All the gambists I know live on it and think Forqueray 5th suite is
way harder.
--- On Mon, 4/30/12, Roman Turovsky <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Roman Turovsky <[email protected]>
Subject: Bach's Lute Suites: This Moth is Blessed
To: "David van Ooijen" <[email protected]>, "lute net"
<[email protected]>
Date: Monday, April 30, 2012, 11:51 AM
All the gambists I know (a goodly #) dread playing that aria.
RT
----- Original Message -----
From: "David van Ooijen" <[1][email protected]>
To: "lute net" <[2][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 <[3][email protected]>
wrote:
>> JSB didn't play gamba either as evidenced by his reassignment of
nicely
>> playable lute part in the MatthaeusPassion 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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