Bach at the Keyboard
Marilyn Thompson, piano · Rodney Gehrke, organ · Katherine Heater, harpsichord
Saturday, February 18 at 3 P.M.
Bachgrounder lecture 35 minutes before performance
Everyone knows that Bach played the organ and the harpsichord; but did you know that he also had a chance to play early versions of the fortepiano, the instrument which eventually evolved into the modern piano? In Bach at the Keyboard you’ll be able to hear Bach on all three of these instruments, played by some of their finest proponents: a Steinway concert grand piano, a John Philips harpsichord, and the Brombaugh Opus 9 tracker organ in the loft of Schroeder Hall, each tuned to a different temperament. The repertoire will be a fascinating cross-section of Bach’s works for solo keyboard, including inventions, variations, preludes and fugues, dance movements and chorale settings.
Don’t miss this chance to compare and contrast!
Marilyn Thompson, piano · Rodney Gehrke, organ · Katherine Heater, harpsichord
Saturday, February 18 at 3 P.M.
Bachgrounder lecture 35 minutes before performance
Everyone knows that Bach played the organ and the harpsichord; but did you know that he also had a chance to play early versions of the fortepiano, the instrument which eventually evolved into the modern piano? In Bach at the Keyboard you’ll be able to hear Bach on all three of these instruments, played by some of their finest proponents: a Steinway concert grand piano, a John Philips harpsichord, and the Brombaugh Opus 9 tracker organ in the loft of Schroeder Hall, each tuned to a different temperament. The repertoire will be a fascinating cross-section of Bach’s works for solo keyboard, including inventions, variations, preludes and fugues, dance movements and chorale settings.
Don’t miss this chance to compare and contrast!
Marilyn Thompson, piano
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Rodney Gehrke, organ
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Katherine Heater, harpsichord
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“If you could only see Bach...either playing the clavier with all the fingers of both hands, or running over the
keys of the instrument of instruments [the organ], whose innumerable pipes are brought to life by bellows, with both hands and, at the utmost speed, with his feet, producing by himself the most various and at the same time mutually agreeable combinations of sounds in orderly procession.” — Johann Matthias Gesner (1738)
keys of the instrument of instruments [the organ], whose innumerable pipes are brought to life by bellows, with both hands and, at the utmost speed, with his feet, producing by himself the most various and at the same time mutually agreeable combinations of sounds in orderly procession.” — Johann Matthias Gesner (1738)