After some discussion, the two arrived at the idea of donating a harpsichord, and homing it with the Mount Allison Music Department, where Pearse is assistant professor. \u201cGiven our mutual dedication to teaching,\u201d says Pearse, \u201cit seems like the music department would be the best place to receive the harpsichord because they can take care of it, they have students who will benefit from playing it, and we have people coming through town and even faculty on staff who can also play it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cThis harpsichord sort of opens a window into 200 plus years of repertoire,\u201d says Pearse. \u201cThat allows students to enter the sonic world of composers like J. S. Bach or \u00c9lisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre who composed for this instrument. They come a little bit closer to hearing and understanding what the composer envisioned.\u201d<\/p>\n
Though a harpsichord resembles a piano in shape, it\u2019s actually not part of the same instrument family, says Pearse. While pressing piano keys activates a hammer on strings, the keys on a harpsichord cause plucking of strings. \u201cThe harpsichord generates volume and texture by creating a wash of notes,\u201d says Pearse. \u201cSo you can think of it like a waterfall of notes just spilling out from under the keys.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Audience members will get a few chances to hear that \u2018waterfall of notes\u2019 this weekend at the Sackville Early Festival of Music. The harpsichord will have a supporting role in Saturday night\u2019s concert, and then will be featured along with cello on Sunday night. That combination will be \u201cmagical\u201d for Joanna Manning, the arts patron whose gift brought the harpsichord to Mount Allison. Manning says Sunday\u2019s concert may even bring her to tears.<\/p>\n
An inscription in Latin on the inside cover of the harpsichord has a special relevance for the music lover. \u201cThree years ago, the Early Music festival were some of the last concerts my late husband and I came to together,\u201d says Manning. \u201cThe quotation more or less says \u2018music is a joy, but also is a companion in sorrow.\u2019 So this year\u2019s concerts will be very meaningful to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u200bSackville Festival of Early Music concerts 2022:<\/h2>\n
All concerts to be performed live in Mount Allison\u2019s Brunton Auditorium with home streaming options available. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors (+65 years), and free for students.<\/p>\n
Friday September 23, 2022, 7:30 p.m. Saturday September 24, 2022, 7:30 p.m. Sunday September 25, 2022, 7:30 p.m. Monday September 26, at 4:00 p.m., in Brunton Auditorium: Hear this story as reported on Tantramar Report: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Typically, every year when the Sackville Festival of Early Music rolls around, co-director Shawn Bostick drives to Halifax to pick up a harpsichord, hauling it back to Sackville for the festival, which specializes in music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. But this year, that won\u2019t be necessary. Thanks to a gift from a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":117848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[219,221],"tags":[1503,19090,19092,19091,1221,741,19093,3619],"radio":[227,126],"origine":[120,105,106,277],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117838"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117838"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117846,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117838\/revisions\/117846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117838"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=117838"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=117838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNavr\u00e9 de ton dart<\/em>
\nEnsemble ANIMA<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nHommage \u00e0 l\u2019univers de Moli\u00e8re et \u00e0 l\u2019humour fran\u00e7ais<\/em>
\n\u00e0 l\u2019occasion du 400 e anniversaire de sa naissance<\/em>
\nLes Bor\u00e9ades de Montr\u00e9al with Dion Mazerolle, baritone<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nQuill and Bow<\/em>
\nM\u00e9lisande McNabney, harpsichord and Elinor Frey, cello<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAward-winning harpsichordist, M\u00e9lisande McNabney<\/strong>, will lead a 60-minute workshop for keyboard players on the Music Department\u2019s new Flemish double harpsichord, introducing participant to harpsichord care, maintenance, standard playing techniques and fingerings. Open to the public, free-of-charge.
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\nLearn more about the artists and schedule for the festival at sackvilleearlymusic.com<\/a><\/p>\n
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