>>> The cut on the NPR web site does indeed have "Have you seen thethe >>> bright lily grow." >> I did notice that, on thethethe third listen. >> But as we know, correct enunciation is not what makes a performance >> interesting. > > Well, lack of clarity in the words makes a performance uninteresting, > unless it's bad enough to be funny. Check out Nella Anfuso if you have > nothing better to do. Certainly not on the time alotted to the wildboar and porcini for the holiday. Right now I'm taking a break before the crostata. Having said that, the lack of verbal clarity is of no consequence as far as performance is concerned, and there are still vocal schools around that _discourage_ clarity. And as far as the specific performance is concerned: there are opinions out there according to which EK/S's "IN DARKNESS" is likely to be the best Dowland performance ever, full of characted, archtectural, dramatic, gutsy in actually doing "jarring sound" when the text calls for it, and simplly beautiful, technical issues notwithstanding.
> > But I think Mark was right about this; it sounds like a bad edit, > rather than Sting stuttering. MArk indeed sounds like a bad edit, rather than Sting stuttering. RT To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
