FREDERICK HISTORICAL PIANO COLLECTION

About the Musician

Pianist, organist and conductor Malcolm Halliday has performed in the United States, Mexico and Europe, both as a soloist, a conductor, and in collaboration with singers, instrumentalists, and orchestra. As pianist, he has performed frequently with historical pianos from museum and private collections, including pianos from the Frederick Collection in concerts at Jordan Hall and Faneuil Hall, Boston, and Mechanics Hall, Worcester, as well as with an historical piano at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

A champion of more recent music, Malcolm Halliday can also be heard in two recordings of music by the American composer Leo Sowerby, including the solo album Impressions, featuring rare piano music of this Chicago-based original, and available on the Albany Records label. He is also heard on numerous other recordings, including British art songs with tenor Stanley Wilson, and Schubert’s Winterreise with bass-baritone Robert Osborne – a recording made with the Frederick Collection’s Graf piano. As conductor, he appears in the Albany Records recording The River of Love, an album devoted to Shaker music and settings of Shaker themes by contemporary composers.

A Fellow of the American Guild of Organists, Malcolm Halliday recently retired from his positions as Artistic Director of the Master Singers of Worcester and Minister of Music at the First Congregational Church in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, where he served for nearly thirty years.

Mr. Halliday currently lives much of the year in San Miguel de Allende in Guanajuato, Mexico, but returns to Massachusetts frequently to spend time at his lake house in Ashburnham, and to continue concert work and other performances in the New England region. In Mexico he has recently undertaken mentoring and teaching young professional Mexican pianists as they prepare for advanced educational opportunities. He has also begun working with young professional Mexican singers, including assisting in the grooming of 4 finalists in Mexico’s very first Metropolitan Young Artist Auditions who went on to win prizes in the regional auditions held in February in New Orleans.

About the House Concerts

Our House Concerts are fundraising events, to help defray such annual expenses as replacing slate tiles on the roof, insuring the pianos, etc. Admission to the concerts is by freewill donation. Any amount is most welcome, and all donations to our 501(c)(3) organization, Historical Piano Concerts, Inc., are fully tax-deductible, and will be acknowledged in writing for your tax records.

Seating is very limited, and announcements are sometimes on very short notice. If you are interested in attending (or simply being informed by email about) an upcoming house concert it is necessary to contact the Fredericks by phone or email. See the Contact Page for details.

For complete contact information and how you can help support the Historical Piano Concert Series and/or The Historical Piano Study Center, please click here.

Nocturno in D flat Major on the 1907 Blüthner piano	António Fragoso (1897-1918)
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Jeux d’eau (play of water) on the 1877 Érard piano	Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
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Etude in E major, op. 10, no. 3 Etude in G flat major, op. 10, no. 6 on the 1840 Érard piano	Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
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Sonata in A major, op. post. 120 - D. 664 Allegro moderato Andante Allegro on the c. 1830 Trondlin piano	Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
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Sonata in C major, K. 330 Allegro moderato Andante cantabile Allegretto on the c. 1795 Unsigned Viennese Type piano	W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)