UPDATED 10/13/2008

FEATURED INSTRUMENT CONCERT   If you enjoy this concert, please donate by clicking on the button to the left! Pedal Harpsichord - Samples by Brett Milan Bach, Johann Sebastian: Fantasia (Concerto) in G Major, BWV 571 Divided into three sections Fantasia, Adagio and Allegro, this piece is a lot smaller in scope than the enormous G Major Fantasie that follows it in the Schmieder catalog, but it is not without its charming moments. [6:34] HW1 Purcell, Henry: Ground The ground bass is an English form comparable to the Passacaglia. A three-measure repeating bass line on the upper keyboard is contrasted with a second voice that hops between a syncopated motive on the same keyboard and an ornamented melody on the lower keyboard. [2:2] HW1 Walther, Johann Gottfried: Preludio con Fuga (1741) Each in 3 sections: Preludio (repeated); Allegro; Adagio. Fuga. Un poco vivace; Grave; Aria, a 2 Tastature. Played on just the manuals. No reverberation added. Brad Lehman Temperament. [8:27] HW1 Bach, Johann Sebastian: Fugue on a Theme of Legrenzi, BWV 574 A triple fugue based on a theme of Legrenzi. This relatively early piece consists of three parts: the first fugue subject is combined with the second fugue subject in the third section. [6:14] HW1 Bach, Johann Sebastian: Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 690 Delicate 4-part manual treatment with repeats alternating between organ and harpsichord. The text urges patience, but it is juxtaposed by the rhythmic drive of the music. [1:39] HW1 Bach, Johann Sebastian: Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 647 The Schübler chorale, this transcription is from the fourth verse of Cantata 93, where Soprano and Alto sing the lilting upper part over a basso continuo, violins and violas carry the chorale. [2:41] HW1 Bach, Johann Sebastian: Trio Sonata No. 1, BWV 525 The first of six pieces written by Johann for his eldest son Wilhelm Friedeman Bach, to learn keyboard technique. He may have practiced them on a two manual and pedal clavichord. The movements are [Allegro moderato] - Adagio - Allegro. [13:27] HW1 Walther, Johann Gottfried: Concerto del Signor Taglietti Rythmically intense, hands on separate manuals except for the last of four movements: Grave, e Solo; Allegro; Adagio; à 2 Clav.; and Allegro. Impulse reverberation added. [7:19] HW1 Bach, Johann Sebastian: Fugue in G minor ("Little"), BWV 578 One of Bach's most charming and well-known pieces, this piece flows like well-oiled baroque machinery. Some of the extra trills are the Phantom's idea, though. [3:39] HW1 Bach, Johann Sebastian: Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 649 This transcription is from the 5th movement of Cantata 6 for the second day of Easter: "Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden." [2:30] Midi file available. HW1 Bach, Johann Sebastian: Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, BWV 650 The sixth and final Schübler Chorale, this infectiously bubbly transcription derives from the second verse (alto solo) of Cantata 137, "Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren." or "Praise to the Lord, the poweful king of honor." [3:6] HW1 Bach, Johann Sebastian: Wo soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 646 The second of the Schübler Chorales, named after Georg Schübler, the person who engraved them. This is the only one of the six not to be based on an extant cantata movement. Bach specifies: "1. Clav. 8 Fuss; 2. Clav. 16 Fuss; Ped. 4 Fuss." That is to say, 1st keyboard 8 foot (standard pitch), 2nd keyboard 16 foot (one octave lower), Pedal 4 foot (one octave higher, playing the chorale melody). Unfortunately, that is not actually possible on this instrument, so adjustments had to be made. [1:34] HW1 Bach, Johann Sebastian: Concerto in G Major, BWV 986 Based on an unknown concerto, in three movements: [Moderato] - Adagio - Allegro. Impulse reverberation added. [4:53] HW1