An educational programme featuring early music. Today, Johann Jakob Froberger, born 400 years ago.
On 19 May 1616, Johann Jakob Froberger was baptized. He probably was born not long before that, so we celebrate his 400th birthday this year, 2016.
Froberger became one of the most famous harpsichordists of his time.
Johann Jakob Froberger (1616 – 1667)
1. Toccata no 1, FbWV 101 (1647)
Sergio Vartolo, harpsichord
(cd: Johann Jacob Froberger: Harpsichord works. Naxos 8.557472-73, 2005)
2. Fantasia no 1, over ut re mi fa sol la, FbWV 201 (1647)
Anssi Karttunen, harpsichord
(cd: Memento mori – Froberger. Alba ABCD 196, 2005)
3. Suite no 12 in C major, FbWV 612
– Lamento
– Gigue
– Courante
– Sarabande
Alina Rotaru, harpsichord
(cd: Froberger: suites and toccatas. Carpe Diem CD-16290, 2012)
Matthias Weckmann (1621 – 1674)
4. Sonata a 4 no 1
5. Sonata a 4 no 2
Ensemble La Fenice
(cd: Matthias Weckmann: Kammermusik – Klaviermusik. Ricercar RIC 282, 2009, recording 1995/1998)
Johann Jakob Froberger
6. Suite no 20 in D major ‘Méditation faite sur ma mort future’, FbWV 620
– Allemande
– Gigue
– Courante
– Sarabande
Anssi Karttunen, harpsichord
(cd: Memento mori – Froberger. Alba ABCD 196, 2005)
7. Lamentation faite sur la mort de Ferdinand III, FbWV 633 (1657)
Alejandro Casal, harpsichord
(cd: Froberger: Diverse. Enchiriadis EN 2032, 2011)
8. Toccata XIV, FbWV 114
Anssi Karttunen, harpsichord
(cd: Memento mori – Froberger. Alba ABCD 196, 2005)
