Beautiful! A. John Mardinly, Ph.D., P.E.
On Dec 21, 2017, at 4:10 PM, Daniel Shoskes <[1][email protected]> wrote: I highly recommend it. I commissioned a work from Ronn McFarlane and I think it's one of his most beautiful: [2]https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com _watch-3Fv-3DiYgAAyMtgtE&d=DwIFaQ&c=l45AxH-kUV29SRQusp9vYR0n1GycN4_2jIn uKy6zbqQ&r=VLPJ8OE-c_C6joGeE1ftlvxMmQPq9N6mpKZONBRt90E&m=Emuo5qxLmFU3e8 JU82bUbNbz1olJ6JOPsYMQ3UVCixs&s=SuS2oqddco_A2raid7PX1eKBopY0A844W31YO6P E6wo&e= <[3]https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.co m_watch-3Fv-3DiYgAAyMtgtE&d=DwIFaQ&c=l45AxH-kUV29SRQusp9vYR0n1GycN4_2jI nuKy6zbqQ&r=VLPJ8OE-c_C6joGeE1ftlvxMmQPq9N6mpKZONBRt90E&m=Emuo5qxLmFU3e 8JU82bUbNbz1olJ6JOPsYMQ3UVCixs&s=SuS2oqddco_A2raid7PX1eKBopY0A844W31YO6 PE6wo&e=> Ronn playing it live: [4]https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com _watch-3Fv-3DCz3j5muuVKc&d=DwIFaQ&c=l45AxH-kUV29SRQusp9vYR0n1GycN4_2jIn uKy6zbqQ&r=VLPJ8OE-c_C6joGeE1ftlvxMmQPq9N6mpKZONBRt90E&m=Emuo5qxLmFU3e8 JU82bUbNbz1olJ6JOPsYMQ3UVCixs&s=FI7_itzSbo8rREudbeHjGblw3WUhN-2NV404fQ8 5xMQ&e= <[5]https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.co m_watch-3Fv-3DCz3j5muuVKc&d=DwIFaQ&c=l45AxH-kUV29SRQusp9vYR0n1GycN4_2jI nuKy6zbqQ&r=VLPJ8OE-c_C6joGeE1ftlvxMmQPq9N6mpKZONBRt90E&m=Emuo5qxLmFU3e 8JU82bUbNbz1olJ6JOPsYMQ3UVCixs&s=FI7_itzSbo8rREudbeHjGblw3WUhN-2NV404fQ 85xMQ&e=> Recording: [6]https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__itunes.apple.co m_us_album_passacaglia_878859427-3Fi-3D878859469&d=DwIFaQ&c=l45AxH-kUV2 9SRQusp9vYR0n1GycN4_2jInuKy6zbqQ&r=VLPJ8OE-c_C6joGeE1ftlvxMmQPq9N6mpKZO NBRt90E&m=Emuo5qxLmFU3e8JU82bUbNbz1olJ6JOPsYMQ3UVCixs&s=QVqbIK-CcOlS8VI mkdtxlj2AV_yRjYUsTGSOek8JhZQ&e= <[7]https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__itunes.apple.c om_us_album_passacaglia_878859427-3Fi-3D878859469&d=DwIFaQ&c=l45AxH-kUV 29SRQusp9vYR0n1GycN4_2jInuKy6zbqQ&r=VLPJ8OE-c_C6joGeE1ftlvxMmQPq9N6mpKZ ONBRt90E&m=Emuo5qxLmFU3e8JU82bUbNbz1olJ6JOPsYMQ3UVCixs&s=QVqbIK-CcOlS8V Imkdtxlj2AV_yRjYUsTGSOek8JhZQ&e=> 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 <[8][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&id6_gM3BRE6ZrYVVZZU5QNmJqdDQ&revid6_g M3BRE6ZraW9nQ2U4SGNwV0tYVWxobnNBVjBsZi9FNHhzPQ] Guitar/Lute [1][9]www.johnsonguitarstudio.com 469.237.0625. On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 4:12 PM, Christopher Stetson <[2][10][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][11][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? 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