Thank you for posting this fine performance. The lovely sound of the lute came through on the recording, though a bit subdued as one would expect. I hope it did as well for the audience; it must be difficult to project a lute's sound into a large hall. On Nov 6, 2011, at 5:29 PM, Anna Wiktoria Swoboda wrote:
> Dear Colleagues, > I would like to share my struggle with Vivaldi's Lute Concerto in > D-major played live, in a big hall, without amplification, on the > baroque lute, strung partially in gut. > There was only one, not very good microphone for whole ensemble, so > sorry for not satisfying sound quality of the lute in the tuttis. > Thanks to all of you for the very interesting and informative > discussion couple months ago about the appropriate/right/historical > instrument which should be used for Vivaldi's lute works. > We worked shortly on this Concerto with my professor - Rolf Lislevand, > whose first advice when I came with this piece was - "play it on the > baroque guitar!" (as he did on his famous Vivaldi recording...). > Indeed, it works fantastic on b-guitar, especially in the tuttis! But I > decided to play it on the b-lute, because it is still the main > instrument for me. > Wiktoria. > [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBBpI90WhII&feature=feedu > [2]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIH8XoYyUtk&feature=feedu > [3]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuN3qQ4viqE&feature=feedu -- > > References > > 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBBpI90WhII&feature=feedu > 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIH8XoYyUtk&feature=feedu > 3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuN3qQ4viqE&feature=feedu > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
