The Boston Clavichord Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion of the clavichord and its music. The society sponsors concerts, masterclasses, lectures/demonstrations, and other clavichord-related events. Although these events are primarily local, we serve a much wider audience in the United States and elsewhere through our bulletin and website. Links to other clavichord societies throughout the world may be found here.

» THE FALL 2021 ISSUE OF TANGENTS IS NOW AVAILABLE.

» RECENT EVENT: BCS recital: Benjamin Alard on the clavichord. Click here to view and listen.

» RECENT EVENT: BCS recital: Terence Charlston playing two clavichords by Andreas Hermert.
Click here to view and listen. | Click here for the program.

» RECENT EVENT: BCS recital: Bálint Karosi on the pedal clavichord. Click here to view and listen.

» RECENT EVENT: Live-streamed recital by Christa Rakich. Click here to view and listen.

» RECENT EVENT: Live-streamed recital by Peter Sykes. Click here to view and listen.

Upcoming Recitals

BACH, A JOURNEY

Luc Beauséjour

15 September 2024
7.30 pm

Wellesley, MA

Arnstadt

• Capriccio on the departure
of a beloved brother, BWV 992

Arioso: Adagio – ‘Friends Gather & Try to Dissuade Him from departing’
(Andante) – ‘They Picture the Dangers Which May Befall Him’
Adagiosissimo – ‘The Friends’ Lament’
(Andante con moto) – ‘Since He Cannot Be Dissuaded, They Say Farewell’
Allegro poco – ‘Aria of the Postilion’
‘Fugue in Imitation of the Postilion’s Horn’

Weimar

• Fantasia in G minor
‘Duobus subiectis,’ BWV 917

Köthen

• Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903

• French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816

Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Gavotte
Bourrée
Loure
Gigue

Leipzig

• Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-flat major, BWV 998

• Ricercar a 3 from The Musical Offering,
BWV 1079

General Admission: $20

Admission for students to BCS events
is free with identification.

Clavichord Tour

  With your tour guide, keyboardist Peter Sykes.