University Chamber Concert

Date:

Saturday, January 22, 1977

Time:

8 pm

Season/No:

1976-77

Venue:

St Cecilia's Hall & MIMEd

Participant(s):

John Hsu - viola da gamba
(Cornell University, N.Y.)
Peter Williams - harpsichord

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s):

Programme

Suite no. 1 in E minor ... F. Couperin
Prelude
  Allemande Legere
  Courante
  Sarabande Grave
  Gavotte
  Gigue
Passacaille ou Chaconne

Pièces de viole ... M. Marais
  Plainte (Book III, 1711)
Fantaisie in A (Book II, 1701)
  La Guitare (Book III, 1711)
  Chaconne in D (Book I, 1686)

Interval of fifteen minutes during which coffee and biscuits will be on sale in the Laigh Room

Pièces from "Suitte d'un gout Etranger" ... M. Marais
(Book IV, 1717)
  Caprice ou Sonate
  Muzette
Le Labyrinthe

Suite no. 2 in A major ... F Couperin
  Prelude
  Fuguette
  Pompe Funebre
  La Chemise Blanche

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Low pitch (a'=415Hz)
Harpsichord by Pascal Taskin 1769
Johan Joachim Tielke, Hamburg 1695, bass-viol from the chest of viols belonging to Hart House, University of Toronto, lent to Peggie Sampson for her visit