On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 9:03 PM, David Tayler <[email protected]> wrote: > If the violins, cellos and double basses all used historical bridges, > which act like mutes, historical bass bars, all unvarnished gut > strings, and so on,
There's a group I play in (www.barokensembledeswaen.nl) where we try to do all these things. As much as possible, as much as we think we understand, even experimenting with utterly wild ideas about HIP and with utter disregard to our audience who nevertheless keep coming twice a month. It's an interesting path to follow, with varying results, but taken a step back and looking at all the ups and occasionally spectacular downs over the years we are growing in a sound that is, for the lute anyway, much more comfortable than the average modern baroque orchestra. No need for the liuto forte here. ;-) David - yes, home from yet another Maria Vespers, but preparing to play Christmas songs with a vocal quartet tomorrow: Praetorius to Jingle Bells, I believe ... -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [email protected] www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
