Continental Connections: from Mount Vernon to Leipzig with Joyce Lindorff, Harpsichord

Описание: A harpsichord recital presented by Western Early Keyboard Association at St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church, Portland, Oregon, on May 3, 2025, featuring Joyce Lindorff of Temple University: https://boyer.temple.edu/about/facult...

Joyce shares her fascinating research at George Washington’s Mount Vernon with the harpsichord music books of Martha’s granddaughter, Nelly Custis, and the new reproduction of Nelly’s harpsichord, offering a recital including international pieces that were enjoyed at Mount Vernon, as well as Bach’s “French Overture.”

Read an interview about her work: https://www.mountvernon.org/preservat...

Watch the talk that followed the recital:    • Nelly Custis’ Musical World with Joyce Lin...  

Thank you to Carol lei Breckenridge for loan of the harpsichord, built in 2006 in the Zuckermann shop, modeled after early 18th century French instruments by Blanchet and Taskin. It has recently been extensively voiced by Paul Irvin, including restringing with Stephen Birkett's historical wire.

0:00:00 – Introduction

0:00:24 – Thomas Alexander Erskine, Earl of Kelly (1732-81) - Simphonie

0:05:39 – Traditional - Joy to Great Caesar (Folia)

0:10:59 – Traditional, arr. Alexander Reinagle (1756-1809) - Lee Rig

0:13:39 – George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), arr. Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762) - Water Music
0:13:50 ----- [Allegro]
0:15:49 ----- Alla Hornpipe
0:18:20 ------Minuet
0:19:26 ----- Lentement
0:20:41 ------Bourrée

0:21:33 – Maggy Lauder - traditional

0:25:42 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - Overture in the French Style
0:25:54 ----- Overture
0:33:09 ----- Courante
0:36:23 ------Gavotte 1 and II
0:40:20 ----- Passepied I and II
0:43:55 ------Sarabande
0:47:09 ----- Bourrée I and II
0:51:03 ----- Gigue
0:53:20 ------Echo

For more information about this event and a printable program including program notes, please see https://www.wekaweb.org/joyce-lindorff/

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