Things have turned different. I have been requested to play the Chitarone in performance of Bach's Passion after Marc. Lutes are never too loud, so I grew my right hand nails so as to be able to play with some volume. Which means in turn that I can't play the lute for now. Fortunately, easter falls on the end of March, this year, so there is ( Read more... )

Planning the next gigs of my own. Thinking about two recitals. One would be with lutes only, the other with theorbos ( Read more... )

The next recital is due on June 27th. I'll play the angelique for the 2nd time. First time was in March last year, and I tried to play from all available collections. This time I'll play from CZ-Bnm 3.329 exclusively. That collection is a gem, containing some very easy pieces and middle range pieces as regards technical demands. Most pieces, be ( Read more... )

Johannes Brahms made "endless transcriptions, mastering lute and organ tablature (...)". (Hugh Wood, A German Requiem, 2011, in: Brahms. Ein deutsches Requiem. Gardiner (CD booklet), 2012, p. 14)

I wonder if his occupation with lute music left traces in his own music.

Anyone?

This is the programme for the next gig to come on March 28th ( Read more... )

Polnische Musik, Sitten und Gebräuche gehörten zum gehobenen Lebensstil in Preußen. Das war so, bevor die Idee des Nationalstaates die gute Atmosphäre vergiftete, in der polnisch- und deutschsprachige Menschen im Preußen Königlichen Anteils miteinander lebten. Die Geschichte des Königlichen Preußen (wohlgemerkt, „Königlich“ bezieht sich auf den ( Read more... )

I have finished a copy of 28 Polish dances from the Gehema lute book (written in the 2nd half of the 17th century in Polish Prussia). If you are interessted in a shared PDF file, pls contact me.

Next thing I'm planning to do is a recital with mostly Polish dances. Many of them are contained in Danzig 4230 and in the Gehema manuscript. The two lutes I need for that project happen to be among those whose roses I recently gilded.

You may say what I did is crazy, but I definitely like it. What I did is, I gilded three roses.


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This is the programme. It's in German (for lack of time), but you'll get the idea ( Read more... )