In concert: Mark Kroll, harpsichord, Carol Lieberman, baroque violin
A special performance as part of our Rediscovering Waltham’s Harpsichord History special exhibition
Mark Kroll-Harpsichord
Carol Lieberman-Baroque Violin
François Couperin (1668-1733)
Troisiême Ordre (Pièces de clavecin, Book I)
Allemande La Ténébreuse
Premiere Courante
Seconde Courante
Sarabande La Lugubre
Les Pélerines
La Marche
La Caristade
Le Remerciement
La Favorite, Chaconne à deux tems
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in D minor, K. 90
Grave
Allegro
[Allegro] Allegro
*** intermission***
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Suite Pour Le Clavecin in B-minor, BWV 814
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Anglaise
Menuet and Trio
Gigue
Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in A major, BWV 1014
Dolce
Allegro
Andante ma non poco
Presto
Mark Kroll’s distinguished career as a performer, scholar and educator spans a period of more than fifty years. He has appeared in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia as a recitalist and chamber musician, winning critical praise for his expressive playing and virtuosity. He has also performed as concerto soloist with the world’s major orchestras, and served as harpsichordist for the Boston Symphony from 1979-2008.
Kroll’s extensive list of recordings includes the music of Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, Biber, Duphly, Balbastre, Royer, Schubert, and Hummel; a 10-disc set of the complete pièces de clavecin of François Couperin; critically acclaimed CDs of contemporary harpsichord music; and Dutilleux’s Les Citations with the Boston Symphony Chamber Players.
Equally active as a scholar, Kroll has published eight books— Bach, Handel and Scarlatti: Reception in Britain 1750-1850; The Cambridge Companion to the Harpsichord; Ignaz Moscheles and the Changing World of Musical Europe; Playing the Harpsichord Expressively; The Beethoven Violin Sonatas; Johann Nepomuk Hummel: A Musician and His World (a second edition and a Slovakian translation were published this year in Bratislava); The Boston School of Harpsichord Building; and an annotated facsimile of part III of J. N. Hummel’s piano treatise—plus numerous chapters and articles, and scholarly editions for Bärenreiter, Ut Orpheus and A-R Editions. His book, Contemporary Harpsichord Music Since 1900, is in preparation.
A dedicated educator, Kroll is Professor emeritus at Boston University, where he served for twenty-five years as Professor of Harpsichord and Chair of the Department of Historical Performance. He teaches and lectures worldwide, and has been visiting professor and guest lecturer at Northeastern University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale and Princeton Universities, and others throughout the United States.
For further details, see www.markkroll.com
