Yes, I performed it both with harpsichord and organ, and I think it's great fun. I don't remember about the problem with tuning, but I did not play all of the sonatas
Donatella PS Arto, where is the site where we can see Father Christmas and his deers? Lots of snow in Milan, it looks like the "big North".. http://web.tiscali.it/awebd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arto Wikla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Donatella Galletti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "dc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 11:57 AM Subject: [LUTE] Pittoni, was: Theorbo and continuo > > > > On Sun, 4 Dec 2005, Donatella Galletti wrote: > >> Pittoni! Spes Edition > > > Yes! Ferrara 1669. Lots of Sonate da Chiesa and Sonate da Camera! > The only problem is the tuning; seems to be so that in places the > second string or choir should be in upper octave, in other places > in lower octave! Andrea Damiani(?) has speculated in the LuteBot > that perhaps a choir of two stings - high and low - could solve the > problem. Does anyone in the List have any practical experience of > performing Pittoni? > > All the best, > > Arto > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
