Please don't forget to mention Millennium of Music, the longest-running syndicated radio program featuring a broad and diverse selection of early music. The Harmonia program has a direct connection with that American early music organization, and you don't receive airplay on the program without special dispensation - no matter how much of a international radio presence you may already have. Say hello to the new face of Payola. RA > Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 11:49:47 -0700 > To: willsam...@yahoo.co.uk > CC: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > From: na...@nancycarlinassociates.com > Subject: [LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness > > There are a lot of good up and coming bands around. Take a listen to > this week's Early Music Show on the BBC web site. They have a bit of > music from a lot of the entries, only one of which has lute featured. > The City Waites are still around and performing, especially at Christmas > time in the UK. Taking a look at the groups that perform at the bigger > early music series and festivals, Jordi Saval is featured a lot with > various instrumental combinations. Le Poem Harmonique and Les Witches > seem to be doing interesting things. What we don't have now is the > record companies being the gate keepers for publicity. Back in the 70s > and later this was a way to focus attention on the groups that were > headed for some success and longevity. What we have now is YouTube and a > bit of airplay on the radio shows we can hear on the internet (Early > Music Show & Harmonia). > Nancy > > : > > Is it just me, or do there seem to be fewer small broken consorts > > around these days. Back in the 60s and 70s we had the Julian Bream > > Consort, The Early Music Consort of London, the Consort of Musicke, > > London Pro Musica, The Ely Consort, the Broadside Band, the City > > Waites, the Extempore String Ensemble. I am finding it hard to think > > of anything equivalent around today, certainly in the UK. I used to > > travel a long way to attend their gigs and was never disappointed - > > Lots of fresh music performed in ways I hadn't heard before. Always > > very entertaining and full of variety and played to packed houses. > > Have they had their day? > > > > Gigs today always seem to be so serious and earnest and with much less > > variety to hold the attention of the Great Unwashed (ie non-lutenists). > > > > Bill > > From: Miles Dempster <miles.demps...@gmail.com> > > To: Lutelist List <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > > Sent: Monday, 12 August 2013, 17:00 > > Subject: [LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness > > Forty years ago the continuo section of an early music performance > > hardly ever featured a finger-plucked instrument. > > The theorbo and archlute have since then become 'standard', providing > > bread and butter work for competent continuo players. > > Miles > > On 2013-08-12, at 10:45 AM, William Samson wrote: > > > Nowadays, of course, there are very many more great quality lutenists > > > than there were forty years ago, but there's not nearly enough work > > to > > > go round to keep them all busy as concert performers. Probably > > their > > > best hope of earning a crust is through teaching - either in > > academia > > > or with private students - and grabbing a performing opportunity > > when > > > it presents itself. > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > -- > > > > References > > > > 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > -- > Nancy Carlin > Administrator THE LUTE SOCIETY OF AMERICA > http://LuteSocietyofAmerica.org > > PO Box 6499 > Concord, CA 94524 > USA > 925 / 686-5800 > > www.groundsanddivisions.info > www.nancycarlinassociates.com > >
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