[LUTE] Re: A Tale of Three Vespers

2009-10-21 Thread David van Ooijen
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 5:50 AM, David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I found it really interesting to view three versions of the same Nigra Sum from the 1610 Vespers. I deliberately did not look at any If I had to do it over again I would borrow mucho! (with permission, of course)

[LUTE] Re: A Tale of Three Vespers

2009-10-21 Thread chriswilke
David, Thanks for this. Very interesting. You've certainly borrowed a lot from that last guy. But keep practicing: you'll eventually get the hang of playing properly left-handed ;-). I'm curious about the cello, though. My understanding of the present consensus of scholarly

[LUTE] Re: A Tale of Three Vespers

2009-10-21 Thread Martyn Hodgson
: chriswi...@yahoo.com chriswi...@yahoo.com Subject: [LUTE] Re: A Tale of Three Vespers To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu lute@cs.dartmouth.edu, David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net Date: Wednesday, 21 October, 2009, 13:16 David, Thanks for this. Very interesting. You've

[LUTE] Re: A Tale of Three Vespers

2009-10-21 Thread Edward Martin
We all recognize David and David in the first and third videos, but who is the theorbist in the 2nd one? As it is a British production, could it be Elizabeth Kinney? All are very well done! ed At 10:50 PM 10/20/2009, David Tayler wrote: I found it really interesting to view three versions of

[LUTE] Re: A Tale of Three Vespers

2009-10-21 Thread David Tayler
Hi Chris-- Very interesting question! I hope this very question will be revisited in Monteverdi's anniversary year. I'm sure there is a lot to be discovered, when I started playing 40 years ago (41 I guess) there was no lirone and now it has become a big part of continuo. One scholarly opinion

[LUTE] Re: A Tale of Three Vespers

2009-10-21 Thread David Tayler
was not the violoncello (tuned from C up) but the Bass violin tuned from Bb up. MH - On Wed, 21/10/09, chriswi...@yahoo.com chriswi...@yahoo.com wrote: From: chriswi...@yahoo.com chriswi...@yahoo.com Subject: [LUTE] Re: A Tale of Three Vespers To: lute

[LUTE] Re: A Tale of Three Vespers

2009-10-21 Thread David Tayler
That is Liz Kenny, showing a sparkling technique and keen ensemble skills. dt At 06:58 AM 10/21/2009, you wrote: We all recognize David and David in the first and third videos, but who is the theorbist in the 2nd one? As it is a British production, could it be Elizabeth Kinney? All are very