fabulous! talk about soothing the savage beast...
choice of music aside, the utter novelty of an un-amplified, acoustic
instrument was what probably did it.
good story. thanks.
- bill
On Sabato, ago 21, 2004, at 22:27 Europe/Rome, Thomas Schall wrote:
> I forgot to mention: This was the first time I "enjoyed" an audience
> with improvised fantasias in public - I can only encourage everyone to
> do so!
>
> Best wishes
> Thomas
>
> Dear list,
>
> just returning from a very successfull "tour" to the german island
> Ruegen where we played the baroque lute duets by Telemann, the D-Major
> Weiss duet and the duet by Gleimius. This weekend I had the rather
> unusual experience of playing the lute on an open-air rock-festival.
>
> I was invited to play there a while ago and out of curiosity accepted
> the gig. ("Sommerschein-Festival", http://www.sommerschein.de, pictures
> from a past festival on
> http://www.sommerschein.de/content/galerieall/rockblock/galerie/
> index.php)
>
> I arrived early and listened to the band playing at that time - rather
> strange lyrics in combination with a not so talented singer (not just
> that he had not a good voice - he also missed the tones. But the
> drummer
> was good).
> I went to the information, got my backstage card and the information
> where and when I would have to play. Somewhere on the festival area was
> a tent - actually it was a tent in form of nomad tent known as "Jurte"
> where I had to play. Soon my gig began and the tent began to be filled.
> I started playing music from Ms.1512 and some english lute music before
> changing to the baroque lute and playing music by Baron and Kropffganss
> somewhere in a crowd of wild-looking young people with strange clothes
> and hair style. The applause was cordial (and to my great relief much
> better than that for the bands I have heard there playing) and the
> interest in the instrument and the music was great. They seem to enjoy
> very much that I allowed the one or the other to touch and play my
> instruments. I even had problems to get rid of some of those guys.
> I had the one or the other contact and got some invitation to play in
> jazz pubs of the area. Afterwards I listened to the next band (some
> kind
> of "Sex Pistols" music) and then went away with the good feeling that
> our music even "works" in a very different environment and to a very
> different audience.
>
> Best wishes
> Thomas
>
>
>
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>
