Virtuosity at Home in the Nineteenth Century
The nineteenth century salon was a space for social encounter, political debate, music creation, poetry, dance and more. In this concert, Karin Cuéllar Rendón & Byron Schenkman explore the music of Hélène de Montgeroult (1764-1836), Julie Candeille (1767-1834), Franz Shubert (1797-1828) and Pedro Ximenez Abrill Tirado (1784-1856) whose music–composed for the intimacy of the nineteenth century salon in Paris, Vienna and Sucre during different historical, political and cultural contexts–displays unmeasured virtuosity and fantasy. Karin A. Cuéllar Rendón is a Bolivian historical violinist and scholar currently residing in Montreal, Canada. Cuéllar Rendón performs regularly with Montreal-based period ensembles such as Ensemble Caprice, Arion, Les Boreades, and L’Harmonie des Saison. Byron Schenkman is a Queer Jewish keyboard player and scholar with a background in Historical Performance and a passion for connecting people through music. In addition to performing live on piano, harpsichord, and fortepiano, Byron can be heard on more than forty CDs, including recordings on historical instruments from the National Music Museum, Vermillion, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
This concert is generously sponsored by Bill Shelby & Aly Gardner-Shelby
