Thanks for posting this, Thomas. There are some wonderful attractions in my part of world/country, but nothing like this!! On Nov 21, 2010, at 8:22 AM, Thomas Schall wrote:
> I want to give a small report about two lute related events - very different > each other but both habe been a big pleasure to attend. > On friday we have been on a "Baroque Evening" which was part of the Lichttage > in Winterthur (http://www.lichttage.ch/2010/medien/fotogalerie.html) in an > old Villa. The complete house was just lit by candlelight. The "Salon" has > been central point where the audience could meet and listen to Andi Schlegel > playing music from rhetorique des dieux on his old 11-ch. baroque lute and > listening to Stephan Mest in baroque costume telling and reading stories from > the Paris of the 17th century as well as reading the introductionary text to > the pieces of the Rhetorique. Of course there has been a delicious meal by > Beat Ebnöther which proved that baroque people also knew how to live :-) > I really enjoyed this kind of concept - not that kind of "mega event" which > seems to be so popular but a very entertaining (and delicious) small event > transporting the feeling of how baroque entertainment in the Salons could > have worked. I'm sure everybody who hasbeen there will have enjoyed this > evening. > > The second event I've been has been the lute days in Geneva > (http://www.acma.ch/). A very different concept. Rather the traditional lute > festival as we know it from Paris or Füssen. > The venue has been great - an old theatre where the concerts took place, a > nice cafe in between this room and the room for the exhibiton. > After arriving I first met Philippe Mottet-Rio who asked me to bring my small > theorbo to Geneva because he wanted to present it there (he gave a small talk > about my small theorbo and Anna's guitar which both were played then by Anton > and Anna http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIrNJlgh2g0&feature=player_embedded). > The first recital have been Christine Gabrielle (as I got it organizer and > main figure behind this festival) played a recital together with Ziv Braha > and Vincent Flückinger. They played music by the Adriaenssen, v.den Hove, > Vallet and from the Phalese prints. A beatiful recital! I really loved the > stage decoration - simple but effective > (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lautenist/5194968210/). I am surprised all over > how Christine manages to sind and play together both on such a high level. > The evening concert has been played by Pascale Bouquet, lute, Anne > Delafosse-Quentin, soprano, Angélique Mauillon, harp. I had to leave early > but what I've heard until then this has been a wonderful recital, too. Anne > being the perfect voice for this kind of music. > > BTW: I have been very amused by Anna's and Anton's obvious enthusiasmn to > play - sitting on the floor playing music from Piccinini, Forqueray, but also > Boogie, Blues ... their fun to play transported to everybody who has been > there! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lautenist/5194369153/) > > So back to my lutes ... > All the best > Thomas > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
