Harpsichordist Alice Shu-Yao Sheu presents a special NMM Live! performance celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Byrd's death. This concert was performed on two of the NMM's spectacular early keyboard instruments: the anonymous Neapolitan harpsichord, ca. 1530, and the English spinet by Charles Haward, 1689. 00:00 - Alice Sheu plays William Byrd | Neapolitan Harpsichord ca. 1530 | Spinet by Haward 1689 | NMM Live! 04:15 - Tregian's Ground 12:29 - Pavan, Canon 2 in 1 20:19 - Fantasia in C 25:54 - Ut Mi Re 34:17 - Lachrimae Pavan 39:42 - The Woods So Wilde 44:10 - John Come Kiss Me Now 50:32 - Passamezzo Pavan Performer | Alice Shu-Yao Sheu Alice Shu-Yao Sheu is a Taiwanese-American harpsichordist, historical organist, and pianist. Currently based in the Netherlands, she earned a Master’s degree in harpsichord performance at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag with Siebe Henstra while also taking organ lessons with Reitze Smits at HKU Utrecht Conservatorium. At this moment she continues to work with Pieter-Jan Belder. She is the director and curator of Fitzwilliam Festival Taiwan (January 2023), the first harpsichord festival on the island featuring music from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book. https://www.facebook.com/alice.s.sheu Instruments | Anonymous Neapolitan Harpsichord, ca. 1530 https://emuseum.nmmusd.org/objects/18499/harpsichord Spinet by Charles Haward, London, England, 1689 https://emuseum.nmmusd.org/objects/15429/spinet #earlymusic #BaroqueMusic #WilliamByrd #harpsichord #earlykeyboards #historickeyboards #organology #NMMusd

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/8414/grand-piano #EarlyMusic #BaroqueMusic #fortepiano #Organology

Take a tour of the current progress of our ongoing expansion and renovations! As strong as the foundation it stands on, the National Music Museum is entering into an exciting new era... After two long years of work, the new Lillibridge addition - featuring a stunning two story lobby, the Groves Gallery for special exhibitions, and the Wanzek Performance Hall - is nearly complete. The addition also houses an updated conservation lab, a photography studio, and will serve as the home of our staff in the Wohlenberg administrative offices. The historic Carnegie building has been given an entirely new life. This historically sensitive and architecturally stunning expansion and renovation has provides a beautiful, clean canvas for our next work to begin. Through the next year, NMM staff and curators will be working to re-exhibit our collections in advance of our grand re-opening in 2022. Follow along on http://nmmusd.org Support our progress - http://nmmusd.org/support-us

Ioana Galu performs the first movement Grave from J. S. Bach's Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BVW 1003. Violin by Giovanni Battista Ceruti, Cremona, ca. 1805-1810. NMM 04900. Gift of J. Laiten Weed Estate, Yankton, South Dakota, 1990. Recorded in the Janet L. Wanzek Performance Hall at the National Music Museum. https://www.ioanagalu.com http://www.nmmusd.org