Yes, I agree ... although I've seen worse (not just on lute). I always have to question, "How much of this is calculated and staged, how much is genuine?" Still, an amazing, creative artist. Tom > "Just my problem. . .". No, a problem for at least me too. The > question of how much musical performance is theatre, is always to be > considered. I prefer less theatre. Ned On Dec 4, 2010, at 5:16 PM, > wikla wrote: > > > On Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:23:56 -0500, "Roman Turovsky" > > <r.turov...@verizon.net> wrote: > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmLoX2TTAig > > > > His strong movements, his gestures while playing, are quite > > disturbing to me. Just my problem, I guess and also admit. It would > > be easier to me to listen to his very musical playing without the > > video showing his suffering face. I do know that certain amount of > > theatre of showing that you feel deeply is necessary - it is an > > important part of the show. But to me - my problem as I wrote - in > > this performance the amount of "deep feeling gestures" harmed > > severely getting the message. > > > > Arto > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >
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