tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post112689957792538289..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Instruments of extreme beautyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1128782245268123882005-10-08T15:37:00.000+01:002005-10-08T15:37:00.000+01:00MikeZ's mention of Wanda Landowska prompts me to s...MikeZ's mention of Wanda Landowska prompts me to say that it is also such a pity the harpsichord is pigeon-holed as an 'early music instrument'.<BR/><BR/>Landowska was of course the dedicatee of that magnificent 21st century work - Poulenc's<I> Concert champetre</I> (1927/8).<BR/><BR/>And going even further I would heartily recommend the UK band <A HREF="http://www.respectablegroove.co.uk/band.php" REL="nofollow">Mysterious Barracudas</A>, who as well as being fine classical musicians include a harpsichord in their jazz line-up! <BR/><BR/>If that sounds unlikely follow <A HREF="http://www.respectablegroove.co.uk/listen.php" REL="nofollow">this link to hear what it sounds like...</A> (Do I feel a new post coming on?)<BR/><BR/>Any other nominations for 20/21st century harpsichord works very welcome.<BR/><BR/>I now wish I had posted this on <BR/><A HREF="www.sequenza21.com" REL="nofollow">Sequenza21</A>. That would have wound a few people up...Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1128779346165358412005-10-08T14:49:00.000+01:002005-10-08T14:49:00.000+01:00Yes! Three cheers for the harpsichord. I've had th...Yes! Three cheers for the harpsichord. I've had the pleasure of hearing Kris Bezuidenhout play and lecture numerous times, and they have all been such wonderful experiences. He actually plays the harpsichord, fortepiano, and modern piano, and infuses such magic into his performances. It's so wonderful!<BR/><BR/>http://www.krisbezuidenhout.com/index.phtmlphilosophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288989877018654890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1128715635458504522005-10-07T21:07:00.000+01:002005-10-07T21:07:00.000+01:00Mike, I think that Pliable is playing with us. An...Mike, I think that Pliable is playing with us. And while I don't think it actually refers to the Middle Ages, per se, (referring instead to general anarchy) the Hobbes quote is from Book XIII of Leviathan.<BR/><BR/>Maybe Hobbes first used the line to refer to clavichord/harpsichord music, and then he liked it so much, he used it again in his treatise.Garth Trinklhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084463787729969177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1128708404088782562005-10-07T19:06:00.000+01:002005-10-07T19:06:00.000+01:00I though the Hobbes quote was about life in the Mi...I though the Hobbes quote was about life in the Middle Ages....<BR/><BR/>Among the first records I bought was Landowska playing Bach. Every time I hear her playing the Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, I get goosebumps. (And that was on that nasty old German Pleyel.)MikeZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856948417775902893noreply@blogger.com