..And where can this spectacle be seen? I have been known to play Legnani on original 19th-c. guitars, but am not so good at walking on stage. I thus favor café, soirée, or living room performance.
Best, Eugene > -----Original Message----- > From: Jelma van Amersfoort [mailto:jel...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 1:48 PM > To: David van Ooijen > Cc: Vihuela List > Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: b-guitar hero > > Hi David and others > > Have a look at Izhar Elias playing Legnani on an original 19th century > guitar, walking on the stage :-)) > > And my best wishes for 2009 to everyone too! > > Jelma van Amersfoort > > On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 9:01 AM, David van Ooijen > <davidvanooi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Slightly OT. > > Yesterday I was playing baroque guitar in he opening choir of the > > fifth cantata of Bach's Christmas Oratorio. Changed many orchestra > > members' idea of the piece in the process, btw: off-beat strumming and > > golpe on the rests in the bass was not what they were used to. ;-) It > > was a small band: four violins, viola, cello, double bass, two oboe, > > bassoon, cembalo and just four singers. Everybody except the cello, > > double bass and cembalo where standing up. I was standing up too. > > Standing up I blended better, had better projection and better > > visibility. While I was strumming away looking at the 500+ audience, I > > couldn't help feeling like a pop guitar hero, and it was very hard not > > to move like one. I'm not a pop guitar player at all, but the > > association with strumming-chords-while-standing was very strong. > > Just some observations. > > > > David - holidays for a full week! > > > > -- > > ******************************* > > David van Ooijen > > davidvanooi...@gmail.com > > www.davidvanooijen.nl > > ******************************* > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
