In concert: Mark Kroll, harpsichord, Carol Lieberman, baroque violin
FREE to the public, REGISTRATION REQUIRED
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
CAROL LIEBERMAN
Violinist
Carol Lieberman, recognized as one of America’s leading exponents of Baroque violin performance for the past 50 years, is equally acclaimed for her command of the violin repertoire from the 19th to the 21st centuries. The scope of Ms. Lieberman’s versatility can be seen by her performances of the complete Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord of J.S. Bach in Lisbon, Madrid, Rome, Paris, and throughout the United States, and her numerous concerts of works by romantic and contemporary composers.
Her recordings include not only the Bach Violin sonatas, but also works by C.P.E. and J.C. Bach; Dohnanyi; Schubert; Biber; Elliott Carter; and Olivier Messiaen. A reviewer of her most recent album, The Art of Carol Lieberman, a 2-CD compilation from her recordings on both Baroque and modern violin, summarized these accomplishments: “the great American violinist Carol Lieberman...is a world-class artist with a bold, distinctive sound... she is a violinist’s violinist, a teacher, a concertmaster, and a champion of lesser-known works, both as a soloist and a chamber musician.”
Carol Lieberman’s concert tours have taken her throughout Europe, North and South America, and the Middle East, and include appearances with major music festivals, and as concerto soloist in the violin concertos of Sibelius, Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Vivaldi and Bach. The first violinist to receive the DMA degree from the Yale University School of Music, Ms. Lieberman is currently Professor emerita at the College of the Holy Cross.
Her website is: www.carollieberman.wordpress.com
