JS Bach: Partita No. 3 in A minor BWV 827 - James Weaver, 1978 - Smithsonian Collection – N3008

Fantasia (0:00) Allemande (2:25) Corrente (5:15) Sarabande (8:36) Burlesca (11:28) Scherzo (13:23) Gigue (14:37) James Weaver, 1978: James Weaver (September 25, 1937 - April 16, 2020) was an American harpsichordist, pianist, fortepianist, and teacher, educated at the University of Illinois (B.A., 1961; M.M., 1963), where he received instruction in harpsichord from George Hunter. He also was a student of Gustav Leonhardt at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam in 1957-1959. In 1967 James Weaver became Associate Curator of the Division of Musical Instruments, at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C (National Museum of History and Technology), in charge of performances bases on the rich diversity of the museum’s collections. In 1976 he co-founded and became musical director of the Smithsonian Chamber Players, a group performing exclusively on 18th century instruments. James Weaver taught and performed regularly at Cornell University as Visiting Lecturer in Music. He also taught at the American University, and gave master-classes in 18th-cenrury performance practice. As a keyboard player he performed primarily as a harpsichordist. He participated in numerous award-winning recordings of instruments from the Smithsonian collections, included on the following labels: Nonesuch, Cambridge, Musical Heritage, and the Smithsonian Collection. ----------- ----------- #baroque