The A.D. White House will be the setting for an intimate evening of clavichord music Jan. 29 at 8 p.m., when Carol lei Breckenridge, a visiting fellow, performs music of Georg Benda (1722-1795), Johann Kuhnau (1660-1722), C.P.E. Bach (1714-1788), Haydn (1732-1809) and Mozart (1756-1791). The recital is cosponsored by the Cornell Council for the Arts, Society for the Humanities and the Department of Music.
Particularly cultivated by mid-18th-century German composers, the clavichord was widely favored until the advent of the fortepiano in the last 20 years of the century. Composers and musicians liked the instrument for its ability to express emotion.
Breckenridge, a specialist in classical-era keyboard music, is a music professor at Central College in Pella, Iowa. As a visiting fellow at Cornell, she is researching 18th-century performance practice and studying fortepiano with Malcolm Bilson, the Frederick J. Whiton Professor of Music.
The Florestan Trio, introduced to Ithaca audiences last year, has changed its name to avoid confusion with two other trios using the same name. Violinist Ellen Jewett, cellist Elizabeth Simkin and pianist Xak Bjerken will now be called the Taliesin Trio, named for the Spring Green, Wis., home of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Under its new name, the group will present the music of Beethoven, Toru Takemitsu and Arnold Schoenberg Jan. 31 at 8 p.m. in Barnes Hall.
These concerts are free and open to the public.
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