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Last week we had a concerto with one harpsichord, what can beat that? How about a concerto with 4 harpsichords? What can be more fun?

From the Netherlands Bach society: Harpsichord Concerto in A minor by Johann Sebastian Bach.

From the notes that accompany the video

Bach arranged various Vivaldi concertos for organ and harpsichord. The Concerto in A minor, performed by Siebe Henstra, Menno van Delft, Pieter-Jan Belder and Tineke Steenbrink for All of Bach, is largely based on Vivaldi’s Concerto in B minor for four violins and orchestra. But of course, he gave it an exciting twist, as in Bach’s version the soloists play harpsichords and B minor changed to A minor

For more information on Bach’s Harpsichord concertos read this wiki article. Keyboard concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach

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Keyboard Concerto No. 11 in D major, by Joseph Haydn:

From Wikipedia.

Joseph Haydn’s Keyboard Concerto in D major, Hob. XVIII:11, was written between 1780 and 1783 and published in 1784, his last concerto for keyboard. He composed it for harpsichord or fortepiano, scoring for orchestra in the relatively undeveloped galant style of his earlier works, but, being a somewhat late composition, the work has similarities to Mozart’s piano concertos; Haydn and Mozart had probably become acquainted by 1783 and the friendship had a deep impact on both composers.

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 String Quartet No. 1 in C minor  by Johannes Brahms

It has been a while since I have listened to Hillary Hahn perform and I do enjoy her violin work.

Here is Violin Concerto No 3 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with Ms. Hahn the soloist on violin.

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Missa in tempore belli (English: Mass in the Time of War) by Joseph Haydn.

From Wikipedia:

Haydn composed this mass at Eisenstadt in August 1796, at the time of Austria’s general mobilization into war. Four years into the European war that followed the French Revolution, Austrian troops were doing badly against the French in Italy and Germany, and Austria feared invasion. Reflecting the troubled mood of his time, Haydn integrated references to battle in the Benedictus and Agnus Dei movements. The Mass was first performed on 26 December 1796, in the Piarist Church of Maria Treu in Vienna.

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When I was growing up we tended to celebrate the pagan aspect of Easter, colored eggs, bunnies, chicks, and candy. I’m afraid my parents were lapsed Christians

In that spirit, I found a jazz version of Irving Berlin’s Easter Parade by the Oscar Peterson trio.

Enjoy, Jack