Harpsichord Concerto

This piece was written to be very easy for a high school orchestra with few rehearsals. We had beginners and advanced students; and some adults helping, too.
We are grateful to Rick Soto and Orange Coast College for the loan of the harpsichord. Also, thanks to Ron Gagliano who rebuilt the harpsichord and moved it for the concert which included Vivaldi's "Gloria" with the Madrigal Singers.
This piece could be performed with a keyboard, or even on piano. To program this piece, contact Kevin at www.KevinWeed.com for music.

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[bersa888]

Too bad for the string playing - don't worry, I read the description ;-)

I cannot solidly place this piece within any particular style (some baroque, some classical, some early romantic, even some rather modern sounding). Was that your intention? Cheers.

[pianoweed]

@bersa888 I suppose we could say the style starts in the mid 1700's and moves around to different sensibilities. The intent was to write an interesting piece that was easy for the strings. I usually avoid unnecessary dissonance, but I wanted to move in distant directions. The first movement is a sonata form. The development mixes up the key center a bit to be confusing for a while. The 2nd movement is, I suppose like a Baroque air. The the 3rd movement is just fun.

[obizin]

@bersa888 I suppose this is classic inspired, in its majority... Nice answer-response orchestra and solist...for a simple piece like this it sure adds some dinamic.