Event 15: Keyboard Music – The First 400 Years
- Date
- Friday 9 November 2012, 1.05pm - 1.55pm
Ian Buckle
The year 1612 saw the publication of Parthenia, the first printed collection of music for keyboard, in England. Ian's recital starts with pieces from this volume, and continues with music written every 100 years thereafter, taking in Couperin, Beethoven and Debussy; and ending with pieces by Timothy Jackson, commissioned this year especially for this programme.
William Byrd – Three Pieces from Parthenia (1612):
Preludium
Pavana: The Earle of Salisbury
Galiardo
François Couperin – from Pièces de Clavecin, 4ème Ordre (1712)
La marche des gris-vêtus
La Pateline
Le réveille-matin
Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata in E flat op 81a “Les Adieux” (1810)
- Adagio – Allegro
- Andante espressivo
- Vivacissimamente
Claude Debussy – Three Preludes from book 2 (1912):
Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C.
Toomai des Éléphants (completed by Robert Orledge, 2010)
Les tierces alternées
Timothy Jackson – Three Lancashire Folk Song Settings (2011-12):
July Wakes
King Cotton
She’s a Lassie from Lancashire
