Dedication of newly completed harpsichord by Norman Sheppard! Music by Frescobaldi, G. Gabrieli, and Mozart

Trevor Stephenson plays a dedication concert on Norman Sheppard’s fabulous newly completed harpsichord modeled on a c. 1600 Venetian instrument by Celestini! Works by Frescobaldi, G. Gabrieli, Froberger, Haydn, and Mozart.

Portrait of Mozart, age 13, sitting at a Celestini harpsichord, which was nearly 200 years old at the time the portrait was painted.
The name “Celestini” is deep in the shadows just above Mozart’s left hand — but it is there!