Aapo Häkkinen

Aapo Häkkinen

Two keyboard masters, separated by two centuries. William Byrd and Johann Sebastian Bach wrote music rooted in tradition and growing in imagination. During this recital, Aapo Häkkinen explores their early and late oeuvres: from Byrd’s intimate pavans and fantasies to the unparalleled architectural artistry in Bach’s preludes and fugues. We follow Häkkinen’s train of thought along a path of keys, from Renaissance to Baroque and back again.

Harpsichord: Boccalari 1669

Programme

• William Byrd

  Praeludium, MB 115
  Pavan & Galliard, MB 60
  Lullaby, MB 110
  Fantasia, MB 25
  Alman, MB 117
  Malt's come down, MB 107
  If my complaints, MB 118

  c1540-1623
• Johann Sebastian Bach

  Toccata in F minor, BWV Anh. 85
  Praeludium and fugue in F major, BWV 880
  Praeludium and fugue in F-sharp major, BWV 882
  Praeludium and fugue in F-sharp minor, BWV 883
  
  Programme subject to change

  1685-1750

Musicians

• Aapo Häkkinen harpsichord