Harpsichord Clearing House
at the Boston Early Music Festival & Exhibition,
June 15 to 18, 2011

Associated with the Boston Festival since its inception in 1981, we are honored to continue sponsorship.

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On exhibit in Boston:
The following instruments were on exhibit in the Dartmouth Room, 6th floor of Boston's Radisson Hotel:

Single manual

~ David Jensen, Flemish 8'4'
~ Glenn Giuttari, Italian 8'8'
~ Willard Martin, Flemish 8'8'
~ Nikolaus Damm, after Trausintino 8'8'
~ Peter Fisk, 17th Cent French 8'8'

Double manual

~ William Dowd Blanchet 1983
~ Frank Hubbard, Ruckers/Taskin rebuilt by HCH
~ Eric Herz, German 16'8'8'4', 1995

Clavichord

~ John Challis, unfretted- wooden board
~ Jacob Kaeser, fretted - Hubert
~ Robert Duffy, fretted after Tosi
~ Zuckermann triple fretted - Flemish decor
~ Dolmetsch/Chickering, unfretted 1907

Organ

~ Bennett & Giuttari, 8'4'2`
~ Henk Klop, 4 rank
~ David Leach, unified
~ Hermann Grunke, regal 8' 4'2'-hand winded
~ Bennett & Bennett, single 8' with pedal

Spinet-virginals

Frank Hubbard bentside 1975
John Watson ottavino
Arnold Dolmetsch, quint pitch

In Concert (about town):

~ Henk Klop Italian harpsichord & Bennett & Giuttari three rank organ@ First Church, Boston for the entire EMA Series.

~ Italian single by Glenn Giuttari: @ Goethe Institute for BEMF masterclasses. and ARS rally @ St. Paul's

~Bennett & Giuttari three rank organ--at the opera!

 

 

HCH Concerts at BEMF:The WIP Series
Our free concerts, listed below, were presented in the Dartmouth Room on the sixth floor of the Radisson Hotel in Boston on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, featuring some of the finest players involved in early music today:

Wednesday, June 15th

• 3 pm: Paul Cienniwa, harpsichord. Music of Louis Couperin, and Jean Phillipe Rameau

Paul Cienniwa

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Thursday, June 16th

• 11:30 am : Emily Jane Morlan, harpsichord. Music of Sweelinck, Chambonnieres, Byrd, Frescobaldi

Emily Jane Morlan

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• 12:30 pm : Henry Lebedinsky, harpsichord, clavichord, Boel Gidholm, baroque violin, Christopher Haritatos, baroque cello.
Music of Petersen, Dall'Abaco, Mozart, and Geminiani

Henry Lebedinsky

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• 1:30 pm: La Réunion Musicale./ Sonia Lee and Akiko Sato. Transcriptions of Bach and Handel for two harpsichords

Sonia Lee Akiko Sato

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• 2:30 pm: Cascata - Rachel Cama, Peter Lekx, Sonia Lee. "Of Royal Pleasure" - Music of the French Baroque

Rachel Cama Peter Lekx

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Friday, June 17th

• 3:00 pm :Ensemble Florilege - Michael Sponseller, director

Michael Sponseller

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Saturday June 18th

• 11:00 am: Gavin Black, harpsichord

Gavin Black

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• 12:00 noon : Sylvia Berry, fortepiano.
Haydn in London: Piano works and Canzonettas
Sylvia Berry, fortepiano (1806 Broadwood & Son grand, #3448) Clara Rottsolk, soprano

Sylvia Berry Clara Rottsolk