J. S. Bach: Prelude BWV 1010, arranged by Doris Ornstein, Gregory Hamilton, Harpsichord

The American harpsichordist, music pedagogue musicologist and arranger, Doris Lee Ornstein, (1930 - New York City, New York, USA.
1992 - Cleveland, Ohio, USA) studied at the University of Illinois (1958-1959), and Mannes College of Music (1961-1962). Among her teachers was the harpsichordist Sylvia Marlowe.
Doris Ornstein made her debut at Severance Chamber Hall in Cleveland, Ohio in 1966. She gave master-classes and recitals throughout the USA. She was director and harpsichordist of Cleveland Baroque Soloists, She regularly performed as a soloist at Baldwin-Wallace College Bach Festival, American Shakespeare Festival, Matrix-Midland Festival, Boulder Bach Festival, Los Angeles Harpsichord Centre, and other music festivals throughout the country and abroad.
Doris Ornstein was on the Faculty of all three Cleveland college institutions simultaneously: Oberlin Conservatory ((1971-1972). Artist-in-Residence at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) (1967-1992) Baldwin Wallace University, and Director of Early Music Studies at Cleveland Institute of Music, where she taught the harpsichord. She also was solo harpsichordist and Faculty member at Aspen Music Festival (1972-1984). Doris Ornstein appeared and played in the sound tracks for 2 films sponsored by National Endowment for Humanities: Harpsichord Building in America (late 1960's) and The Staging of Shakespeare. She had radio appearances on National Public Radio; 2 recitals in New York sponsored by the Carnegie Hall Corporation. Recordings include: The Three Sonatas for Viola da gamba and Harpsichord (BWV 1027-1029) by J.S. Bach with Catherine Meints (Gasparo Records), frequently performing all the gamba sonatas in recital and many other recordings of French and German repertoire. She contributed to the first complete edition of George Frideric Handel's Cantata Mi Pelpita il Cor, with realization and accompanying article in Bach Magazine (1979).
As a performer, Ornstein was brilliant, highly creative (often including improvisatory elements in her playing, often performing from her own critical editions and arrangements. Her 16th and 17th century arrangements were some of the most authentic in style and idiomatic for the medium. They were not “arrangements” in the traditional term, but “realizations”, the re-casted work gaining a new personality and a true baroque ethos in finding a home on the harpsichord. As a teacher, she was highly beloved, and her teaching style was one which warmly challenged to call forth greater creativity in her students. Her seminars in baroque interpretation were responsible for inspiring many young musicians to pursue a greater understanding and love for the baroque repertoire.
Doris Ornstein married Robert Ornstein on August 19, 1931. Robert Ornstein (1927-2004) was Professor of English at CWRU (1966-2004), an internationally respected Shakespeare scholar and an award-winning film-maker. They had 1 son (Adam) and 2 daughters (violinist Lisa Ornstein and Suzanne Ornstein).

[@rbcmh]

My favorite teacher the whole time I studied at Cleveland Institute of Music. Outstanding performance.

[@stripedgazelle]

Bravo!

[@wapolo1974]

Beautiful performance of this arrangement! Your harpsichord sounds delightful as well!

[@stevenellis3108]

That rocked.

[@RalphLooij]

A great idea to arrange this piece for harpsichord. Sounds very convincing, very well played. Thanks!

[@ghmus7]

Thanks for listening!

[@thedigitalharpsichordist1541]

Excellent arrangement, and interpretation!

[@ghmus7]

Thanks for listening!

[@GilbertMartinezHarpsichord]

Beautifully played Gregory. In my opinion, a better, more plausible realisation than others I have heard, including Leonhardt's. Thanks for sharing it!

[@ghmus7]

Thank you! Doris was arranging these many years before GL. She taught me so much about baroque music.

[@thomasdent742]

really, 'Mi Pelpita il Cor' ?

[@ghmus7]

You can find her edition in the Bach Journal.