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HARPSICHORDIST | COMPOSER

Baroque Composition

Nicola Canzano is a composer, harpsichordist and organist who specializes in the composition and improvisation of music in baroque styles. Some of his scores are available for free on IMSLP, and some of his recorded compositions are available to view below. To commission new work from Nicola, please use the Contact page.

N. Canzano - Trio Sonata No. 4 in D minor (Nuova Pratica)

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N. Canzano - Trio Sonata No. 4 in D minor (Nuova Pratica)

Trio Sonata No. 4 composed by Nicola Canzano. Live performance at Cornell University, February 12, 2022. Manami Mizumoto, Tsutomu Copeland - Baroque Violins Charlie Reed - Viola da Gamba Nicola Canzano - Harpsichord 00:00 Grave. 01:54 Fuga. Allegro. 06:14 Dolce. 09:46 Allegro Molto.

N. Canzano - Orchestral Suite No. 1 in E minor, I. Overture - Fuga (Juilliard415 & Robert Mealy)

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N. Canzano - Orchestral Suite No. 1 in E minor, I. Overture - Fuga (Juilliard415 & Robert Mealy)

Orchestral Suite No. 1 in E minor: I. Overture - Fuga composed by Nicola Saraceni Canzano 00:00 Overture 03:19 Fuga Played by Juilliard415, led by Robert Mealy, recorded by Austin Philemon at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Lincoln Center, New York City Violins: Robert Mealy, Majka Demčak, Rafa Prendergast, Joseph Lorang Violas: Tsutomu William Copeland, Natalie Kress Cellos: Cullen O'Neil, Charlie Reed, Violone: John Stajduhar Harpsichord: Nicola Canzano Score: https://www.dropbox.com/s/k7yxqp6202he80v/Orchestral%20Suite%20No.%201%20in%20E%20minor%20%282020-21%29%20-%20Overture%20%28pres%29.pdf?dl=0

Nicola Canzano - Trio Sonata in A minor - IV. Fugue

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Nicola Canzano - Trio Sonata in A minor - IV. Fugue

Nuova Pratica is a band of historical performers that writes their own stuff. 🎶 https://nuovapratica.com 🎶 https://instagram.com/nuovapratica 🎶 https://facebook.com/nuovapratica Performers in this video Rachel Prendergast & Will Copeland, Baroque violins Charles Reed, viola da gamba Nicola Canzano, harpsichord

Nicola Canzano - Trio Sonata in A minor - III. Musette

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Nicola Canzano - Trio Sonata in A minor - III. Musette

Nuova Pratica is a band of historical performers that writes their own stuff. 🎶 https://nuovapratica.com 🎶 https://instagram.com/nuovapratica 🎶 https://facebook.com/nuovapratica Performers in this video Rachel Prendergast & Will Copeland, Baroque violins Charles Reed, viola da gamba Nicola Canzano, harpsichord

Nicola Canzano - Trio Sonata in A minor - I. Allemande & II. Gigue

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Nicola Canzano - Trio Sonata in A minor - I. Allemande & II. Gigue

Nuova Pratica is a band of historical performers that writes their own stuff. 🎶 https://nuovapratica.com 🎶 https://instagram.com/nuovapratica 🎶 https://facebook.com/nuovapratica Performers in this videoRachel Prendergast & Will Copeland, Baroque violins Charles Reed, viola da gamba Nicola Canzano, harpsichord

Trio Sonata No. 4 in D minor, II. Dolce (Nicola Canzano)

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Trio Sonata No. 4 in D minor, II. Dolce (Nicola Canzano)

Pablo O'Connell (baroque oboe), Charlie Reed (viola da gamba), Will Copeland (baroque violin), and yours truly (harpsichord) of Juilliard415 perform a movement from one of my own trio sonatas in the lovely Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in New York City's Upper West Side. The score for the full trio can be found here: https://imslp.org/wiki/Trio_Sonata_No.4_in_D_minor_(Canzano%2C_Nicola) And the complete video of the concert from which this was taken, including some lovely 17th and 18th-century Italian chamber music by members of Juilliard415 can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mzND5AZzy0

Recent Projects

10/1/2022-10/2/2022: Handel in Italy

Presented by Boise Baroque

Link available here

6/25/2022: Closing Night: The Song of the Earth Vivaldi's I Quattro Stagioni with Detroit Chamber Winds & Players

Presented by Great Lakes Chamber Festival

6/22/2022: Biber's Sonata Representative with Tessa Lark: "An Ecstasy to Music Turn'd"

Presented by Great Lakes Chamber Festival

2/11/2022 - 2/12/2022: Nuova Pratica at Cornell University

Link available here

2/8/2022: Nuova Pratica at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church: Trios of the *Very* Late Baroque

1/29/2022: AFP International Fortepiano Salon #8: Improvisation in Historical Styles: Reviving a Lost Practice

Link available here

11/18/2021: Nicola Canzano & Rachel Prendergast – Seventeenth Century Italian Masters

Presented by Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS)

Link available here

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