All the gambists I know (a goodly #) dread playing that aria.
RT
----- Original Message -----
From: "David van Ooijen" <[email protected]>
To: "lute net" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 2:46 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Bach's Lute Suites: This Moth is Blessed
On 30 April 2012 20:34, Roman Turovsky <[email protected]> wrote:
JSB didn't play gamba either as evidenced by his reassignment of nicely
playable lute part in the MatthäusPassion to an impossible one for gamba
in
the 2nd version.
Any gambist would tell you that that "gamba" part is pure hell.
Another blanket statement I beg to differ with, as my gamba friend are
generally happy with the Suesses Kreuz aria and find it to work well
on their instruments, however much I try to persuade them to give it
back to me. ;-) But then again, some of these gambis must have played
the piece hundreds of times over the years. It's remarkable, btw, how
much the character of the aria changes when the obligato part is
played on a lute. Easier, lighter, 'Suesser' as opposed to heavy, hard
and 'Kreuzig'. I keep telling conductors, but playing Bach passions is
another of those established habits enshrined in today's Early Music
Esperanto.
David - back to St. John
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