In his latest Memo video, Lukas Henning plays another Marco recercar
'senza canto' and adds a few inventions of his own for a lute with
several broken strings!
[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=g-Lzgk8N-yM
Best,
Matthew
On 30/01/2018 19:56, Dan Winheld wrote:
SO glad to hear that someone else has discovered this wonderful
bizarre masterpiece by Marco... I have been studying and practicing
it for about a year, almost memorized. It is the ultimate
"Recercar/fantasia senza il canto" ever written; surpassing all
other pieces of this tiny subgenre; generated of course by the
unfortunate frequency of chantarelle disintegration- usually
mid-performance, esp. in the pre-nylon string days.
I highly recommend it; especially as a study piece. It's probably a
lousy recital/concert piece unless you are playing for a small group
of lute nerds. And, most importantly; if you try to play it on a
lute with unison basses it will sound like crap. Really! A high
quality 6 (or 7) course, and the 8ves MUST include courses 4 and 5
as well as the other basses- and this piece really pops! Actual gut
helps too, we want crisp enunciation of the notes as you fret up to
7 & 8 frets on the bass courses.
The only other piece of music in any category that I have heard that
starts on the lowest bass notes and stays there for so long is
Gorecki's Symphony #3 "Sorrowful Songs" -utterly different mood,
though. Marco's is very upbeat, almost humorous.
Giacomo Gorzanis is another lute composer/player who repeated
phrases changing only courses and positions for tone color reasons.
Dan
On 1/30/2018 8:27 AM, Tristan von Neumann wrote:
Ms. 266 has a really crazy Aquila ricercar, No 25 (f. 24v), which
starts at the lowest course and goes up to 7/h. It's also a senza
canto ricercar.
Has anyone played this beast?...
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References
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=g-Lzgk8N-yM
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