Victor Hill Opens Griffin Hall Concerts Sept. 21 at Clark Art Institute

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Sept. 16, 2003 – Victor Hill will open the 38th season of his Griffin Hall Concerts with a harpsichord recital given in the Auditorium of the Clark Art Institute on Sunday, September 21, at 3 p.m. The performance is open to the public with no admission charge.

Featured on the program are the “Fifteen Sinfonias” by J. S. Bach (sometimes called Three-Part Inventions). This collection embraces a variety of styles and forms from lively dances to a triple fugue.

Hill will also play Bach’s early and joyful “Toccata in D major.”

The first half of the program consists of works of Georg Bohm, who was born a generation before Bach. He was greatly admired by Bach, and his influence on Bach’s works is considerable. Bohm combined elements of the French and German schools of harpsichord writing in his unique style.

Hill is the Thomas T. Read Professor of Mathematics at Williams College and the founder and director of Griffin Hall Concerts, a series that began in Griffin Hall on the Williams campus, but moved to the Clark Art Institute many years ago.

Hill, a student of the Dutch harpsichordist Gustav Leonhardt, has played more than 900 concerts throughout the U.S. and in Europe.***For building locations on the Williams campus, please consult the map outside the driveway entrance to the Security Office located in Hopkins Hall on Main Street (Rte. 2), next to the Thompson Memorial Chapel, or call the Office of Public Affairs (413) 597-4279. The map can also be found on the web at www.williams.edu/home/campusmap/

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Published September 16, 2003