I have composed a few big works for the baroque lute, and I'm now working on something for 15 course archlute. Sterling
Sent from my iPad > On Dec 21, 2017, at 4:10 PM, Daniel Shoskes <[email protected]> wrote: > > I highly recommend it. I commissioned a work from Ronn McFarlane and I think > it’s one of his most beautiful: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYgAAyMtgtE > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYgAAyMtgtE> > > Ronn playing it live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz3j5muuVKc > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz3j5muuVKc> > > Recording: > https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/passacaglia/878859427?i=878859469 > <https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/passacaglia/878859427?i=878859469> > > Also commissioned a version of Adon Olam from Rene Schiffer that is in the > form of a passacaglia with a theorbo part. > > Let’s keep them gainfully employed! > > Danny > > > >> On Dec 21, 2017, at 5:38 PM, Jacob Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I don't think that's entirely accurate. Ronn McFarlane plays his own >> compositions, Jakob Lindberg performs the Britten Nocturnal (I know, >> it's not that new, and it's not really for lute, but IMO it kinda >> counts), Chris Wilke recorded a whole cd of Roman Turovsky's new works >> for baroque lute, I saw Elizabeth Kenny perform TWO recent theorbo >> commissions at the LuteFestWest, and there's certainly more examples I >> just can't think of at the moment. >> As soon as I can afford to do so, I intend to commission some works for >> myself to play. >> >> Jacob Johnson >> [uc?export=download&id=0B6_gM3BRE6ZrYVVZZU5QNmJqdDQ&revid=0B6_g >> M3BRE6ZraW9nQ2U4SGNwV0tYVWxobnNBVjBsZi9FNHhzPQ] >> Guitar/Lute >> [1]www.johnsonguitarstudio.com >> 469.237.0625. >> On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 4:12 PM, Christopher Stetson >> <[2][email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello all. >> An interesting question, Peter, thanks for bringing it up. To >> answer >> honestly and personally, I'm not especially interested in new >> music, >> per se, for any of the instruments I play (mainly lute, guitar, >> mandolin, but some others too). I couldn't really say why, >> except >> that the music I've looked at from the last 30 years tends, and I >> mean >> tends, to be difficult and not especially tuneful to my ear. >> There >> are exceptions, of course, and I play some of those, though >> mostly on >> guitar. I'm not a professional, so I tend to be fairly >> conservstive >> in the music I choose to spend time seeking out and playing. I >> also >> don't play many of the old compositions that fit the above >> criteria. >> I fully realize. however, that one person's difficult is >> another >> person's interesting, and I'm really glad that people are writing >> new >> music for lute. >> Best to all, and keep playing, >> Chris. >> >> On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 2:34 PM, Peter Martin >> <[1][3][email protected]> >> wrote: >> Hello all, >> I recently bought a Wigmore Hall Live CD of a 2013 concert by >> countertenor Iestyn Davies and lutenist Thomas Dunford. It >> included >> the world premiere performance of a substantial piece by Nico >> Muhly >> called Old Bones. Up to now, I'd never heard of it, which >> surprised >> me because Muhly is a very successful young American composer. >> His >> new opera Marnie has just premiered at English National Opera, >> and his >> previous opera Two Boys was given at ENO and at the Met in New >> York. >> The score of Old Bones is available from Music Sales. Yet I >> can't see >> that the lute world has paid the slightest attention to it. >> Which sets me wondering, not about Muhly as such, but about new >> music >> generally. With the honourable exception of Jacob >> Heringman, >> scarcely >> anyone plays it. Any thoughts on why this is? Are we >> simply >> not >> interested in new music? >> Peter >> -- >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> >> [2][4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> -- >> References >> 1. mailto:[5][email protected] >> 2. [6]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> -- >> >> References >> >> 1. http://www.johnsonguitarstudio.com/ >> 2. mailto:[email protected] >> 3. mailto:[email protected] >> 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> 5. mailto:[email protected] >> 6. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > --
