58.347Z Vernet used to bring his easel into Pergolesi's room, to paint beside his harpsichord, and used to say that he owed some of his finest skies to the inspired harmonies of his friend. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z What a delightful revelation the sound of the old harpsichord, touched by Mrs. Errington's plump white fingers! A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z |
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