Dear David, That is exactly the point, an early music audience unconsciously expects the performers to do to everything possible to present the music in an historically informed or inspired fashion. That is the name of the game, that is label that we use to sell our wares. I expect if you wrote in the programme notes, well a big theorbo didn't fit in my car that might disappoint a few people.
I personally do not want to compromise in this department and usually end up taking a renaissance guitar, a couple of lutes, 2 citterns ( a diatonic and chromatic). I don't see that as a burden these instruments each have something important to add and I think the audience deserve not to be fobbed off with the "easy to carry" comprise. all the best Mark On Mar 27, 2010, at 4:48 PM, David van Ooijen wrote: > But > don't call it hip when you're just doing it the way you like. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
