Thanks for the info Anthony, quite interesting. I do hope he returns to the theorbo someday...
From: Anthony Hind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:02:10 +0100 To: Rob MacKillop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: [BAROQUE-LUTE] de Visee Rob As far as I know, so unhappy with his playing was Pascal Monteilhet (or at least, not progressing enough ... I know the feeling), that he sold all his lutes and set off for a Pacific island (or similar). I understand that this was the second time he did something of the sort. An intellectual television magazine (oxymoron?) which is often associated with French Baroque music and evenents, likened his departure to that of Rimbaud or of Gaugin: fff Telerama - Robert de Visee - Monteilhet . Le francais Pascal Monteilhet a beaucoup oeuvre pour la renaissance du theorbe. Aujourd'hui comme Rimbaud ou Gauguin, cet explorateur-ne s'embarque loin de l'Europe, pour d'autres aventures, maritimes et exotiques. Mais il nous laisse un formidable temoignage de la noblesse de son instrument et de son repertoire. .. Les suites pour theorbe de Robert de Visee se situent dans le sillage hauturier de d'Anglebert et de Couperin... Le theorbe Un animal de haute cour. Et cet (ultime) recital? Une balise d'allegresse, un fanal d'espoir. Gilles Macassar - Telerama 15 mars 2006 (I removed the accents, I think). But perhaps he has come back. Does anyone know? Anthony Le 28 fevr. 08 =E0 17:46, Rob MacKillop a ecrit : > Strange booklet notes: > > ''...like everyone else, I use strings which do not sound as they > should. > They produce a sound that is admittedly compelling and powerful, > but to my > ears too flashy, indeed vulgar, and which hinders the transmission > of the > discourse.'' > > So why do it? - might seem like the obvious question. I guess, like > me, > Pascal prefers gut, but is not satisfied with the current state of gut > strings. I think string makers have cracked the manufacture of > trebles and > mid-range. Still not convinced about those basses. I hope Mimmo's new > strings will change our minds. I look forward to trying them > someday. Keep > up the good work, Mimmo and Dan and whoever else is experimenting. > > I wouldn't go so far as to say Pascal's strings sound vulgar, and I > wouldn't > record if that were the case. And I certainly wouldn't rubbish my > own sound > in my own booklet notes. Ah, the French are different...eh, Anthony? > > I saw Pascal in Glasgow once, and he was brilliant. No vulgarity > anywhere. > > Rob > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- --
