if someone likes to see some fotos from regenburg and the festival, please visit: http://flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sets/72157604427604380/ greetings wolfgang
-------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 12:09:30 +0200 > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > An: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Betreff: [LUTE] Lute Festival Regensburg 2008 > On Friday my day started with picking up the rest of the swiss lute > players to j > oin this year's trip to the lute festival of the german lute society which > took > place in Regensburg. > We missed the first events due to a traffic jam which we regreted because > Pietro > Prosser played on a original Galichon. Knowing his playing from previous > lute f > estivals I was very keen on listening to his playing - and the Galichon! > We also missed the lecture about the restauration of the instrument which > follow > ed the concert. > So instead we made our first experiences with franconian foot (and beer). > Afterw > ards we were in best mood for the concerts of the evening. > So we first heart a recital by Bart Roose (from Bruegge) > who played music by Hans Newsidler on his entirely gut strung lute by > Peter Van > Wonterghem after Hans Frei. I tend to tell H. Newsidler's music "german" > (with t > ongue in cheek). Bart's playing was fine, smooth and calm although he has > choose > n some of the demanding pieces from H.Newsidler's print from 1536. This > recital > offered a new look at Hans Newsidler's music. The reaction of several > concert li > steners prooved that Bart raised interest into this repertoire. > The final recital was by Lee Santana who played a mix of his own music, > Dowland, > Holborne and Francesco da Milano on Tenor-Lute, Cittern and Alto Lute. I > liked > the sound of his Alto lute by Ivo Magherini (although it was completly out > of tu > ne which made it hard to bear listening to Francesco's fine > music). > We ended the evening at a very nice restaurant in Regensburg which was > built in > a gothic room. > The next day we started visiting the exhibition of instruments and music. > I was > so surprised and happy to meet Frak-Peter Dietrich and his wife who > spontanous d > ecided to show some of their instruments on the exhibition. Frank-Peter > has buil > t my very first lute and I have several of his instruments. Soon after the > chat > I detected Philippe Mottet-Rio who has built my new love: my new swan neck > baroq > ue lute. > I just said "Hello" to Beppo Kreisel as I saw an instrument on his table > which r > aised my interest: A double-headed baroque lute he has copied from the > instrumen > t in Fuessen. It was not just me who enjoyed this instrument because Beppo > recei > ved a lot of > orders. Mine won't be ready until end of 2009 (after the usual day to > sleep on i > t I decided that one cannot have enough baroque lutes)! > The first lecture of the day was introduced by Albert Reyermann fromm TREE > editi > ons who will publish the manuscript AN62 from the episcopal library in > Regensbur > g. The manuscript was then verbally introduced by Francois-Pierre Goy and > musica > lly by Anthony Bailes. > Francois-Pierre's talk was well-informed and peppered with detailed > knowledge of > the sources. Anthony Bailes playing made this manuscripts even more > attractive > (although I think he could play a scale and it would be a fascinating > sound expe > rience). Albert Reyermann said the manuscript (which will be published in > modern > transcription) would be on the easier side of the baroque > repertoire. I just took a look and could not verify this information with > own ex > pirience (i.e. playing the music - tablature *always* looks easy). > This lecture was followed by a lecture of Bart Roose and Peter Van > Wonterghem ab > out Hans Newsidler and the lute Bart is playing. This lecture was very > interesti > ng and improved the raising interest in Hans Newsidler's music and in both > lectu > reres. I just got this information by a friend who enthusiastically > reported abo > ut this lecture - as I missed it I cannot tell more details. > I also missed the following lecture by Werner on Strauch about "tunings > and temp > eraments" which I already heard a while ago. Werner has profund knowledge > about > the tunings and how to apply them on a lute. > The highlight of the events of > this afternoon was the "entertainment" by Dr. Frank Legl and Anthony > Bailes who > presented a musical travel with Johann Friedrich Armand von Uffenbach. > Pictures were thrown on the wall, texts by Uffenbach presented (and > petulantly c > ommented) by Frank. Anthony played music from Vieux gaultier to S.L. Weiss > which > alone would make the afternoon a success - but the combination of word, > humour, > pictures and music made the fun complete. > The concerts of this evening were by Lynda Sayce and Claire Antonini. > I was eagerly looking forward to Lynda's performance of english music of > the 17t > h century. And ... she topped all my high experiences! With great > sensitivity, w > ell structured, highly virtuous and with beautiful tone (on a lute by > David van > Edwards) she played a > most demanding program which didn't become easier because most of the > music is w > ell-known. > I wondered if Claire Antonini could compete with such a overhelming > performance. > And she could! > On the same level of musicianship she performed music from the Saizenay > manuscri > pts. A shame on the lute world that she is not better known - I only *saw* > her o > n the web-site of the french lute society. > A performer who is able to facinate an audience of several hundred > listeners wit > h french baroque lute music taken from one single source is a gift for the > lute > world. Anyone who has a chance: listen to a performance by Claire! And if > not - > a small glimpse on her playing you may get when listening to her CD > ([1]http://s > f-luth.org/?Disques) . More than a recommendation: in my opinion a "Must > Have" C > D for anyone who just wants to *talk* about french lute music. > BTW: Great that the SFL (french lute society) supported the production of > this C > D! > The next day we just said goodby to all our lute friends ... and finally I > was s > urprised to meet Greet Schamp in person! At the goodby I realized who she > is. Ve > ry late but possibly next time there will be more time for a chat. > > I've seen Michael Treder made a lot of fotos - I'm sure you'll find some > of them > on his homepage > (http://tabulatura.de). > > References > > 1. http://sf-luth.org/?Disques > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
