Faculty Recital: Lillian Gordis, harpsichord

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A faculty recital presented by Visiting Assistant Professor of Harpsichord, Lillian Gordis in Kulas Recital Hall.

Award-winning harpsichordist Lillian Gordis charts new territory with an unusual and absorbing narrative recital. Chromaticism and modulation define the history of harpsichord repertoire and this program explores their interplay. Lillian juxtaposes works by William Byrd, John Bull and William Tisdall with Preludes and Fugues from J.S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II. Join her on this glorious, complex journey through tonality and color.

Program:

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John Bull Melancholy Pavan & Galliard

William Byrd Fantasia in A

William Byrd Pavana canon “two parts in one” & Galliard in G

William Tisdall Pavana chromatica “Mrs. Katherin Tregian’s Pavan”

John Bull Hexachord Fantasia

Johann Sebastian Bach Well-Tempered Clavier Book II

   Prelude & Fugue in E Major, BWV 878

   Prelude & Fugue in A-flat Major, BWV 886

   Prelude & Fugue in G-sharp Minor, BWV 887

   Prelude & Fugue in B Major, BWV 892

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