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Offline kaiwin

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Virtuosic Harpsichord Pieces
on: March 17, 2007, 05:38:44 AM
I'm playing the Brandenburg 5 for a concerto on a harpsichord and want to know what is a good encore (for the harpsichord) (something like the Brandenburg's cadenza).

I was thinking of Scarlatti's sonata K. 141

Any other suggestions?

Any non-baroque composers compose for the harpsichord? (what pieces?  ;D)
Thanks!

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Re: Virtuosic Harpsichord Pieces
Reply #1 on: March 17, 2007, 08:27:11 PM
ligeti's hungarian rock is a good one.
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Re: Virtuosic Harpsichord Pieces
Reply #2 on: March 18, 2007, 12:03:05 AM
The most virtuosic piece for harpsichord would probably be Xenakis' Khoai or Naama, but I'm not sure how great that would go over with a Bach crowd >>

For Scarlatti, I would look into K. 517, K 417 and K. 450, although for an ENCORE I might be more inclined to go with Soler, in which case Sonatas 48/49 paired together would work nicely :)


Also, just as a point of interest, Penderecki wrote a really cool Harpsichord Concerto called "Partita for Harpsichord and Orchestra".  An extremely effective piece ;D

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Re: Virtuosic Harpsichord Pieces
Reply #3 on: March 18, 2007, 12:40:29 AM
Rochberg - Nach Bach (fantasia for harpsichord or piano)

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Re: Virtuosic Harpsichord Pieces
Reply #4 on: March 18, 2007, 01:18:22 AM
Rameau!

 Les Cyclopes is a good one. Les Tourbillons also. You can hear both of them here

https://magnatune.com/artists/albums/pinnock-rameau/hifi_play

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Re: Virtuosic Harpsichord Pieces
Reply #5 on: March 18, 2007, 01:30:44 AM
K.141, Argerich speed ;)
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Re: Virtuosic Harpsichord Pieces
Reply #6 on: March 18, 2007, 06:21:51 AM
he said non-baroque pieces. the last two suggestions dont fit this.
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Re: Virtuosic Harpsichord Pieces
Reply #7 on: March 18, 2007, 02:15:12 PM
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Re: Virtuosic Harpsichord Pieces
Reply #8 on: March 18, 2007, 03:04:50 PM
my piano teacher wrote a mean toccato for the harpsicord.
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Offline kaiwin

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Re: Virtuosic Harpsichord Pieces
Reply #9 on: March 20, 2007, 05:20:52 AM
Thank you for everyone's input! I'll listen to all of them and choose one.
Thanks!
~Kaiwin

P.S. Yes, I do mean both, sorry for the confusion.

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Re: Virtuosic Harpsichord Pieces
Reply #10 on: March 24, 2007, 06:38:38 AM
Coincidentally, I've got a student who is getting a harpsichord so I will have access to one. I have very limited experience playing an actual harpsichord, but I have listened to excerpts from many of the pieces mentioned in this thread, none of which seem technically daunting. If I'm looking for a piece written for harpsichord, any era, which one would be considered to be the most demanding technically and available in print?

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Re: Virtuosic Harpsichord Pieces
Reply #11 on: March 24, 2007, 04:31:07 PM
Probably the Xenakis ones.

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Re: Virtuosic Harpsichord Pieces
Reply #12 on: March 24, 2007, 09:56:20 PM
Probably the Xenakis ones.

Thank you, Pita. Incidentally, I've never seen one of these before:

https://www.baroquemusic.org/Neupertphpschd.jpg   :o

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Re: Virtuosic Harpsichord Pieces
Reply #13 on: March 24, 2007, 10:02:51 PM
Probably the Xenakis ones.

I read a few online articles about Xenakis' harpsichord pieces. One writer mentioned that several of his pieces were written for an amplified "4 manual harpsichord", although I can't find anything online about a 4 manual harpsichord in itself.    ??
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