BERNARD BRAUCHLI

CLAVICHORD & FORTEPIANO

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LECTURES-CONCERTS

o        From the Clavichord to the Fortepiano

18th-century keyboard music and the evolution from the clavichord to the fortepiano

Instruments:

-        Copy of an 18th-century clavichord

-        Original square piano by Chr. Baumann, c. 1775

Duration: 75 mn. (60 mn. music + 15 mn. lecture)

o        The Square Piano and the Fortepiano

A history of these two instruments and their role in 18th-century keyboard music.

Instruments:

-        Square piano by Chr. Baumann, c. 1775

-        Copy of a fortepiano by Anton Walter, 1782 (Mozart Geburtshaus, Salzburg)

Duration: 75 mn. (60 mn. music + 15 mn. lecture)

Lectures on specific composers and the relationship between their music and the clavichord or fortepiano are also available.



A. De La Herran, copy of a Harpsichord by Jean Daniel Dulcken (Bruxelles, circa 1750)

COMBINED PROGRAMS

o        Keyboard Music from the Early Clavichord to the Late 18th-Century Fortepiano

Recital presented on two clavichords, square piano, and forte-piano, illustrating an evolution which spanned more than three centuries. Works by H. Aston, G. Frescobaldi, J. S. Bach, C. P. E. Bach, W. A. Mozart, J. Haydn

o        The Family of Early Keyboard Instruments and their Music: Clavichord, Harpsichord, and Fortepiano

  A. Vanini, copy of a Harpsichord by Carlo Grimaldi (Messina, 1697)

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