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SUMMARY:In the Salons of Europe: Fortepiano-Harpsichord Duos in the Eighteenth Century
DESCRIPTION:Raritan Players (USA)\nRebecca Cypess & Yi-heng Yang keyboards \nIt is commonly thought that musicians abandoned their harpsichords and took up the fortepiano quickly and suddenly around 1780. In fact\, the two instruments coexisted happily for decades. Throughout the eighteenth century\, instrument makers explored novel ways of producing sound through experimentation with keyboard technologies. As new inventions were introduced\, they were folded into an already diverse keyboard culture\, expanding the palette of sounds available to players. Harpsichords and fortepianos of various sorts should be understood within the culture of invention and experimentation that led\, during the same period\, to such developments as musical automatons\, orchestrions\, the glass harmonica and musical clocks. \nIn the context of salons the use of various types of keyboard instruments allowed women to display their erudition while still adhering to the norms of their gender and social station. The tasteful combination of such instruments in performance enabled family members and friends to forge a sympathetic bond through music-making and presented their listeners with a topic of polite conversation. Indeed\, in bringing together diverse sounds and technologies\, the two players of a fortepiano-harpsichord duo enact a conversation of the same sort encouraged by the social institution of the salon: they differ in their sounds and the roles that they play\, while still finding ways to harmonize with and complement one another. \nOur concert features the fortepiano and harpsichord side-by-side\, or\, rather\, face-to-face\, presented by two artists renowned for their “simply mesmerizing” (Early Music America) performances and their scholarship in the areas of performance practice and the evolution of keyboard instruments. \n \nBrio and panache…simply a delight to the ear. – Fanfare \nTickets $31; 10% discount for seniors & members; youth and students FREE at the door. \nBUY TICKETS \nPlus Extra: \nWorkshop on the evolution of keyboard instruments in the 18th Century\n \nOur artists have studied and written extensively about the development of keyboard instruments in this important transitional period and will be sharing that knowledge in an afternoon talk\, which will include discussions\, questions and answers and demonstrations on fortepiano and harpsichord. \nJoin us for this FREE event\, Friday\, January 6\, 2pm at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (Broughton St. entrance). \nLet us know if you plan to attend by emailing us at info@earlymusicsocietyoftheislands.ca
URL:https://earlymusicsocietyoftheislands.ca/concert/in-the-salon-of-madame-brillon/
LOCATION:St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church\, 924 Douglas St\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8W 1C1\, Canada
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