Dark Harpsichord Music by Colin Booth Colin Booth : Dark Harpsichord Music.
 Solo harpsichord music.

Late evening in Devon, England. Blackbird and thrush sing their last tribute to the dying day. In the medieval splendour of Dartington Great Hall the lights are dimmed, and the sombre but glittering tones of a harpsichord take over from the birds' calls and carry an audience into the gathering darkness.

This album recaptures the atmosphere, and much of the music, of a memorable concert given in 1995. It presents, in a continuously linked sequence of diverse but musically related pieces, an introspective exploration of mood. Much of the music is improvisation, either actual or in style. Included are the evocative "Overture to Orpheus" written in 1981 by Louis Andriessen, and music by three members of the Couperin family: Louis, Francois, and Armand-Louis, in all covering a period of more than one hundred years.

Songs:

1. Prelude - Evening
2. Prelude in G Minor (Jean-Henri D'Anglebert)
3. Allemande In G Major (Armand-Louis Couperin)
4. Air in G Minor (12 Suites Of 1714) (Johann Mattheson)
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6. Prelude In F Major (Louis Couperin)
7. Andante (Sonata In F Major W62:6) (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach)
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9. Prelude In D Minor (Jean-Henri D'Anglebert)
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11. Chaconne In A Minor (From Violin Partita In D Minor arr C Booth) (Johann Sebastian Bach)
12. Prelude In A Major (L'Art De Toucher Le Clavecin) (F Couperin)
13. Overture To Orpheus (Louis Andriessen)
14. Passacaille In G Minor (Louis Couperin)
15. Postlude - Towards Night

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Release date: 2/11/2011
Colin Booth lives in Wells England

Tagged as: Classical, Baroque, Classical Period, Instrumental, Composer: Armand-Louis Couperin, Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Composer: Francois Couperin, Composer: Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, Composer: Johann Mattheson, Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer: Louis Andriessen, Composer: Louis Couperin, Harpsichord

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