David,
Oops - boy is my face red! In my rush to make a -
what I thought would have been fairly clever in other
circumstances - point, I didn't even really look at
the name of the competition or where it was being
held. I saw Anthony Rooley's name and assumed that he
was there to add the "historical authenticity"
component to the event. Like I said in my last
posting, however, you know what happens when you
assume...
Good luck. Sounds fun!
Chris
--- LGS-Europe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Chris
>
> It's in a museum of pianofortes. Hence the choice of
> late 18th and early19th
> century piano songs. There is a choice of
> instruments. People who do not
> know about singing to early pianos or lutes are not
> even considered, only
> the best 8 (?) are invited. Auditioning had to be
> done by recording with
> appropriate instruments, too. I suppose contestants
> will come from the major
> early music conservatoires and know what they are
> doing
>
> David
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "LGS-Europe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 3:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Galant Continuo
>
>
> > --- LGS-Europe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> The
> >> conditions are that the singers must each perform
> "a
> >> twenty-five minutes
> >> contrasting programme from the English song
> >> repertoire ranging from John
> >> Dowland to late Victorian music." Appropriate
> >> instruments are required.
> >
> > How many keyboards will be on stage? Will there
> > really be a virginal, harpsichords, (Italian-,
> French,
> > and German-school models) clavichord, chamber
> organ,
> > early classical fortepiano, and late 19th century
> > piano availalble for the singers? I'd guess that
> many
> > of the singers practiced with a modern piano and
> so
> > have that tone in their ears - will this
> instrument be
> > there too? I'd guess that there will probably be
> one
> > piano and one harpsichord of whatever model
> happens to
> > be in the room.
> >
> > I wonder how many singers even thought to consider
> the
> > tonal possibilities of these keyboard instruments
> -
> > AND the differences in interpretation these
> > instruments would afford?
> >
> > Chris
> >
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