Lecture Recital HPSCHD: Introduction to the Harpsichord with harpsichordist Elena Khurgina

Schloss Agathenburg, Barocksaal

26. April 2026

11:00 am

Entrance 16 Euro / 10 Euro

When did people first conceive the idea of combining a plucked instrument with a keyboard? What kind of music was written for it then — and what is written for it today? How does the Italian harpsichord differ from the Flemish one, and why are two manuals needed?

Elena Khurgina explores all these questions and more in her lecture recital HPSCHD: From the Renaissance to the Present.

Program

William Byrd (*1540 – 1623)
Rowland, aus Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, 1610-25

John Bull (*1562/63 – 1628)
English toy, MB 96 in a, aus Cosyn Manuscript 1620 – 1652

In Nomine CXIX aus Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, 1610-25

Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665 — 1729)
Suite in d Minor aus Pièces de clavecin, Livre 1, 1687. Prélude

Antoine Forqueray (1672 – 1745) / Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Forqueray (1699–1782)
Suite No.5, c Moll, erste Publikation 1747
La Rameau (Majestueusement) — La Sylva (très tendrement) — Jupiter (Modérément)

Tōru Takemitsu (1930 – 1996)
Rain dreaming, 1986

György Ligeti (1923 – 2006)
Passacaglia ungherese, 1978

Dominic Wills (*1999)

Die verliebte Nachtigall, 2026. World Premiere

Elena Khurgina

Further program points

Schloss Agathenburg, Pferdestall

Opening concert of the Agathenburg Bach Days 2026 – Minguet Quartet – Searching for traces

Stade Elementary School

Workshop Program with Students in Cooperation with the Lübeck University of Music

Schloss Agathenburg, Pferdestall

Piano Recital Angela Hewitt

Schloss Agathenburg, Eiskeller

All-day sound installation – Rouzbeh Rafie – Sound Installation LBDB – From the Big Bang to the Death of the Sun

Schloss Agathenburg, Pferdestall

Concert for students in cooperation with the Lübeck University of Music, hosted by Juri Tetzlaff

Schloss Agathenburg, Barocksaal

“How Wonderful Are Your Works” – Reading with Prof. Michael Maul

Schloss Agathenburg -Pferdestall

From Darkness to Light Kammersymphonie Berlin under Jürgen Bruns – Alexandra Sostmann, piano

Steinkirchen, St. Martini et St. Nicolai

Organ Tour – Arp Schnitger – St. Martini et St. Nicolai in Steinkirchen

Schloss Agathenburg, Hans-Christoph Gewölbe

History you can touch — for kids, teens, and young-at-heart adults, with costume designer Angela Gottschalk

Schloss Agathenburg, Barocksaal

Panel Discussion on Meinolf Brüser’s Book “Es ist alles Windhauch – Did Bach Plan His Farewell?”

Schloss Agathenburg, Barocksaal

Unfinished? The Final Fugue from Bach’s Art of Fugue Lecture Dr. Meinolf Brüser (Lawyer and musicologist)

Hollern, St.Mauritius zu Hollern

Organ Tour – Arp Schnitger – St. Mauritius Church in Hollern

Schloss Agathenburg, Schlosskeller

Organ-Building Workshop for Youth and Adults with Annegret Schönbeck

Schloss Agathenburg, Eiskeller

All-day sound installation – Rouzbeh Rafie – Sound Installation LBDB – From the Big Bang to the Death of the Sun

Schloss Agathenburg, Pferdestall

Final Concert Agathenburg Bach Festival 2026 – Alexandra Sostmann – In Echo: Bach and His Resonances

Hollern, St. Mauritius zu Hollern

The Gesualdo Six – Lux Aeterna – Vocal Concert

Schloss Agathenburg, Barocksaal