Yes, we have homework before the workshop begins. Workshop participants are directed to the wiki folder 012 Homework. In the folder are two different recordings of the same sonata by JS Bach (e-minor, BWV 1034). One was recorded in a studio, the other is a live recording. One recording uses viola da gamba, theorbo, and Baroque guitar for the continuo, the other uses Baroque cello and harpsichord. One recording is at A=415 Hz, the other is at A=392 Hz. Additional information not on the wiki: One recording is from 1994, the other from 2013.
The Assignment:
Listen to the two recordings
- For the beginning and intermediate players, you merely need to tell me what you liked about each movement and why, and if you preferred one recording to the other and why.
- For the advanced/professional players, the last thing I want to hear from you is which performance you like best. In fact, I don't want to hear your opinions on that at all. Instead I want you to address the rhetoric of each performance (what you think the goal or affect of each movement is and if the movements form a cohesive rhetorical presentation), and a few reflective observations (e.g., "that was clearly an attempt at shameless grandstanding," or "the flutist takes a breath at the 1'32" mark; I prefer to take my breath at the 1'45" mark," or "I would ask the continuo group to do X instead of Y").
- You may leave your comments in the comment section within the folder OR put them here if you are one of the contributors to this blog.
- For a crash course on rhetoric, click here.
Ready . . . go!
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