Andreas Staier

Harpsichordist Andreas Staier performed a program focused on Aristotle's notion of the "melancholic" temperament. On the program were Johann Jacob Froberger's "Suite - Plainte faite a Londres pour passer la Melancholie, laquelle se joue lentement aver discretion," selections from Jean Henry D'Anglebert's "Pieces de Clavecin, Livre premier," selections from Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer's "Musicalischer Parnassus" and "Ariadne Musica," selections from Louis-Nicolas Clerambault's "1er Livre de Pieces de Clavecin," Georg Muffat's "Passacaglia" from "Apparatus Musico-Organisticus," and selections by Louis Couperin.
Speaker Biography: Andreas Staier is a world renowned keyboardist from Germany. He performs throughout Europe, the United States and Asia with orchestras such as Concerto Koln, Freiburger Barockorchester, the Akademie fur alte Musik Berlin and the Orchestre des Champs-Elysees Paris. He has also collaborated with world renowned actresses and pianists. His musical partnership with the tenor Christoph Pregardien produced numerous lieder recordings (Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Brahms), all acclaimed by international critics. Staier's recordings have been awarded the Diapason d'Or, Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, the Baroque Instrumental Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine's Disc of the Month.
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