Benjamin Alard
CONCERT - Les Goûts-Réunis or the mixed tastes (with Michael Form) - Händel-Haus
Händel-Haus
Große Nikolaistraße 5
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Monday, June 3rd, 2024, 3:00 p.m
Concert: Les Goûts-Réunis oder der vermischte Geschmack (Les Goûts-Réunis or the mixed tastes)
Venue: Händel-Haus (Handel House) - Große Nikolaistraße 5, 06108 Halle (Saale), Deutschland/Germany
Organizer: Händel-Festspiele Halle
Programme
Georg Friedrich Händel: Overture in Scipio ; Sonate F-dur op. 1 ; Ouverture of Rinaldo ; Lascia ch’io pianga (Transcription for Cembalo von William Babell)
François Couperin: Neuvième Concert Royal “Il ritratto dell’amore”
Johann Christoph Pepusch: A Prelude for the Flute
Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of London: Sonate G-dur
Charles Dieupart: Suite N° 1 in A-Dur
Michael Form (recorder), Benjamin Alard (harpsichord)
What we would today call “fusion” was what the 18th century composers called the mixing of Italian and French stylistic elements. The composer François Couperin called Les Goûts-réunis (“the tastes reunited”) a collection of chamber music works whose allegorical titles evoke this reunification. This mixture of tastes typical of the time also had an influence on Handel: although he initially devoted himself primarily to the Italian opera seria, he still stuck to the French overture to open it. In London he was surrounded by French musicians who refined his musical taste. Benjamin Alard and Michael Form invite you to a German-French summit to trace the omnipresent French influence on the German composer in England.
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Benjamin Alard Biography
BENJAMIN ALARD . Harpsichord, Organ, Clavicord
Benjamin Alard’s principal passion has always been the music of J.S. Bach and it was for his interpretation of this great composer that he was awarded first prize in the 2004 International Harpsichord Competition in Bruges.
While still quite young he began studying music in his hometown in Dieppe, France. He was soon drawn to the organ and entered the Conservatory of Rouen where he studied with Louis Thiry and François Ménissier.
He was first introduced to the harpsichord by Elizabeth Joyé, with whom he studied in Paris before going on, in 2003, to the Schola Cantorum in Basel to work with Jörg-Andreas Bôtticher, Jean-Claude Zehnder and Andrea Marcon.
Since 2005 he has been organist of the Bernard-Aubertin organ in the church of Saint-Louis-en-l’Ile in Paris where each season he gives concerts about the music of Bach.
Today Benjamin Alard divides his time between performing recitals and chamber music on both the harpsichord and organ. He often performs repertoire for two harpsichords with Elisabeth Joyé, in duo with the violinist Francois Fernandez or in trio). He is regularly invited to perform as soloist in music series in Europe, Japan and North America.
Benjamin Alard has recorded for the label Hortus and has made several recordings of works by J. S. Bach for Alpha (Sonatas in trio, Clavier Übung I and II). His recordings have consistently received high praise from the press and have been awarded multiple prizes.
He will now devote himself to the complete works for harpsichord and organ solo of Johann Sebastian Bach for harmonia mundi. Two boxes, on 17, are already available. The third box will be released in March 2020.
During the season 2019-2020, Benjamin Alard will be playing in Saint-Petersburg, in Barcelona and Madrid, in Ireland, among others. And he will continue the recording of the Bach cycle for keyboards solo at harmonia mundi.
Read MoreBenjamin Alard’s principal passion has always been the music of J.S. Bach and it was for his interpretation of this great composer that he was awarded first prize in the 2004 International Harpsichord Competition in Bruges.
While still quite young he began studying music in his hometown in Dieppe, France. He was soon drawn to the organ and entered the Conservatory of Rouen where he studied with Louis Thiry and François Ménissier.
He was first introduced to the harpsichord by Elizabeth Joyé, with whom he studied in Paris before going on, in 2003, to the Schola Cantorum in Basel to work with Jörg-Andreas Bôtticher, Jean-Claude Zehnder and Andrea Marcon.
Since 2005 he has been organist of the Bernard-Aubertin organ in the church of Saint-Louis-en-l’Ile in Paris where each season he gives concerts about the music of Bach.
Today Benjamin Alard divides his time between performing recitals and chamber music on both the harpsichord and organ. He often performs repertoire for two harpsichords with Elisabeth Joyé, in duo with the violinist Francois Fernandez or in trio). He is regularly invited to perform as soloist in music series in Europe, Japan and North America.
Benjamin Alard has recorded for the label Hortus and has made several recordings of works by J. S. Bach for Alpha (Sonatas in trio, Clavier Übung I and II). His recordings have consistently received high praise from the press and have been awarded multiple prizes.
He will now devote himself to the complete works for harpsichord and organ solo of Johann Sebastian Bach for harmonia mundi. Two boxes, on 17, are already available. The third box will be released in March 2020.
During the season 2019-2020, Benjamin Alard will be playing in Saint-Petersburg, in Barcelona and Madrid, in Ireland, among others. And he will continue the recording of the Bach cycle for keyboards solo at harmonia mundi.
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