So our day job is playing in a baroque orchestra to support our hobby of playing in a baroque orchestra on original instruments. dt
At 03:31 PM 12/19/2009, you wrote: >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
