España 2010 (Part Six)

Introducing Restaurante El Rábano III

1) with best chef and waiters in Madrid
2) ossobuco
3) cochinillo al horno
4) tarta de guajada (incredible!!)
5) leche frita
6) best tiramisu I've ever had

España 2010 (Part Five)

Introducing Restaurante El Rábano II

1) endivias con roquefort
2) judías verdes con jámon
3) merluza de la casa
4) morcillas de Burgos
5) cocido Madrileño
6) el cocinero y los camareros de El Rábano

España 2010 (Part Four)

Introducing Restaurante El Rábano in Madrid I

1) entrance to El Rábano
2) before dinner
3) acelgas
4) lentejas
5) sopa de ajo
6) refrigerator display

España 2010 (Part Three)

Visit to Salamanca II

1 & 2) dinner with Wilbert Hazelzet and Jacques Ogg
3) Velazquez "Las Meninas" moment
4) Miguel de Unamuno
5) last view of Fonseca before leaving

España 2010 (Part Two)

Visit to Salamanca I

1) view from El Colegio Arzobispo Fonseca
2) wooden ceiling in my room, Fonseca
3) little alcove in my room
4) kind friends José A. Fernandez and Alfredo Garcia-Molino
5) lunch at the Restaurante Cervantes in Plaza Mayor

España 2010 (Part One)

Pictures from my latest trip to Spain, October and November of 2010!

1) Madrid blue sky
2) Bárbara de Braganza
3) with Dr. & Mrs. Canive Tio at San Miguel market
4) dinner with Spanish friends
5) Royal Palace

Arthur Haas Recital
in the lovely apartment of
Katharina Pistor & Carsten Bönnemann

Saturday December 18, 2010 4:00pm
25 Claremont Avenue #11B
116-119th Streets, between Broadway and Riverside Dr.

LIMITED SEATS: BY INVITATION ONLY!!


-Renowned harpsichordist Arthur Haas gives an intimate recital performing works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Böhm, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, and Jean-Philippe Rameau in the lovely home of Katharina Pistor and Carsten Bönnemann. Mr. Haas will be playing on a beautiful Flemish harpsichord owned by Katharina and Carsten. This instrument will permanently move to Washington D.C. after this performance, so make sure you don't miss it. Also joining in the recital will be AVLA HARMONIÆ; Martha McGaughey (viola da gamba) and Sang Joon Park (traverso).

AVLA HARMONIÆ


The instrument:
A copy of an instrument built by Ioannes Ruckers (1578-1642) in 1624 and later updated into a petit ravelment most likely by Henri Hemsch (while leaving the corpus of the instrument intact, more keys and strings were added and the tuning of the lower 8 foot was changed, which in the Flemish instruments was a fourth lower than the upper 8 foot, tuned at 415). The original instrument is located in the Museum "Unter den Linden" in Colmar, France. A picture of that instrument can be found at:
http://www.musee-unterlinden.com/clavecin-ruckers.html?searched=clavecin&advsearch=oneword&highlight=ajaxSearch_highlight+ajaxSearch_highlight1
Katharina and Carsten's copy was built by Matthias Griewisch. A picture of this instrument is on his web page at:

http://www.griewisch.de/englisch/einzelansichten/flaemische/ruckers1624.shtml

Bach's Magnificat BWV 243
Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity

Sunday December 12, 2010 5:00pm

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
65th Street & Central Park West

The Visitation by Juan Correa de Vivar
Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain





















-I will be playing first flute in the upcoming performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's Magnificat. Also on the program will be Jacob Arcadelt's Ave Maria gratia plena. Come and hear the beautiful music and celebrate!