At 04:40 PM 5/7/2007, Caroline Usher wrote: >Dear mostly loyal subjects, >WE, Caroline I, Empress of the Known Lute World, Queen of North American >Lutopia, Duchess of Elaborate Divisions and Defender of the Authentick >Faith, are planning to go on progress to the vicinity of Boston (USA) >for the Early Music Festival, June 12 - 16. As is normally the case, >we plan to allow our Bostonian subjects the privilege of offering Us >their hospitality on this occasion. . . . Have no fear, We shall not be >traveling with Our full retinue (the dogs are staying home) and it is >not necessary to provide banquets or feather beds (I'm allergic to >feathers anyway). > >Now, don't all stampede to be the first to offer. >Looking forward to Gracing you all with Our Presence, >We Are, >By the Grace of God (and a lot of hard work, dammit), >Caroline I, Empress of the Known Lute World, Queen of North American >Lutopia, Duchess of Elaborate Divisions and Defender of the Authentick Faith
Sadly, I will not be anywhere near there and cannot provide lodging for royalty or pauper. However, here's a bit that might have slipped by your collective (both in your singular plurality and the list-wide plurality) early-music, somewhat-lute-like-thingy radar. Richard Walz, violinist with Bruggen's Orchestra of the 18th Century and free-lance mandolinist extraordinaire, has posted this word elsewhere: > In case anyone is interested, I'll be playing and recording live in Boston the > sonatas for mandolin and fortepiano by Hummel, Beethoven and Neuiling > on the 16th of June, 2pm, part of the Boston Early Music Festival. I'll be > playing on the Vinaccia copy by D. Larson with Shuann Chai. The where is Emmanuel Church. I don't believe the event is listed in the on-line event calendar. The "Vinaccia copy" in play is based on the 1760s mandolino Napoletano tradition. I wish I could be there. For those who will, enjoy. Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
