VIVIAN SARAH MONTGOMERYkeyboardist, conductor, writer, instructor
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HARPSICHORD

COMMERCIAL RECORDINGS
Thy Hand Hast Done All This: Judith and Other Works by Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre 
Cecilia’s Circle, Centaur Records, 2004,  Centaur
With soprano Janet Youngdahl, violinist Julie Andrijeski,
and gambist Ann Marie Morgan

Thy Hand Hast Done All This (You Tube)
Cecilia's Circle
Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Judith, recitative & accompagnement
Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Le Sommeil d’Ulisse, Tempeste

Songs in the Ground: Variations and Other Renewable Notions for Recorder and Harpsichord
Galhano/Montgomery Duo, Ten Thousand Lakes, 2003  AllMusic
Galhano/Montgomery Duo (Cléa Galhano, recorder)
JS Bach, Passacaglia in C minor (arr. by Vivian Montgomery)

SOLO HARPSICHORD PERFORMANCES

​Louis Couperin, Prelude in D Major 
William Byrd Fantasia, Fitzwilliam Virginal Bk No. 52
J.S. Bach Toccata in D minor
J P Sweelinck, Granduca
Antonio de Cabezon , Doulce Memoriae
D Scarlatti, Sonata in F, K 107


CONCERTO PERFORMANCES
Bach Brandenburg V, Mvmt I
Vivian Montgomery, Na'ama Lion, Sean Wang, with the Longy School of Music of Bard College Chamber Orchestra, December 2, 2016

 
OTHER CONTINUO PERFORMANCES
Adastra, A Period Instrument Duo, Video
with violinist Jennifer Roig-Francoli 

Eudaimonia, A Purposeful Period Band, co-directed with violinist, Julia McKenzie
Nicolo Porpora, Salve Regina featuring Carrie Cheron, mezzo soprano

NEW MUSIC FOR HARPSICHORD
John Howell Morrison,  My Love Lives Down That Long Dirt Road (1992)

Mvmt II
Mvmt III (Funky Pair 2)



FORTEPIANO

COMMERCIAL RECORDINGS 
Brilliant Variations on Sentimental Songs: Slipping Piano Virtuosity into the Antebellum Drawing Room 
Vivian Montgomery, fortepiano, with Pamela Dellal, mezzo soprano, Women and Music Project, Brandeis WSRC, 2015 (Centaur, 2015)  AllMusic
Oft In the Stilly Night by A Lady (1826)
Impromtu (sic) Brillant (sic) on Last Rose of Summer
Introduction and Variations on O No, We Never Mention Her

Brilliant Variations on Sentimental Songs (You Tube)

Reviving Song: Spirited Works By Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Héléne Montgeroult, And Louis Spohr
Pamela Dellal, mezzo soprano; Vivian Montgomery, fortepiano; Diane Heffner, period clarinet, Women and Music Project, Brandeis WSRC, 2013, 
(Recorded on Brandeis University’s 1835 Joseph Worel Viennese fortepiano)
CD Baby,and AllMusic​
Héléne Montgeroult,  Sonata in F minor, Movement I
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, “Suleika,” with mezzo soprano Pamela Dellal
Louis Spohr, “Zwiegesang” from Twelve German Songs, with period clarinetist Diane Heffner and mezzo soprano Pamela Dellal


OTHER PERFORMANCES
Adastra, A Period Instruments Duo,
with violinist Jennifer Roig-Francoli, has often performed works from the classical period.
Beethoven Violin Sonata No.
Allegro con brio
 
Martha Greatorex, Pray Goody (1826)
Prelude and theme

Variation 3

Maria Noke White, Savournah Deelish
Variation 1 & 2


Martha Greatorex: Cease Your Funning,
Prelude & Theme
 
 
Maria Noke White, We’re A-Noddin  (1823)
Variation 5
 
 
Jane’s History: A Concert of Pincushion Wit
A UK concert tour in March of 2017, with vocalists Catherine Bott, Emily Gray, Carol Mastrodomenico, Megan Dirr, Ketti Munschler, and Suzannah Thornton, performing at Chawton & Godmersham (two key sites in the life of Jane Austen), as well as Trinity Laban Conservatoire and the Universiy of Southampton.
​John Howell Morrison’s Jane's History of England (video)
 

Music from the Lady Emma Hamilton Song Book
S
oprano Catherine Bott & fortepianist Vivian Montgomery 
 
A Most Beloved Melody: British and American Piano Renderings of Favourite Songs, 1790-1850
A solo fortepiano recital given at Chawton House Library, Hampshire, UK,  in May of 2014, a culminating event of my time in the UK as a Senior Fulbright Scholar
 
The Angel’s Whisper
From the Elizabeth Dowling Song Book, from mid-19th century Australia, performed by soprano Katherine Hawnt and myself as part of the Sound Heritage conference at Chawton House Library
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