Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837):
Sonata in F major for fortepiano and violin, Op. 5, no. 2 (c.1798)
Allegro con spirito
Andantino con grand’ espressione
Rondo alla Polacca
Jan Ladislav Dušek (1760-1812):
Sonata in G major for fortepiano and violin, Op. 69, no. 2 (1810)
Allegro espressivo
Rondo. Andantino con molto
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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Sonata No. 10 in G major for fortepiano and violin, Op. 96 (1812)
Allegro moderato
Adagio espressivo
Scherzo. Allegro
Poco allegretto
Broadwood fortepiano, London: 1813
(this fortepiano is identical to the instrument that Broadwood presented to Beethoven in 1817)
– programme subject to changes
The programme will be introduced by the artists.
Michael Jarvis fortepiano
Michael Jarvis has been acclaimed as one of Canada’s finest harpsichordists, fortepianists and continuo players. He has performed across Canada, the USA, England, Italy and Bermuda. He has worked with many of Canada’s finest singers and is in demand as a coach and collaborative artist.
He has performed with many of Canada’s leading orchestras and chamber ensembles including Les Violons du Roy, Symphony Nova Scotia, the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Aradia, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Symphony Niagara, the Hamilton Philharmonic, the Vancouver Symphony, I Musici de Montreal, The Vancouver CBC Orchestra, as well as with Via Salzburg, the Toronto Chamber Orchestra, the Tudor Singers of Montreal, the Elmer Isler Singers, Baroque Music Beside the Grange, The Amadeus Choir, I Furiosi, the Toronto Consort, the Vancouver Bach Choir, The Elora Festival, the Guelph Spring Festival, The Grand River Baroque Festival, The Festival of the Sound, Music at Westben, and the Pacific Baroque Orchestra, among many others.
Michael has recorded for the Hungaroton, Marquis Classics, ATMA, Naxos, Solitudes and Avalon CD labels, and has many times broadcast nationally and regionally for the CBC, as well as across the U.S. on NPR. His performing editions of 17th and 18th century choral and organ music are published by GIA, Chicago.
Michael has taught fortepiano at the University of British Columbia and harpsichord, continuo, and baroque vocal ornamentation at the University of Toronto. He has also taught harpsichord performance at Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario and at Havergal College, Toronto. He is also Director of Music at St. Jude’s Parish and Shrine in Vancouver, BC and is on faculty as harpsichordist and vocal coach at the Early Music Vancouver Summer Baroque Vocal Programme “The Compleat Singer“.
He was also co-host and star of the 13-part television series “Come into the Parlour“. Featuring co-host and star Carolyn Sinclair, soprano, and their original 1857 Chickering square grand, the series features some of Canada’s finest musicians from the opera and concert stages, including baritone Russell Braun, mezzo Kimberley Barber, violinist Mayumi Seiler, tenor Eric Shaw, etc. “Come into the Parlour“ was broadcast nationally in Canada on Bravo-TV and Vision. Mr. Jarvis was also featured on two national Canadian television specials “A Baroque Christmas“ and “A Baroque Easter“ on Vision and Bravo-tv.
His new CD on the Marquis Classics label of J.N. Hummel’s Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin/Viola, Op. 5 [ca.1798], performed on an original Viennese fortepiano from c. 1800 was released worldwide earlier this year.
Upcoming performances include in February 2013, a programme with Paul Luchkow of fortepiano and violin sonatas by Hummel, Dussek and Beethoven on an original Broadwood grand fortepiano from 1813 at the Jazz Cellar, and in March 2013 the inaugural recital of his newly-restored 6 1/2 Viennese Grand fortepiano from 1832 with the brilliant baritone Joshua Hopkins (recently heard this year as the star of Vancouver Opera’s “Barber of Seville“) in a programme of Lieder by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, and Mendelssohn (for Early Music Vancouver).
Since moving to Vancouver in 2006, he is a regularly featured performer throughout the Lower Mainland.
Paul Luchkow violin
Paul Luchkow is a versatile violinist and violist whose activities cover the range of music from the 17th century to the present day on modern and period instruments. A regular feature of Vancouver’s Early Music scene, Paul is a long-time member of the Pacific Baroque Orchestra, appears frequently in concerts for Early Music Vancouver, and Festival Vancouver, and was a founding member of the Burney Ensemble and of Vancouver’s 17th-century string band “La Cetra“.
He has performed with the CBC Radio Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony, the Vancouver Opera Orchestra and in studio ensembles, recording for popular music groups, film, television, and theatre. After graduating with a M.Mus. degree from the University of British Columbia, Paul moved to Holland where he became a member of the chamber orchestra “Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam“. In addition to Sinfonietta tours through Holland, France, and South Africa, he played with the Netherlands Radio Symphony and the Baroque Orchestra of the Netherlands Bach Society. Since his return to Vancouver, Paul continues to travel, touring with local ensembles and playing regularly with the Portland Baroque Orchestra, the Trinity Consort (Portland), and Baroque Northwest in Seattle Washington.
An active performer of contemporary music on modern violin and newly written music for period instruments, Paul has performed, often in premiers, music of Jean Coulthard, Michael Osterle, Peter Hannan, Bradshaw Pack, Jocelyn Morlock, Linda Catlin Smith, John Abram, Martin Arnold and Ray Zhuo (to name a few!). Paul has participated in recordings for the BIS, Koch, Spool, ATMA Classique, CBC Records, and Artifact Music labels and his concert performances are frequently broadcast on the CBC (radio and television) and NPR networks. |
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