Thanks, Rob, for your comments about this round and the Bocquet pieces as well. I've really been enjoying yours as well. I even copied your B+W idea (black and white also hides the garish color of the panelling behind me).
I've often tried to put into words my feelings about this music. You've hit the nail on the head about the "slight arrogance." There certainly is something presumptive in the way this music is constantly shifting emotional gears - as if the composer is comfortable saying to the listener, "Now be happy! (I don't mean it.) Now be sad. (I don't mean it.) Now be confident. (I don't mean it.) Now be agitated! (I don't mean it.) You're with me on this, right?" But for all the veneer of intentional pretentiousness, there are occasional moments of direct tenderness, presented in a bare, almost maudlin manner, that are all the more poignant for having been placed in an atmosphere of deliberate phoniness. It's like real life. To me, this is what makes this repertoire so incredibly human. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Mon, 10/24/11, Rob MacKillop <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Rob MacKillop <[email protected]> > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Hagen vids > To: "Christopher Wilke" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Lutelist" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, October 24, 2011, 8:28 AM > Wonderful, Chris! Really > authoritative performances. You seem to have caught the > spirit of the style perfectly. I love to see people allowing > their own personality come through in their playing, and > yours does by the bucket load in these pieces, from the hat > to the Picasso-inspired right hand ;-) and the (forgive me > saying) slight arrogance that performance of this music > requires. I mean that wholly positively. I think these > pieces suit you to a tee, and should find their way onto > disc in the not too distant future. > > Rob > > www.robmackillop.net > > On 24 Oct 2011, at 12:41, Christopher Wilke <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > I've uploaded another round of > new videos. Hagen's Sonata in D minor from the > Augsburg manuscript is a relatively new piece for me. > These are not the most polished performances, (two of the > vids are first take) but I think they capture the character > of Hagen's brand of Empfindsamkeit fairly well. As > always, comments are most welcome. > > > > The sonata is in three movements: > > > > Allegro ma non tanto: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EwBwi2kW_k > > > > Adagio: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KovC_g5s_Lg > > > > Allegro moderato: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCuMUoVk9GI > > > > > > (The baroque lute in general and Hagen in particular > sounds horrible coming through laptop speakers. Real > speakers are recommended!) > > > > > > Chris > > > > Christopher Wilke > > Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer > > www.christopherwilke.com > > > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >
