Dear David On what type of lute will you play the Betrachte? I have a tab somewhere for archlute, but with some scordatura in the bass, beware. Better play from the score, it's easier that way. A bit weird to do this aria without the viola d'amore, though, they make all the beautiful dissonances.
You might put it Schlummert ein in a transposition, it goes well with just lute, and has some substance: recit and lengthy aria. Beautiful piece. Bist du bei mir, obviously mandatory repertoire and your audience will love it. There's a solo bass cantate with obligato cembalo you can play: Amore traditore BWV 203. I did, it works on lute. I like to play Wachet auf, but I've only done that with a tenor and I don't know how that would work out transposed for bass singer. Should be ok, I guess, fourth down. Makes a great concert piece too. Let me know if you're in need of scores, I can email you at least some in transpositions for bass. Bach aria's with just lute, no bowed bass, are not easy. It's hard work. David **************************** David van Ooijen [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.davidvanooijen.nl **************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Rastall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lutelist Net" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 10:13 PM Subject: [LUTE] St. John Passion > Dear luters, > > I know we've discussed the topic of the lute part in "Betrachte Meine > Seele" from the SJP before, but at the time I never paid much > attention. Well, I've been asked to perform this with a bass > soloist, and so I'm now paying close attention to whatever I can find > out about it! > > Is there a written-out lute part available somewhere? I could > intabulate it directly from the piano reduction, but a part already > realized would be a huge help. Also, the singer wants to know if I > can suggest a second Bach aria to act as a companion-piece to > "Betrachte Meine Seele," probably to be performed with just the lute > continuo only: preferably Bach, or something that would fit into a > program of High Baroque arias. I don't know much about the vocal > solo repertoire of the High Baroque, especially as it relates to the > lute. Anyone got any ideas????? > > Best wishes, > > David Rastall > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
