post14/09/2019
Report of 31st Meeting: September 14th, 2019
Well, this was a very interesting meeting! Sorry you missed it 😉 Though maybe you didn’t 🙂 Bill Samson got the ball rolling with music in Renaissance tuning on his self-made 12c lute, the first to be made since the 17th century. It’s getting quite old itself now, though not yet a museum piece! And that goes for the performer too! Bill gave a short history of the 12c, and “for a warmup” played What If A Day. Although not Bill’s best-sounding lute, it sounded clear enough, warm in the treble and transparent in the bass. He played with some stylistic flair, which got proceedings off to a good start. Suitably warmed up, he launched into an Almayne by Robert Johnson – I believe this was Johnson’s premier hearing for SLEGS, and very refreshing it sounded. The imitative passages and deft ornamentation were well received. Rob MacKillop gave his debut performance playing a 7-string Viola da Gamba. Little did...