Arto, Jon, Your points on orchestration are absolutely well-taken and I could not agree more. If any performing group were interested in performing those pieces - I doubt it but it is not up to me to decide - there would be a lot of work to do: in the spagnuola for instance the two lute parts would have to be split into several more, probably including a part - may be two - for baroque guitar. This would give texture to the piece as well as make the parts humanly playable. The flute part could be split similarly - German flute and recorder perhaps - and may be the bass too. I suppose that when you look at actual performance, you take into account what's there also: available instruments, talents, etc. and you work specifically in that direction. In the meantime, what's the point of sharing those sketches: personally I am working on two things, the development of Django, in the hope that it may fall in the hands of someone who actually knows what they are doing... and finding a possible idiom for modern compositions that could integrate early instruments as something else than just an exotic flavoring. The only piece that I worked on while making a conscious effort at playability is a lute duet - i.e. it is not more difficult that the duets in the Pickering lute book - is the Bells of Walsingham, number 6 on http://cbsr26.ucr.edu/wlkfiles/MyDuets/MyLuteDuets.html, but then is it worthwhile? I had fun doing it, as a sort of little pilgrimage in time, that is already rewarding in itself. Best wishes, Alain
Arto Wikla wrote: >Dear Alain, > >on Tuesday 22 March 2005 22:47, Alain Veylit wrote: > > >>http://cbsr26.ucr.edu/wlkfiles/Publications/Concerto/Spagnuola.html >>Warning: Lots of strumming, syncopation and noise... (i.e. dance >>music) >> >> > >Thank you for very interesting new pieces! :-) > >What is the recommended instrumentation? >A couple of lutes in g, 7th course needed only in a couple of places. >What about the bass? Viola da gamba? The high instrument seems to be >kind of problem: ambitus from d' to e'''. No recorder does that. And >the part seems to be a little tricky even for a violin. > >Are some parts optional at least in the sense of old Dowland's? > >The last page in pdf is 15, and that doesn't look like the end. Is there >something missing? > >Arto > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >
