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It has taken 4 years, but my back yard is finally taking shape. It was a perfect week to set outside, reading a book and listening to the birds. Including a pair of hawks nesting about 30 feet above my head with newly hatched fledglings to feed. All of which inspired todays selection
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“The Lark” String Quartet in D Major, Op. 64 No. 5 by Joseph Haydn
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:
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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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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