On 17 Jan 2007 at 17:02, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > On 17.01.2007 David W. Fenton wrote: > >> Actually, when I did a life broadcast of the D minor (no fugue but > >> the > >> > Ciaccona) this was one of the points I talked about in the > >> > interview afterwards. > > > > A friend of mine is a violinist and has a recording of them out and > > performs them regularly. He's a modern violinist, but he played > > extensively with Laurette Goldberg (founder of Philharmonia Baroque) > > when he lived in San Francisco, and she taught him a lot about > > Baroque dance styles, and he's very much historically aware in his > > performances. He's told me that whenever he played Bach in > > competitions the judges always said they loved his playing, but > > marked him down for it because it was "non-traditional." > > > > Very annoying. > > > >> > Not modern, if I may say so. > > > > Well, I should hope not! > > I do wonder what kind of intonation your friend used. In my opinion > this is actually the biggest difference between a modern and a good > period instrument performance.
He doesn't use equal temperament, but he's also not striving for a particular historical temperament. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
