To make that clear: My criticism (if it was one at all) was not to the music, which I cannot really judge but enjoyed - maybe apart from the non-enthusiastic face and the eyes heavily occupied with reading the music... hm... but a certain kind of introvert elderly stiffness, "seriousness" and not-so-touching-the audience appeareance seems unfortunately wide-spread in lutenists (more than in "normal" classical musicians?). I love to see and feel the will to connect to the audience, I love to see that the player has an intelligent sovereign personal understanding of the music (sentipensando is a lovely word here) which he wants to share with the audience, I love warmhearted intelligent entertainment... so better close your eyes sometimes...
Hm... there seems to rumour a devil inside me, I actually consider the baroque lute a monster, I imagine it is awfully difficult to master and as a result the liuto forte sounds better :-) ... apart from some extraordinary players... anyway, my point was that intelligent and insightful comments to the music are extremely helpful for understanding better and improve one's own (in my case humble) playing. That's why I like to attend masterclasses with teachers who really know to comment on music and playing, which is an art in itself and far from easy, I know. Franz ------------------------------------ Dr. Franz Mechsner Hanse Institute for Advanced Study Lehmkuhlenbusch 4 D-27753 Delmenhorst/Bremen GERMANY E-mail: [1][email protected] Phone: +49 (0)4221 9160-215 Fax: +49 (0)4221 9160-179 __________________________________________________________________ Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Gesendet: So 10.01.2010 22:54 An: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Betreff: Re: [LUTE] Re: Conradi Sonata To repeat my comments to the group (since I replied privately inadvertently), I thought the music quite lovely, and very nicely played. Franz's point concerning the absence of constructive critical commentary may be pertinent. Since I'm working on Renaissance lute only, and am not familiar with Baroque lute literature or technique, I'll leave it to other Baroque players to consider Franz's point. Ned -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
