Just curious: did the performer retune the organ and the harpsichord, or
just the harpsichord?
Also, I see nothing wrong with having two harpsichords on stage if
differing temperaments are required. Admittedly I work at an institution
with twenty-three harpsichords, something of a luxury.
dpj

On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Martin Spaink <
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> Almost a year ago I attended a beautiful concert of 'Sette Voci' -Peter
> Kooy, with Viola de Hoog, cello, and Lorenzo Feder,
> harpsichord-on-top-of-organ, in a programme of Schütz Italian madrigals and
> Geistliche Konzerte, with a toccata of Frescobaldi and Variationen über
> 'die Mayerin' of Froberger. Between two pieces, Lorenzo retuned 4 notes,
> and all was wonderful. Later in the week, the same programme was broadcast
> live on the radio, and before and in between, there's the commentator. Who
> in this case did not at all get the point when Lorenzo quickly changed some
> semitones, as he said that regrettably the harpsichord will obviously not
> stay in tune, or maybe there is a draft. I felt embarrassed to have that
> nonsense aired, and am sorry he was not set aright on his 'perceptions'.
>
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