Allegro
Largo-Larghetto
Allegro vivace
Old Cabell Hall, UVa
April 24, 2005
photos by Elmo
From the program notes by Paul Walker:
"With Bach's Concerto for Four Harpsichords, arranged from a concerto for four violins by Vivaldi, we come to the sort of music that audiences and musicians today know best. Brad Lehman, playing the first harpsichord part today, has recently published the results of his research into the temperament that Bach used for tuning his harpsichords, and our performance is among the first uses of this temperament in modern times."
(above) The four harpsichordists sit tight while the orchestra tunes. At the farthest harpsichord is Liz Lindau, then Paul Walker, Brad Lehman, and finally, me.
(above) And they're off!
An exhausted but triumphant bow at the end.
My harpsichord is the one here on the far left. Its cover was tilted up for the performance, but not removed because it was bolted on much more permanently than the tops of the other instruments.