IN fact GG is a lot closer to JSBach's spirit than the entire 200 years that preceeded him. One could easily hear lautenwercklike sound in GG's BWV853. RT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alain Veylit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sandy Hackney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 4:09 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Police
> Sandy, > I was just imagining a potentially interesting encounter, not passing > any sort of judgment on Glenn Gould's interpretation... > In fact, for me, it is the fact that both Bach and Gould can pass for > geniuses that would make the encounter interesting in the first place. > Deprived of the whole romantic era and two hundred years of scholarly > analysis of his own work, would Bach have even able to grasp the > concept of the interpreter's genius? > (as opposed to the composer's of course). > Alain > > > Sandy Hackney wrote: >> I don't really know what Bach would think, but to dismiss Gould as >> "affected >> and a tad pompous" cuts oneself off from one of the greatest musicians of >> all times. >> Sandy >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Alain Veylit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Cc: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 2:17 PM >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Police >> >> >> >>> If Bach saw Gould play he would dismiss him as affected and a tad >>> pompous - not to mention the humming. But Gould would dismiss him back >>> for not understanding his own music... >>> In the tapping category my favorite is still Kaki King: see >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbJnwk3GBiM (et al.) >>> Alain >>> >>> >>> Roman Turovsky wrote: >>> >>>> And for those (like yours truly) who don't think speed is sexy there is >>>> this >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyNy4EJsZqY >>>> RT >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtbrM4OekrE >>>>>> >>>>>> not actually a lute...but a good technique indeed! >>>>>> >>>>>> Paolo >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Talking about technique, who would venture to surpass this guy: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arn99rAAgX4&search=gerardo%20nunez >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>>>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > >
