Harpsichord Duet

Program

Louis Couperin (1626-1661)

Allemande

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Sonata in B-flat Major for Keyboard Four Hands, K358

Allegro, Adagio, Molto Presto

Alex Chilvers (born 1985)

Chainwheel

Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)

Sonata in G Major for Two Keyboards

Minuet

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784)

Sonata in F Major for Two Keyboards

Allegro e Moderato, Andante, Presto

Artist Profile

Heath Henn is a historical keyboard specialist based in Sydney, Australia. He is currently undertaking research into the embellishment techniques of sixteenth-century Venetian keyboard works at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Heath gave his first performance on a virginal instrument at the eighth annual conference of the Historical Keyboard Society of North America (HKSNA) in May 2019.

Anthony Abouhamad holds a PhD in historical performance from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Australia. As a performer on historical keyboards, Anthony regularly collaborates with the Muffat Collective, Australian Haydn Ensemble and Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra. In addition, Anthony is a tutor of several musicology and historical performance subjects at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Alex Chilvers is an Australian music composer, researcher, and educator based in Sydney. He completed his PhD under the supervision of Michael Smetanin at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he currently teaches. Chilvers' music and his research explore the relationship between centuries-old musical traditions and contemporary approaches to composition — particularly in Poland, where he has studied with the composer Aleksander Lasoń.