Performed by Dan Tidhar (harpsichord) and Hazel Brooks (baroque violin)
The music
William Brade (1560-1630) – Coral
Anonymous (17th Century) – Sonate: “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern”
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – Fugue in G Minor, BWV 1026
About the performers
Dan Tidhar was first introduced to the harpsichord at the Jerusalem Early Music Workshop, where he was taught by John Toll and Ketil Haugsand. At university, Dan studied harpsichord with Mitzi Meyerson in Berlin and Ketil Haugsand in Cologne. In parallel to completing his PhD in digital musicology at TU-Berlin, he also completed a Masters in harpsichord performance at the UdK-Berlin.
Dan is often seen on stage by Cambridge early music audiences as a player as well as tuner of historical keyboard instruments. He performs regularly, both locally and internationally. Recent engagements included Stour Music, Southwell Music Festival, and the Well-tempered Clavier Marathon in Jerusalem. His continuo playing can be heard on several CDs, including ‘The Saxon Alternative’ with Syrinx-Winds (Resonus, 2015) and Simpson Ayres & Graces with the Chelys Consosrt of Viols (BIS 2015). In recent years, Dan has held several research fellowships and published widely in digital musicology, recording analysis, and music perception. At Cambridge, Dan is the Music Faculty’s advisor for historic keyboard instruments, he is a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Music and Science, and a Research Associate at Wolfson College.
Hazel Brooks studied at Clare College, Cambridge. After graduation she went on to study the violin at the Hochschule für Musik in Leipzig, and the Guildhall School of Music in London, where she specialised in early music. Here she won the Christopher Kite Memorial Prize and the Bankers Trust Pyramid Award, and she was a finalist in the international competitions in York and Antwerp. Hazel now works regularly as a recitalist and in chamber ensembles. She has given solo recitals in most major venues throughout the UK as well as in Germany, Italy, Russia and Spain. She is also frequently asked to lead orchestras and appear as a concerto soloist, and has released a number of CDs.
Hazel has an interest in unusual instruments, especially the viola d’amore, and is in demand as a medieval-fiddle specialist throughout Europe and America. Hazel is also a researcher at the University of Leeds, investigating violin manuscripts from seventeenth-century England, sponsored by WRoCAH and the AHRC.
How to attend
Admission free with a retiring collection. No need to book.
