Dear Art and All,
If I answered somewhat aside, telling you about the most impressive
dance version that I have ever seen of Lully's Bourgeois Gentilhomme,
the Korean National theatre version or le jeu du Kwi Jok, it is first
because I feel it is quite unfair to judge any performance on an MP3
or Window player quality extract; and secondly as it is an extract,
it does not give a view of the whole, and the possible intentions of
the director. Thirdly, if it is so bad, why not show us something
really good. Look at this pipa player for example, that some on the
French lute list sent me (ok for all I know this may be very average,
I am not a specialist, I call perhaps on David van Ooijen) :
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4596219516515283072&pr=goog-
sl&hl=fr
I know this was but a game, but outbursts such as I love Sting, or
Sting stinks, or this sort of nonexplanatory vote has no effect on
the outcome of the final popularity of the work, and gives us no
insight into what an excellent version of this might be.
So again I will answer completely aside, and tell you that I have
recently found (and I am sure I can't be alone) a cross-period
performance which to my mind really does work. It is a performance of
late renaissance early baroque and contemporary music which mixes the
old with the new, and which has bowled me over.
The recording quality is exceptional. It is a Winter & Winter
recording of Vittorio Ghielmi and the gambists of Il suonar Parlante,
called "full of colour".
By moments it reminds me of Maxwell-Davies' work with the Fires of
London, except that the Fires of London begin with a contemporary
sound and then slide across the frontiers of Baroque. Here we begin
firmly in the Renaissance to Baroque but then slide without warning
into the contemporary. I could swear I heard the howlings of a dog,
and certainly the chirping of a monkey. The colours in question
could, by moment; be those of Le Douanier Rousseau.
The program notes are almost non-existent, so at first I thought all
these extraordinary bells, whistles, and howling sounds were coming
from the Gambists, but then more research showed me that Ghelmi had
teemed up with Ernst Reijser, a Dutch cellist who turns his hand to
improvised music and contemporary composition, and who is prone to
playing his cello guitar-like, plucking on either side of the bridge.
What ever, I have taken up this recording as my favourite early
morning accompaniment to my Tai-chi-come-Baroque exercise movements;
another poll like this one, and I will film myself in Window player
format and inflict it on you, and some tell me this is not a pretty
sight!
No real menace meant, I know it was just good fun,
Best
Anthony
Interpr=E8tes
Vittorio GHIELMI Viola da gamba, , SUONAR PARLANTE (IL) Ensemble
instrumental, Ernst REIJSEGER Violoncelle, Compositeur; S'ajoutent =E0
ce programme 3 pi=E8ces non identifiees de John Jenkins, des
compositions originales ecrites par le violoncelliste Ernst
Reijseger: "Colla parte", "Verder geen nieuws", Hownot2", "The
third" . Les arrangements sont de Vittorio Ghielmi ainsi qu'une
composition "The morning dew".
http://www.diverdi.com/files/boletin/66/2/maquetacion%20sep.2006.pdf
Vittorio Ghielmi apuesta por la
polivalencia de su instrumento.
Demostrando de modo sorpren-
dente que es posible alterar las for-
mas de emisi=F3n, con este cuarteto
de violas se permite todo tipo de
experimentaciones adoptando
sonoridades de cobres, violines y
violonchelos, campanas, intrumen-
tos africanos, lo que no impide a
los virtuosos de Il Suonar Parlante
defender estas piezas de finales
del Renacimiento con una inventiva
al alcance de muy pocos conjuntos
mas `'puristas''
Vittorio Ghielmi relies heavilly on the versatility of its
instrument. Showing in a surpsing way that it is possible to alter
the type of sounds that can be produced by this sort of instrument.
With this quartet of viols all sorts of acoustic experimenation has
become possible: they adopt coppery tones, (imitate) the sounds of
viloins, cellos, bells and African instruments; and this does not
prevent the virtuosos of Il Suonar Parlante from defending these
pieces from the late renaissance, with an inventivity, that few
"purist" ensembles would be able to attain.
Vittorio Ghielmi bets on the multivalence of its instrument. Showing
of way sorpren- give you that is
possible to alter the for- but of emission, with this quartet of you
violate is permitted all kinds of
experimentations adopting tones of coppers, violins and cellos,
bells, intrumen- African cough, what does not
impede to the virtuous of Il Suonar Loudspeaker to defend these
pieces of ends of the Renaissance with an
inventive one al reach of very few assemblies more '' purists''
http://translation.langenberg.com/
Vittorio Ghielmi bets by the versatility of its instrument.
Demonstrating of surprising way that it is possible to alter the
emission forms, with this quartet of violas all type of
experimentations adopting sonoridades of coppers, violins and
violonchelos, bells, intrumen-cough African is allowed, which does
not prevent the virtuosos of Talking Il Suonar to defend these pieces
of end of the Renaissance with an inventiveness within reach of very
few sets more ' ' puristas' '
Babel Fish
Vittorio Ghielmi bets by versatility of its instrument. Demonstrating
of way sorpren- dente that is possible to alter for- but of emission,
with this quartet of violas allows all type of experimentations
adopting sonoridades of coppers, violins and violonchelos, bells,
intrumen- cough African, which does not prevent the virtuosos of
Talking Il Suonar to defend these pieces of end of the Renaissance
with an inventiveness within reach of very few' puristic' sets more `'
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Le 15 dec. 06 =E0 12:50, Arto Wikla a ecrit :
>
> Dear lutenists,
>
> my poll about the quality of Lully's Bourgeois Gentilhomme setup by
> Jean
> Marie Bigard (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crgelhKxz34&eurl)
> is over. There were only 14 answers. The result was _very_ bipolar as
> was expected! Analysis and also colourful comments are found in page
> http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/Lully/Poll1206/
>
> ;-)
> All the best,
>
> Arto
>
>
>
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