e ninth Keyboard Mini-Festival
featuring
Yi-heng Yang, Federico Ercoli & Justin Taylor
e Clavichord
featuring a 1908 Clavichord by Dolmetsch/Chickering, after Hoffman
Yi-heng Yang, clavichord
Awaken to Love
Yi-heng Yang returns to BEMF in a recital exploring the dynamic and expressive range of the clavichord in a program of galant, pre-Romantic improvisatory works by Auernhammer, C. P. E. Bach, and Haydn, which spring directly from the composers’ emotional landscapes. Paired with these are 21st-century pieces in historical keyboard style, by Neo-Baroque composers Mondry and Canzano, as well as short historical-style improvisations interspersed throughout.
PART TWO: 11:30AM–1:30PM | THE
e Fortepiano
featuring a 2000 6½-octave Viennese fortepiano by R. J. Regier, after Conrad Graf, ca. 1830 Federico Ercoli, fortepiano
Farewell: On the Other Side of Love and Power
Bitterness, hope, faith, and despair are just some of the ingredients that mix at the moment of farewell. Federico Ercoli’s recital explores fortepiano examples of this theme from the late 18th and early 19th centuries: from Dussek’s farewell to his beloved friend Clementi, through Haydn’s depiction of Christ’s farewell to earthly life, to Beethoven’s farewell to Archduke Rudolf, his powerful student and patron.
e Harpsichord
featuring a 1984 double-manual French harpsichord by D. Jacques Way, after Blanchet
Justin Taylor, harpsichord
French Love
Justin Taylor’s program has its roots in the golden age of French harpsichord, with some of the greatest music ever composed for the instrument, by Jean-Philippe Rameau, François Couperin, Jean Henry d’Anglebert, and other masters. Be transported by the dazzling emotional intensity expressed by the harpsichord in this recital where all is about love!
Partita IV
FIRST CHURCH BOSTON • FRIDAY, JUNE 13 • 9AM–11AM
Part One: e Clavichord
featuring a 1908 Clavichord by Dolmetsch/Chickering, after Hoffman Awaken to Love
Yi-heng Yang, clavichord
Nicola Saraceni Canzano
Prelude (b. 1991)
Allemande
Courante
Passepied
Musette
Rondeau
Clavichord Sonata in E-flat major
Nathan Mondry Allegro (b. 1991)
Agony: Rondeau
Friendly Clouds
Improvisation in the style of Josepha Auernhammer
Six Variations on “Pace, caro mio sposo”
Toccata in G major, BWV 916
Improvisation in the style of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Capriccio in C major, Hob. VII:4
Josepha Auernhammer (1758–1820)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
W Clavichord by Dolmetsch/Chickering (after Hoffman), 1908, X courtesy of Peter Sykes.
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH OF BOSTON • FRIDAY, JUNE 13 • 11:30AM–1:30PM
Part Two: e Fortepiano
featuring a 2000 6½-octave Viennese fortepiano by R. J. Regier, after Conrad Graf, ca. 1830
Farewell: On the Other Side of Love and Power
Federico Ercoli, fortepiano
Sonata in E-flat major “Les Adieux”, Op. 44
Jan Ladislav Dussek
Introduzione: Grave – Allegro moderato (1760–1812)
Molto adagio e sostenuto
Tempo di minuetto più tosto allegro
Rondo: Allegro moderato ed espressivo
Sonata VII “Pater, in tuas manus commendo spiritum meum”
Joseph Haydn from The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross, Hob. XX:1C (1732–1809)
Sonata in E-flat major “Les Adieux”, Op. 81a Ludwig van Beethoven
Das Lebewohl (Les Adieux): Adagio – Allegro (1770–1827)
Abwesenheit (L’Absence): Andante espressivo
Das Wiedersehen (Le Retour): Vivacissimamente
W 6½-octave Viennese fortepiano, by R. J. Regier, Freeport, Maine, 2000, X patterned after instruments by Conrad Graf, ca. 1830
Part ree: e Harpsichord
featuring a 1984 double-manual French harpsichord by D. Jacques Way, after Blanchet French Love
Justin Taylor, harpsichord
Suite in G minor Jean Henry D’Anglebert
Prélude (1629–1691)
Sarabande
Air d’Apollon du Triomphe de l’Amour de Mr de Lully
Passacaille d’Armide
La Reveuse Marin Marais (1656–1728)
Suite in C minor
Jean-Baptiste Forqueray
La Rameau (1699–1782)
Jupiter
Les Amours Jean-François Dandrieu (1681/2–1738)
Marche pour la Cérémonie des Turcs Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687)
Les Sauvages Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
Les Tendres Plaintes Rameau
L’amour au berceau François Couperin (1668–1733)
Gavotte et doubles Rameau
W Double-manual French harpsichord by D. Jacques Way, Stonington, Connecticut, 1984, X after Blanchet, courtesy of Peter Sykes.
The Boston Early Music Festival extends heartfelt thanks to John C. Wiecking for his support of today’s performance by Justin Taylor, harpsichord
Bo on Early Music Fe ival
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17
Opera Prima
AMANDA FORSYTHE, soprano
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7
Stile Antico
NOVEMBER 29 & 30
BEMF CHAMBER OPERA SERIES presents FRANCESCO PROVENZALE
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14
ACRONYM
CLARA ROTTSOLK & ELISA SUTHERLAND, soprano
AARON SHEEHAN & JACOB PERRY, tenor
JONATHAN WOODY, bass-baritone
SUNDAY, MARCH 1
Tafelmusik Baroque
Orchestra & Juilliard415
ROBERT MEALY, Director
CAROLINE COPELAND & JULIAN DONAHUE, dancers
FRIDAY, MARCH 13
Le Consort
PAUL O’DETTE & STEPHEN STUBBS, Musical Directors
GILBERT BLIN, Stage Director
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5
The Tallis Scholars
PETER PHILLIPS, Director
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31
Paul O’Dette, lute
SUNDAY, APRIL 12
Jordi Savall, Hespèrion XXI & La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Programs subject to change