@trj: A fist bump.
On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 12:36 PM, <[1]theoj89...@aol.com> wrote:
In the mid '80s, I was hired to play renaissance lute at some
company's holiday party, and I was instructed to show up in costume
(I had recently done a Twelfth Night in costume - and yes, there
were tights). I arrived at the address and entered a large crowded
party room with a disc jockey, sound system above 100 decibels
pounding away the cheesiest disco, black lights, mirror ball; the
works. I found the organizer and told her that there must have been
some misunderstanding. She told the, no - she wanted me to dance
around the dance floor with my lute and pretend like I was playing
(my mind was quickly filled with images of a drunken reveler
smashing into my lute and scattering splinters of wood across the
parquet dance floor). Instead, I quietly packed up and left through
the backdoor. Unexpectedly and to my pleasant surprise, I received
my check for the entire agreed amount a week later. trj
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From: Edward Chrysogonus Yong <[2]edward.y...@gmail.com>
To: Lute List List <[3]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Sun, Mar 16, 2014 7:54 am
Subject: [LUTE] Ornamental Lutes
dear collective wisdom,
so i was asked to play continuo for a HACURndel Concerto Grosso and
spent some time
working it out. at the first rehearsal i discover that the continuo
line is also
being played by 3 violoncelli, an electronic harpsichord, and a double
bass all
'playing out'.
all of these are modern instruments, played aggressively by players
more
accustomed to symphonic music. full chords on my large archlute and
twiddling
nonstop means i am audible to the celli and to the conductor. the tutti
violins
on the other side of the semicircle have said they can't really hear
me, so i
wonder if i'd even be heard by the audience.
i'm sure other lute players have done gigs like this, so what does one
do in
situations where one's lute seems largely ornamental? do i just make
sure i look
pretty?
Edward
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