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8 June 2009

Saturday baroque (on Monday)

Filed under: history + letters + life — alarob @ 12:45 am
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I’m in awe of this concert by Jordi Savall in Italy. The music is French, including something by Marin Marais by English composer Tobias Hume. And I’ll shut up now.

UPDATE: There are three pieces by Hume.

  1. I don’t know the title of the first one.
  2. “Deth” (2:54).
  3. “A Soldier”s Resolution” (4:55), with several section headings that the performer is supposed to read aloud, as Savall does here. The sections evoke marching, the sound of trumpets, the charge, and the “march away.”

3 Comments »

  1. I hope your head’s feeling better, Rob!

    Comment by cabaretic — 14 June 2009 @ 6:47 pm | Reply

  2. Thanks. Stitches should be out Monday or Tuesday.

    Comment by alarob — 18 June 2009 @ 11:50 am | Reply

  3. Good show. I’m delighted to see someone else showcasing Baroque music using YouTube video too. I try to post something like this every few postings, usually introducing a particular composer or genre of music.

    I also present a few works from earlier music too. The Renaissance and Middle Ages have given us so much to listen to.

    Comment by zeusiswatching — 7 August 2009 @ 8:52 pm | Reply


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