Arthur Haas, harpsichord

Arthur Haas harpsichord

faculty artist series Music of Jean-Philippe Rameau February 1, 2014 • Morse Recital Hall

Robert Blocker, Dean

Faculty Artist Series

Arthur Haas, harpsichord Saturday, February 1, 2014 • 5:00 pm • Morse Recital Hall

Jean-Philippe Rameau 1683—1764

Pieces in A minor from Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin (1706) Prélude Alemande 2e Alemande Courante 1ère & 2e Sarabandes Gigue Pieces in E minor from Pièces de Clavessin (1724) La Villageoise Le Rappel des Oiseaux Musette en Rondeau Tambourin Pieces in D major from Pièces de Clavessin (1724) Les Tourbillons La Follette L’Entretien des Muses Les Cyclopes intermission La Dauphine (1747) Pieces in G major from Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin (1728) Les Tricotets & L’Indifferante Menuet & 2e Menuet La Poule Les Triolets Les Sauvages L’Enharmonique L’Egiptienne

Artist Profile

The American harpsichordist Arthur Haas is renowned throughout Europe and the United States as a pedagogue and performer of baroque and contemporary music. After receiving top prize in the 1975 Paris harpsichord competition, he performed at most major French early music festivals, including the Festival Estival de Paris, Mai Musical de Bordeaux, and the Festival de Saintes. He has also appeared as a soloist in the Festival de Saintes, Spectaculum (Vienna), Festwochen der alten Musik (Innsbruck), Festival di Ascona, Dresdner Musikfestspiele, Mostly Mozart (New York), and the Berkeley Music Festival. His partners for duo recitals and concerts with early music specialists include Marius van Altena, Julianne Baird, James Bowman, Phoebe Carrai, William Christie, Alan Curtis, Bruce Dickey, Jan DeGaetani, Laurence Dreyfus, Paul Leenhouts, Judith Nelson, Paul O’Dette, Stephen Preston, and Marion Verbruggen. In 1994, he gave the premiere of William Albright’s Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra. Currently he is a

member of the Aulos Ensemble, Musical Assembly, and Collegium Atlantis. Praised by Le Monde for his interpretation of French keyboard music, Haas has recorded duo harpsichord music of Gaspard Le Roux with William Christie and solo CDs of music by Jean-Henri d’Anglebert and Forqueray, as well as harpsichord music of the English Restoration. Arthur Haas is a faculty member of summer early music institutes in Berkeley, Amherst, and the Longy School of Music.

The year 2014 marks the the 250th anniversary of the death of Jean-Philippe Rameau. In honor of this important musical anniversary year, Arthur Haas has recorded the composer’s three books of harpsichord pieces, 1706, 1724, and 1728, all on magnificent fully restored antique harpsichords from the Flintwoods Collection in Delaware. This two-CD set has been produced and issued by Plectra Music and is available at www.plectra.org.

As a courtesy to the performers and audience, please silence all electronic devices.

Please do not leave the hall during selections. Photography or recording of any kind is prohibited.

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february 18 Oneppo Chamber Music Series Morse Recital Hall | Tuesday | 8 pm Mozart: Quartet in D major, K. 575; Zemlinsky: Quartet No. 4; Brahms: Quartet in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2.

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Robert Blocker, Dean