Wednesday, May 17, 2006, 12:10 p.m.

 

Stephen Ackert plays a harpsichord recital at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Music by Andrea Gabrieli, Alessandro Scarlatti, and anonymous 16th-century Italian composers. Open to the public, free of charge.

 

 

Program for recitals in July 2006

 

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Prelude and Fugue in C Minor

 

Robert Lind (b. 1940)

Variations on “To Jordan Came the Christ, Our Lord” (2005)

 

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

Prelude and Fugue in D Minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II

Prelude and Fugue in A Minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

 

(Intermission, if required)

 

Alessandro Scarlatti (1649–1725)

Theme and Variations in C Minor (Toccata settima)

 

Marcel Dupre (1886-1971)

Fugue in G Minor, Op. 7, No. 3