Virtual Musical Performance: “The Four Harpsichord Concert” with Nathan Felix

The San Antonio Museum of Art presents an orchestral suite by composer Nathan Felix, featuring newly written music for four harpsichords, strings, and a choir. The music draws inspiration from the exhibition America’s Impressionism: Echoes of a Revolution. Local harpsichord builder Gerald Self will introduce the performance with a brief discussion on the history of harpsichords and give insight into his building process.

Local harpsichord builder Gerald Self will introduce the performance with a brief discussion on the history of harpsichords and give insight into his building process. In early 2019, Felix and Self met and discussed a grandiose presentation utilizing Self’s harpsichords but those plans were stalled due to the pandemic. This summer, Felix reached out to Self and talks quickly escalated with an agreement to premiere the collaboration at The San Antonio Museum of Art. The music draws inspiration from SAMA’s current exhibition America’s Impressionism: Echoes of a Revolution.

UPDATE: This event on September 3rd is now a virtual event to be broadcast on YouTube, Facebook and additional platforms. For links to the virtual stream register on SAMA’s site via the following link and an email with link options will be sent out the day of the concert –

www.samuseum.org/events/event/in-person-musical-performance-the-four-harpsichord-concert-with-nathan-felix

NOTE: The ‘in-person’ concert has been postponed to November 12th.