Ballo alla Polacha Giovanni Picchi (1571-1643)
Passamezzo Pavana William Byrd (1543-1623)
Galiardas Passamezzo W. Byrd
Gagliarde 1-5 Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Partita 1 in Bb major BWV 825 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Praeludium - Allemande - Corrente - Sarabande - Menuet I - Menuet II - Gigue
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Cinquieme Suitte in Fa majeur Charles Dieupart (1667-1740)
Ouverture - Allemande - Corrante - Sarabande - Gavotte - Menuet en Rondeau - Gigue
Suite VII in G minor George Frederick Haendel (1685-1759)
Ouverture - Andante - Allegro - Sarabande - Gigue - Passacaille
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Program duration: 90 minutes including short talks about the music, composers, and instrument.
This program presents dance music for the harpsichord, from the renaissance to late baroque periods, with composers from Italy, England, Germany, and France. Popular dance movements were often collected into 'Suites' (or with Bach, 'Partitas'), having a common key and preceded by a prelude or overture.Tuning: Werkmeister III temperament, A = 415 hz. This temperament has 2 major thirds almost pure, and 8 fifths pure; there is no 'wolf' or howlingly out of tune fifth.