Yale Collection of Musical Instruments presents
MARK KROLL, harpsichord
in
Franรงois Couperin Pieรงes de clavecin 15 Hillhouse Avenue New Haven 17 February 2015 5:30 p.m.
Upcoming performances in the 2015-2016 series March 6 - Alexei Lubimov, piano 3:00 pm April 10 - Smithsonian Chamber Players 3:00 pm Vera Beths, violin Nicholas Cords, viola Kenneth Slowik, violoncello Robert Nairn, double bass Charles Neidich, clarinet Dominic Teresi, bassoon with William Purvis, horn Orders for SERIES tickets should be mailed to the Collection at 15 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520 or submitted by telephone at (203)432-0822; series tickets will be mailed to subscribers. Individual tickets should be ordered by telephone at the Yale School of Music box office at (203)432-4158 or over the Internet at: www.yale.edu/music Tickets -
$25.00 each, reserved seating $100.00, series of 5 concerts $20.00 each, senior citizens & Yale staff $10.00 each, students This concert is made possible by the generous support of the Associate Members of the Collection.
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Cover Painting La Gamme de l’amour Antoine Watteau, French, ca. 1717 Oil on canvas National Gallery, London This concert is being recorded and streamed live over the internet. Please turn off all cellphones and electronic devices.
Yale Collection of Musical Instruments presents
MARK KROLL, harpsichord François Couperin (1668-1733) Troisième Ordre
La Ténébreuse, Allemande Premiere Courante Seconde Courante La Lugubre, Sarabande Gavotte Menuet Les Pélerines Les Laurentines L’Espagnolète Les Regrets Les Matelotes Provençales La Favorite, Chaconne La Lutine
INTERVAL Onziéme Ordre
La Castelane L’Etincelante ou La Bontems Les Graces-Naturéles; Suite de la Bontems La Zénobie Les Fastes de la Grande et Anciénne Mxnxstrxndxsx Premier Acte Les Notables, et Jurés-Mxnxstrxndxurs. Marche. Second Acte Les Viéleux, et les Gueux. Troiséme Acte Les Jongleurs, Sauteurs; et Saltinbanques: avec Les Ours, et les Singes Quatriéme Acte Les Invalides: ou gens Estropiés au Service de la grande—Mxnxstrxndxsx Cinquiéme Acte Desordre, et déroute de toute la troupe: Caussés par les Yvrognes, les Singes, et les Ours. (continued)
Septiême Ordre
La Ménetou Les Petits Âges La Muse Naissante L’Enfantine L’Adolescente Les Délices La Basque La Chazé Les Amusemens
Harpsichord by François Etienne Blanchet the Elder, Paris, c. 1740
About the Performer Mark Kroll’s distinguished career as a performer, scholar and educator spans
a period of more than fifty years. He has appeared as a harpsichordist and fortepianist in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, winning critical praise for his expressive playing and virtuosity. Mr. Kroll has performed as concerto soloist with the world’s major orchestras and has served as harpsichordist for the Boston Symphony since 1979. Kroll’s extensive list of recordings includes the music of Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, Couperin, Biber, Duphly, Balbastre, Royer, Schubert, and Hummel; three critically acclaimed CDs of contemporary American harpsichord music; and Dutilleux’s Les Citations with the Boston Symphony Chamber Players. He is currently recording the complete Pièces de clavecin of François Couperin for Centaur Records. The first two discs will be released later this year. Kroll is equally active as a scholar. He has published four books—Ignaz Moscheles and the Changing World of Musical Europe; Playing the Harpsichord Expressively; The Beethoven Violin Sonatas; and Johann Nepomuk Hummel: A Musician and His World—as well as numerous chapters and articles on a variety of subjects. His scholarly editions include Hummel’s Sonata for Cello and Piano, published in 2015 by Bärenreiter, and Geminiani’s opus 4 sonatas and concerti, which will appear this year as part of the complete Geminiani edition (Ut Orpheus). Kroll is editor-in-chief of the forthcoming Cambridge Companion to the Harpsichord, and is preparing an edition of Carl Ludwig Junker’s piano concerto for A-R Editions. A dedicated educator, Mark Kroll has taught at universities and given master classes and lectures worldwide. He is Professor emeritus at Boston University, where he served twenty-five years as Professor of Harpsichord and Chair of the Department of Historical Performance at Boston University.