Historical Concert
"J. S. Bach and his contemporaries," a recital on the harpsichord and pianoforte, by Mademoiselle Wanda Landowska.
Venue:
Mademoiselle Wanda Landowska - harpsichord and pianoforte
1. Suite Anglaise, no. 5, in E minor ... Johann Sebastian Bach
2. Sarabande (from Sonate d'intavolatura per organo o cimbalo) ... Domenico Zipoli
3. Divertimento ... Francesco Durante
4. Sonata Pastorale, and sonata in F minor ... Domenico Scarlatti
5. Air and variations in E major, known as "The Harmonious Blacksmith," from the 5th suite of the first collection of harpsichord pieces ... Georg Friedrich Handel
6. Sarabandes and variations ... Johann Mattheson
7. Fantaisie ... Georg Philipp Telemann
8. "Les Tricotets" ... Jean Philippe Rameau
9. Two unpublished minuets ... Louis Clérambault
10. "Le Coucou" ... Claude Daquin
11. "Les Folies françaises ou les Dominos ... François Couperin
"Le Dodo ou l'Amour au Berceau"
"Musète de Taverni"
Composer(s):
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
- Zipoli, Domenico, 1688-1726
- Durante, Francesco, 1684-1755
- Scarlatti, Domenico, 1685-1757
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
- Mattheson, Johann, 1681-1764
- Telemann, Georg Philipp, 1681-1767
- Rameau, Jean-Philippe, 1683-1764
- Clérambault, Louis-Nicolas, 1676-1749
- Daquin, Louis-Claude, 1694-1772
- Couperin, François, 1668-1733
Performer(s):
Performance Type:
Three-page essay (pp.3-5) entitled 'preliminary note', including a discussion of the merits of looking beyond the works of Bach and Handel.
On the outside back page - dates and programmes of the four historical concerts.