Harpsichord maker Yves Beaupré, winner of the 2002-2003 Prix Opus “Appreciation to an instrument maker” has built a new pedal-harpsichord last summer. A pedal-harpsichord, that is, a harpsichord with an organ-type pedal-board, would have been found in the home of most German organists during the baroque period. No ancient instrument having survived, Yves Beaupré has recreated the instrument based on texts from the era. Musically, it grants the performer a new vision of Bach’s music and also offers new possibilities to harpischord repertoire.

Luc Beauséjour will use the instrument tonight to perform some of the most gorgeous pieces of the harpsichord and organ German repertoire, written by Bach (including excerpts from his Art of the Fugue), Buxtehude, Pachelbel and others.

The concert is held at the Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Secours in Old-Montreal.

To listen to Luc Beauséjour and Shannon Mercer in Bach…

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