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Richard Egarr traces the development of the harpsichord from instruments plucked by the hand, to the psaltery and the virginal, charting its unstoppable rise in popularity.

Conductor and keyboard expert, Richard Egarr, has many musical passions, but in this three-part series he focuses on his love for the harpsichord. In episode one, Richard traces the development of the harpsichord from instruments plucked by the hand, to the psaltery and the virginal. Using selected works by Ennemond Gaultier, Antonio Valente, William Byrd and Jacopo Peri, Richard charts the unstoppable rise in popularity of this 鈥渂ad keyboard version of the lute鈥�.

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Sun 5 Feb 2023 23:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Italian Concerto (3rd mvt.)

    Performer: Richard Egarr.
    • Works for Harpsichord by JS Bach.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Anon

    Goliard melody (O Roma nobilis)

    Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London.
    • Instruments of Middle Ages & the Renaissance.
    • Erato.

  • Anon

    Hymn to St. Magnus

    Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London.
    • Instruments of Middle Ages & the Renaissance.
    • Erato.

  • Ennemond Gaultier

    Chaconne ou 'Cascades' de Mr.de Launay

    Composer: Esajas Reusner. Performer: William Carter.
    • Esaias Reusner: Delitiae testudinis.
    • Linn.

  • Adriaan Willaert

    Ricercar 脿 3

    Performer: Richard Lester.
    • Masterworks & Miniatures.
    • Nimbus.

  • Antonio Valente

    Fantasia del primio tono

    Performer: Fabio Antonio Falcone.
    • Valente: Intavolatura de Cimbalo.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • John Bull

    Fantastic Galliard

    Performer: Peter Watchorn.
    • Bull: Complete Works for Keyboard, Volume 1.
    • Musica Omnia.

  • William Byrd

    Fantasia No. 2 in C Major

    Performer: Pieter-Jan Belder.
    • Fitzwilliam Virginal Book Volume 2: William Byrd.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • Jacopo Peri

    Prologue (Io, che d'alti sospir vaga e di pianti)

    Singer: Fran莽oise Masset. Ensemble: Les Arts Baroques. Conductor: Mireille Podeur.
    • Peri, J: Euridice.
    • Maguelone.

  • Johann Jakob Froberger

    Tombeau sur la mort de Monsieur Blancrocher

    Performer: Gustav Leonhardt.
    • Great Works for Organ & Harpsichord.
    • Sony.

  • Louis Couperin

    Tombeau de M. de Blancrocher (Suite in F major)

    Performer: Richard Egarr.
    • Louis Couperin: Complete Keyboard Works.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

Broadcast

  • Sun 5 Feb 2023 23:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3