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Jane Chapman

Music from the Bauyn Manuscript

Part of the 2019 Concerts at Hatchlands

Add to my Calendar 23-10-2019 12:00 23-10-2019 14:00 36 Jane Chapman Jane Chapman will be performing on King Charles II’s virginals by John Player, London, 1664 The Bauyn Manuscript collection is without equal as a retrospective source of the rich repertoire of 17th century French clavenistes. It is kept at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, and was copied out by a single scribe no later than 1676. Although many pieces are also found in other manuscripts, and in some handsomely engraved editions produced in France at this time, quite a few exist in no other source known to date. Jane has selected many rarely heard pieces by composers such as Dumont, Hardel, La Barre, Monnard and Richard, as well as those by Chambonnières and his pupil Couperin. Jane Chapman is Professor of Harpsichord at RCM and Turner Sims Fellow at the University of Southampton. She was recently artist in residence at King’s College London, supported by the Leverhulme Trust. Hatchlands Park, Guildford DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Hatchlands Park
East Clandon
East Clandon
Guildford
Surrey
GU4 7RT
England

Programme

Jacques Champion de Chambonnières – Pièces de clavecin du manuscrit Bauyn
Joseph de La Barre – 4 Harpsichord Pieces from the Bauyn Manuscript
Jacques Hardel – 7 Harpsichord Pieces from the Bauyn Manuscript
Monnard – Harpsichord Pieces from the Bauyn Manuscript

Performers

Jane Chapman – Virginals

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Programme Note

Jane Chapman will be performing on King Charles II’s virginals by John Player, London, 1664

The Bauyn Manuscript collection is without equal as a retrospective source of the rich repertoire of 17th century French clavenistes. It is kept at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, and was copied out by a single scribe no later than 1676. Although many pieces are also found in other manuscripts, and in some handsomely engraved editions produced in France at this time, quite a few exist in no other source known to date.

Jane has selected many rarely heard pieces by composers such as Dumont, Hardel, La Barre, Monnard and Richard, as well as those by Chambonnières and his pupil Couperin.

Jane Chapman is Professor of Harpsichord at RCM and Turner Sims Fellow at the University of Southampton. She was recently artist in residence at King’s College London, supported by the Leverhulme Trust.

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