[goodfeel] Special Friend of Dancing Dots Performs at Greenwich International Early Music Festival, Saturday, November 13, 2010 [cross-posted]

From: "Dancing Dots" <billlist1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 14:42:06 -0500
Our friend, Professor John Henry of Trinity College of Music, London, will
give a concert this Saturday, Nov. 13.  See details below.

We at Dancing Dots are honored that Professor Henry has used our GOODFEEL
technology for many years now to quickly learn the vast amounts of the
harpsichord repertoire which he must both perform and teach.  Anyone who can
attend this concert is in for a genuine treat.

Congratulations and best wishes to you, John!

...

[draft programme]
 
Greenwich International Early Music Festival
St Alfege Church Greenwich
13th November 2010 

Bach Family Music for Two Keyboards

Steven Devine, Fortepiano
John Henry, Harpsichord

Programme

C P E Bach           Fantasia in C, WQ61-6






J S Bach          Concerto in C BWV1061
                          (Allegro)
                           Adagio 
                           Fuga


W F Bach        Polonaises FK 12
                           Polonaise no 1 in C
                           Polonaise no 8 in E minor
                           Polonaise no 3 in D


W F Bach        Concerto a Due Cembali in F, FK44
                           Allegro Moderato
                           Andante
                           Presto













John Henry


For almost 40 years John Henry has been widely acclaimed for both his live
and recorded performances in this country and in the US. Of one concert The
Times praised his playing 'first and foremost for the romantic feeling
behind it, and the imaginative registration and fastidious ornamentation
through which he made the music speak'. Of an early introduced recital Music
and Musicians wrote: 'As a good-humoured, informative and entertaining
presenter of a programme, he has no peer,' and reviewing one of his CDs,
Gramophone commented on his 'passionate involvement in the music and his
fertile imagination'.
While perhaps best known for his interpretations of French harpsichord
music, he performs from an extensive repertoire on other keyboard
instruments, giving introduced recitals on harpsichord, clavichord and
fortepiano, including recent concerts on a range of historic instruments at
the Royal College of Music Instrument Museum.
John Henry regularly conducts masterclasses and delivers lectures on a wide
range of subjects for schools, colleges and universities. Before joining the
staff at Trinity in 1990, he was Visiting Senior Research Fellow in Music at
Westfield College, University of London. At Trinity, as well as being
Harpsichord Professor, he continues his pioneering course of lectures on
Baroque and Classical Performance Practice for pianists. 
For the season 2010-11, John Henry has plans for further broadcasting as
well as continuing projects for experimental performances of Baroque
repertoire for two keyboards and solo recitals and masterclasses in the UK
and Ireland. 

    

Programme Note


The relatively small number of works written in the 17th and 18th centuries
for two keyboards is amply compensated for by the sheer quality of the
music. From Tomkins to Mozart, this repertoire holds many gems, not least
the two works we are performing in this concert. It is curious that each is
entitled 'Concerto'. Although each has three movements as typical for the
title, they share precious few similarities either in form or style.

The Concerto by J S is a masterpiece of joyous independent writing for each
part, whereas the one by W F is so perfectly interwoven between parts that
each makes little impression on its own. Also, though it is fair to say that
the melodic manipulations of W F certainly show the influence of his
father's tutilege, it is also rather striking that the more 'whistlable'
melodies themselves, and the structure which enframes them, look forward
more to the Classical than backward to the Baroque period.

Although both these works were written for two harpsichords, we hope that
you will enjoy the results of our decision to subsitute a fortepiano for the
second harpsichord.  After all, J S Bach apparently became a late convert to
it, and it is also rather intriguing to hear the 'family resemblances' in
timbre as well as the more obvious differences in expressive colours.

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[goodfeel] Special Friend of Dancing Dots Performs at Greenwich International Early Music Festival, Saturday, November 13, 2010 [cross-posted]

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