Dear David
Thank you for your reply which shows my memory did not completely
fail me after all, but my lateral thinking nevertheless was a little
too far to the side, not to say skew-whiff!
Do you use Nick's strings mainly on the top (high-twist, or also in
the mid)? Is it fair to say that they are of similar durability, but
a little softer to the touch than the Kuerschner?
I will drop into your site and listen to you with your Korean
soprano. Those must be very pleasant evening meals with Toyohiko
Satoh, including the gut talk.
I am glad to have made you a virtual 11c Baroque player; as it is
said of the Kyudos archer A true shot is not just one that hits the
center of the target, but one where the arrow can be said to exist in
the target before its release; so perhaps a good Baroque lute player
is one who is already playing in his mind's-eye even before he has
obtained his Baroque lute.
No I am afraid that is my lateral thinking going awry again, or just
my wishful thinking.
Regards
Anthony
Le 9 fevr. 07 =E0 17:04, LGS-Europe a ecrit :
> Dear Anthony
>
>
>> ago, in which I thought you mentioned playing Baroque music in an
>> ensemble; but now I think about it, could have been any form of
>> continuo playing
>
> Mostly on archlutes, some theorbo and 10-course.
>
>
>> with Nick Baldock at the same time and I may be confusing the two
>> messages. I know he (also?) spoke about the excellent projection of
>> gut strings in ensemble playing, but of course in his case, it was
>
>
> His gut strings are superb!
>
>
>> This error was reinforced, by hearing you accompany a singer with
>> your arch lute (obviously not Baroque), but I could have sworn you
>> ventured into Purcell territory.
>
> Guilty as charged. I think there's even a clip of mine playing
> Music for a While on an all-gut archlute with an all-Korean soprano
> on my website. She was gutsy, too, by the way. Never saw a lute
> before, no rehearsal, immediate recording. Recording engineer loved
> the strings, too.
>
>> strongly associate you (I feel sure?) with Toyohiko Satoh (who does
>> play Baroque lute?)
>
> He does, and in our conversations gut strings do tend to take the
> place of the more obvious subjects sashimi and sake once in a
> while. We meet over dinners a lot. :-)
>
>
>> So now it seems I have made you a "virtual" Baroque lute player, as I
>
> It's the cheaper option for now, anyway. Occasionally I am asked to
> play some Bach solo, and then I cheat on a 10-course or archlute. I
> can get away with Bach, I feel, but the glorious French baroque
> music does need an 11-course. So, I too will yield one day.
>
> David
>
>
>
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