[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Quietness of playing (was: magnesium)

2007-09-18 Thread Roman Turovsky
VanLennep axes are the problem. RT - Original Message - From: Arto Wikla [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 9:36 AM Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Quietness of playing (was: magnesium) On Tuesday 18 September 2007 15:21, henk wrote: .[..] I went to a

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Quietness of playing (was: magnesium)

2007-09-18 Thread David Rastall
On Sep 18, 2007, at 9:36 AM, Arto Wikla wrote: I have the same experience of nearly silence in Hopkinson Smith's concert. That time it was a renaissance lute. As beautiful as it may be, lute playing could not have been so quiet in the 16th and 17th centuries... Opinions of that? It reminds

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Quietness of playing (was: magnesium)

2007-09-18 Thread sterling price
Well first of all he plays over the rose. And he stops the basses so fast that one can't hear them. Sterling --- Arto Wikla [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 18 September 2007 15:21, henk wrote: .[..] I went to a concert [...] given by Hopkinson Smith [...]. Although I was sitting in the

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Quietness of playing (was: magnesium)

2007-09-18 Thread David Rastall
On Sep 18, 2007, at 1:34 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, but what about all the descriptions and paintings of lutes being played _outside_ ... with ensembles? Where these guys essentially just playing air lute? My point remains: name one piece of solo lute music ever composed for a