Catalina Vicens | Piano by Joaquim José Antunes, 1767 | NMM Live! Concert Highlights

Selections from a concert recorded live in the Janet Wanzek Performance Hall at the National Music Museum, Vermillion, South Dakota, on February 26th, 2023. Featuring one of the NMM's finest instruments—the 1767 Antunes piano, a stunning surviving example of the early Cristofori-type action and Iberian keyboard design—played by early keyboard expert Catalina Vicens.

00:12 - Program Overview
01:00 - Historical Context | Maria Barbara
04:40 - Historical Context | Farinelli 'cembalo espresso'
06:07 - P. B. Bellinzani (ca. 1690–1757), Versetto in re minore
07:17 - D. Scarlatti (1685–1757), Sonata in re minore , K 234
13:23 - Anonymous, Vivace , from manuscript dated 1750-1780, Portugal National Library, copied by Francisco Xavier Baptista (17??–1797)

Performer | Catalina Vicens

Praised by the international press as one of the most interesting musicians in the field of early music, Catalina Vicens' dynamism and approach to historically informed performance and musicological research has led her to become one of the most versatile and sought-after historical keyboard performers and teachers of her generation.

https://www.catalinavicens.com/

Instrument | Grand Piano by Joaquim José Antunes, Lisbon, Portugal, 1767

https://emuseum.nmmusd.org/objects/84...

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