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Froberger - Lamentation
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Lamentation faite sur la mort très douloureuse de Sa Majesté Imperial Ferdinand III, et se joue lentement avec discrétion. An 1657.
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Pawel Siwczak, harpsichordist, early keyboard specialist, winner of the Broadwood Harpsichord Competition 2007 and Musica Britannica Competition 2006.
Pawel Siwczak is a freelance harpsichordsit, specialist in early keyboard playing, pursuing his degree at the Royal Academy of Music where he is also a teacher. He is the winner of Broadwood Harpsichord Competition 2007 and Musica Britannica Competition in 2006. Apart from solo recitals Pawel also performs with his chamber groups, Donum Musicum and Triologue. Please visit to learn more and feel free to contact Pawel her or via his website should you have any enquiries.
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Genre
Classical • Baroque
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#3,363 today Peak #90
#184 in subgenre Peak #8
Author
Johann Jakob Froberger
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Pawel Siwczak
Uploaded
September 17, 2007
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MP3 5.1 MB • 128 kbps • 5:34
Story behind the song
Froberger was a court organist and a friend of Emperor Ferdinand III in Vienna. After the death of the Emperor in 1657 Froberger paid his tribute by writing this moving Lamentation (in a form of a French tombeaux), full of passionate emotion, sorrow and grief. The piece, however, ends in an optimistic way, with a rising F major chord symbolizing the Emperor's soul going to heaven.
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