Re-refering to this thread, I just got news from the "Basel Plucks - festival for lute & guitar"
Good way to introduce more people to the lute, drawing in guitar audiences for something different (more refined, less sparky, more subtle - you name it - basically it is all about entertainement). https://www.facebook.com/baselplucks Ernesto Ett 11-99 242120 4 11-28376692 On 14.08.2013, at 19:36, Mark Seifert <[email protected]> wrote: Dear Ron Andrico Finally got a chance to listen to your Sfumato CD while driving a couple of hundred miles through rural San Diego county and I am most impressed by what a fine piece of work it is. Best singing and fine luteplaying though newly acquired vocabulary from Master musician and recorder Dave Taylor momentarily intruded into consciousness so I imagined hearing "plicky" sounds without being fully aware of what that is precisely supposed to sound like. Your CDs are far better than anything I could ever produce or record. Everyone should own them. Could only appreciate it properly by sitting down in the car and taking the time to listen, though traffic was an occasional distraction. Distractions at home make such prolonged listening nearly impossible. Somehow the passing landscapes seemed good mimic backgrounds for Italy's 15-16th century! Included lots of vineyards and sunny fruit orchards with Latin names! Sorry that I never heard Millenium of Music but got excited enough by Dr. Duffin's Case-Western Univ. Micrologus broadcasts to audiotape it off the air on a number of 1980s-1990s occasions. It is impressive to hear of folks having hundreds of LPs and also comforting since I still have hundreds of audiotapes, some of which no longer play back properly. Nice to know I'm not the only collector. Made only one 1984 audiotape at my parents' home while unemployed after fleeing an LA divorce and waiting for an Ohio license. Could only dare to share it with someone as kind and good hearted as Ed Martin. Could never record video in future without the help of Dr. Taylor's instructions--what a technical as well as musical genius he is, like you! But when am I ever going to see a Savino video??? Do any other folks have hundreds of now obsolete audiotapes? Just try to find an audiotape player--dirty old ones which probably don't work can be found at Goodwill. They seem even more obsolete than the bulkier VHS tapes! Mark Seifert From: Ron Andrico <[email protected]> To: Nancy Carlin <[email protected]>; William Samson <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 12:11 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness Please don't forget to mention Millennium of Music, the longest-running syndicated radio program featuring a broad and diverse selection of early music. The Harmonia program has a direct connection with that American early music organization, and you don't receive airplay on the program without special dispensation - no matter how much of a international radio presence you may already have. Say hello to the new face of Payola. RA > Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 11:49:47 -0700 > To: [1][email protected] > CC: [2][email protected] > From: [3][email protected] > Subject: [LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness > > There are a lot of good up and coming bands around. Take a listen to > this week's Early Music Show on the BBC web site. They have a bit of > music from a lot of the entries, only one of which has lute featured. > The City Waites are still around and performing, especially at Christmas > time in the UK. Taking a look at the groups that perform at the bigger > early music series and festivals, Jordi Saval is featured a lot with > various instrumental combinations. Le Poem Harmonique and Les Witches > seem to be doing interesting things. What we don't have now is the > record companies being the gate keepers for publicity. Back in the 70s > and later this was a way to focus attention on the groups that were > headed for some success and longevity. What we have now is YouTube and a > bit of airplay on the radio shows we can hear on the internet (Early > Music Show & Harmonia). > Nancy > > : >> Is it just me, or do there seem to be fewer small broken consorts >> around these days. Back in the 60s and 70s we had the Julian Bream >> Consort, The Early Music Consort of London, the Consort of Musicke, >> London Pro Musica, The Ely Consort, the Broadside Band, the City >> Waites, the Extempore String Ensemble. I am finding it hard to think >> of anything equivalent around today, certainly in the UK. I used to >> travel a long way to attend their gigs and was never disappointed - >> Lots of fresh music performed in ways I hadn't heard before. Always >> very entertaining and full of variety and played to packed houses. >> Have they had their day? >> >> Gigs today always seem to be so serious and earnest and with much less >> variety to hold the attention of the Great Unwashed (ie non-lutenists). >> >> Bill >> From: Miles Dempster <[4][email protected]> >> To: Lutelist List <[5][email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, 12 August 2013, 17:00 >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness >> Forty years ago the continuo section of an early music performance >> hardly ever featured a finger-plucked instrument. >> The theorbo and archlute have since then become 'standard', providing >> bread and butter work for competent continuo players. >> Miles >> On 2013-08-12, at 10:45 AM, William Samson wrote: >>> Nowadays, of course, there are very many more great quality lutenists >>> than there were forty years ago, but there's not nearly enough work >> to >>> go round to keep them all busy as concert performers. Probably >> their >>> best hope of earning a crust is through teaching - either in >> academia >>> or with private students - and grabbing a performing opportunity >> when >>> it presents itself. >> -- >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> -- >> >> References >> >> 1. [6]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> > > > -- > Nancy Carlin > Administrator THE LUTE SOCIETY OF AMERICA > http://LuteSocietyofAmerica.org > > PO Box 6499 > Concord, CA 94524 > USA > 925 / 686-5800 > > [7]http://www.groundsanddivisions.info/ > [8]http://www.nancycarlinassociates.com/ > > -- -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. mailto:[email protected] 3. mailto:[email protected] 4. mailto:[email protected] 5. mailto:[email protected] 6. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 7. http://www.groundsanddivisions.info/ 8. http://www.nancycarlinassociates.com/ --
