Rob, as you know,
Jonathan manages to organize some wonderful concerts, once a month on
Sundays or Saturdays,
in the salon de musique de Madame de Sevigny,
(Concert au Musée Carnavalet dans le Salon Bouvier)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J2Uu9ABQ7M
You can just make Jonathan out in this performance of, Rameau La
Forqueray,
The cameraman has a kind of Baroque swing!
I have just realized that the lady with ex-Venetian blond hair is
probably my wife, fortunately, I am
just out of view, but I WAS there!
The room which is slightly out of focus IS the Salon Bouvier.
Anthony
Le 20 nov. 08 à 16:58, Rob MacKillop a écrit :
Thanks, Dan. Yes, beautiful music - a foretaste of the recording
I'll
be doing with the viol player, Jonathan Dunford, in February.
Imagine
such airs on the viol - really beautiful, and Jonathan is a
major-league player. Looking forward to working with him.
Regarding Eastern European & Asian Steppe stock - plenty of
(welcome)
evidence of that in Edinburgh these days; not sure about the 17th
century, though. It will be interesting to hear Scottish music
in three
hundred years time...
Regarding reverb - I am drawn towards melodies that float in the
air,
linger a while before disappearing into the ether. A good natural
reverb helps sustain these notes for a fraction of a second,
tugging at
the heart a little longer. It makes a huge difference to the
perceived
sound. I hear it even in my small room, but I don't hear it on
the dry
recording. Trying to recreate it with technology is a fools
errand, but
one I feel compelled to try. There is a difference between
hearing the
instrument and hearing the music...
Rob
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