John Dowland Lachrimae Pavan

[purleygolfer]

Can i ask what strings you use to get that wonderful tone??

[AndanteLargo]

Hi! I don't think it is the strings... but many other things...

But i used d'addario EJ46 on this video.

Kindly,

Per-Olov

[jasjjb]

This month it is 5 !! years ago that you posted this beautiful piece Per. I discovered it today and I must ( again ) say that your play is wonderful. I realize that I am not the only one who thinks so and I know you have many fans ! I am one of them !

Thank you and have a great Christmas and a happy 2012 ! Greetings from Down Under !

[AndanteLargo]

Hi there Mate!

5 years!? WOW. I had no idea! So much water under the bridge... Thank you for reminding me.

A Merry Christmas and happy 2012 to you too. Please keep listening to me.

Per-Olov

[elitemaple]

Used this video in research for my paper on Lachrimae. Thank you very much for your free interpretation.

[lcharest]

Kind of sounds like Renaissance "Hotel California."

[drewt3]

Tack så mycket för musiken. Det var mycket vaker. Spelar Ni luta samt?

[TheEs379]

Julian Bream played this piece to Stravinsky on a real lute.

[key2kingdom]

@TheEs379 Julian Bream played this exact arrangement of the tune to Stravinsky.

Wonder if he gets a cut of the royalties?

[91Tribual]

very nice! är du svensk?

[AndanteLargo]

Tack! Ja, det är jag.Men har bott i Köpenhamn i många år.

Kul att du lyssnar på mig.

Per-Olov

[tomasemilio]

another fantastic piece, andante largo you are great, you are among my three favourite guitarists: russell, williams, and you. Thank you. Can I request a piece?

(barrios' "una limosnita por el amor de dios", beauriful piece).

[marinnek]

Please, make a tab and share! <3

[derbeh]

amazing! amazing songand amazing talent!

[tatalito]

BRAVO! very well played with THE feeling,bravo Maestro.

[kontrapunkti]

Absolutely Gorgeus Playing!

[Twinkleh]

:O wow

[emanattack91]

Is that a La Patrie you're playing? (just curious)

[peelbacktherift]

I keep coming back to this rendition, if you haven't pursued your vision as a musician yet I speak to you from truth that you should now, if not ever before, now is the time

[AndanteLargo]

:-) thank you. I am honored you keep returning here. I DO pursue my vision as a guitarist! I actually just recorded this on my 3rd. CD!

Kindly,

Per-Olov

[lyricaltones]

Very beautiful and touching Renaissance melody. I love Dowland!

[AndanteLargo]

Thank you. Me too!

Per-Olov

[MrDerekh1]

in just have to say what a beutifull piece of music . and a very talented man,,

[ankaZurek]

how did you do that ? your guitar doesn't sound like the guitar! however, it's brilliant

[cabeuno1]

beautiful......... dowland is one of those miracles of the music and you really really know how to play it

thank by the music master...!!!! from argentina.

[peelbacktherift]

I've searched other artists rendition of this beautiful song and yours is by far the best. You've bridged the connection between soul and instrument!

[AndanteLargo]

Thank you my friend. I appreciate that. I love this piece and am happy you think I did it justice.

Kind regards,

Per-Olov

[peelbacktherift]

@AndanteLargo

If you have this and others on an album I would love to purchase it, also, what kind of recording device are you using, and, are you using audio software i.e: Logic, Protools, cubase...etc? The recording and mastering sounds very professional. Oh, I see a link to the album now....

[tascouts120]

No offence as I have never heard this style of music before but are you famous? Because that is the most beautiful genre of music I have ever heard. You are a very talented man

[AndanteLargo]

Thank you tascouts120 !

Appreciated. This music is, in my opinion, the most beautiful too! I am happy you like it! Please keep listening to me.

Kind regards,

Per-Olov

[SOMEFUCKINCHINO]

9 stupid people miss the like button!!

[SOMEFUCKINCHINO]

9 stupid people miss the like button!!!

[CamerOneiric]

Is this piece recorded on one of your releases? I'd like it, along with others, to serenade me as I slumber each night. Truly magical and expressive playing you have sir.

[AndanteLargo]

Hi there. Thank you for your kind comment.

I am planning to have this on my next CD that I will start recording in June.

:-) This pieces mean a lot to me, it followed me all my life...

Kindly,

Per-Olov

[feltingme]

Beautiful

[shiejoe]

Gorgeous playing. Glad to see another 2nd fret capo user as well.

[dieferri]

Dowland is a great composer and your rendition of this song is superb = bliss !!

[shrekinasuit]

What a treat, thank you very much, i didn't expect this tune to sound so convincing on the guitar rather than the lute and now you came along and proved me wrong....

[Naveartificial]

You are a quiet man.

Your inner tranquillity gives you the exact touch to play.

I wish I could perform like you. But unfortunately I am an agitated soul.

My best wishes

[tim991]

This is incredible.

[zolaaar]

Beautiful song, beautifully performed.

[key2kingdom]

Insane Baroque'n'roll by England's foremost purveyor of mind-bending space-rock fusion.

[auntieclassical]

So beautiful. I could listen to this all day.

[gintaare314]

amazing...

[terpentoon]

I am told that when John Dowland teaches the angels sing in heaven he starts the rehearsal with this video clip.

[AndanteLargo]

:-) Thanks a lot. I am honored by your kind comment. Maybe dear John thinks I play it too "romantic"... ?

Kindly,

Per-Olov

[terpentoon]

@AndanteLargo

Dear John was clearly amused when he heard your question and answered that he would ask Leonardo if his Mona Lisa was not too romantic. Then he left with a big smile on his face.

[TerentiaWillsomethin]

this is absolutely beautiful :D

[tadpole3535]

What a gorgeous piece. The Renaissance was such an amazing period. Per-Olav, I love this version. Just gorgeous. Thank you for sharing!

[z2ara]

beautifull , tears flow from its springs

[AndanteLargo]

Thank you. This music means a lot to me and I am happy you feel the same.

Kindly,

Per-Olov

[carolynmeredith]

@AndanteLargo Per Olav, I have loved the music of John Dowland ever since I discovered him at the age of 15. I even once attended a concert where Julian Bream played this piece. Your rendition is exquisite. I will listen to it again and again. Thank you.

[carolynmeredith]

@AndanteLargo This is absolutely exquisite. I heard Julian Bream playing this piece in Burlington, Vermont in the '70s. Your rendition is just as lovely. Thank you for playing so beautifully and for sharing this piece with us.

[AndanteLargo]

Thank you. I am happy you like my version. I also heard Bream play this in the '80s.I loved it!

And Dowland is such a great composer!

Kindly,

Per-Olov

[poet930]

@AndanteLargo Your performance is exquisite, bringing forth all the emotions that Dowland intended. I'm working on this piece now, and use your video as a guide.

[AndanteLargo]

Thanks! Appreciated.

Kind regards,

Per-Olov

[poet930]

@AndanteLargo Beautiful, exquisite performance with deep sensitivity and emotion. I'm working on this piece now, using your performance as a guide. Thank you.

[AndanteLargo]

Thank you! I am honored. Good luck with playing this beautiful piece!

Kindly,

Per-Olov

[CantataRubicundior]

I've been jumping carelessly headlong into anything by Dowland, and can't make up my mind as to what I should try playing first. More difficult than just hitting the notes and getting the technique right was infusing soul into the song--in fact, I feel my playing has been too mechanical so far. Your video, however, is such an enlightening resource for me. Thank you for sharing. I think I'll keep trying until I get the sound right...

[AndanteLargo]

Thanks! I am happy if I can inspire you to play this. (I have it on my web shop). It is such a beautiful piece and since it is slow, not too hard to play. But it needs a lot of feelings and insight.

Good luck and keep playing! it's the best next to love.

Per-Olov

[tontokurt]

Thanks a lot! 

[impossiblymelodic]

Thank you so much for making this video, you have inspired my passion for learning to play the guitar. You have recieved yet another faithful subscriber.

~ Ex animo

[roman1akid]

This, my good gentleman, is sublime. What an honor to the nostalgia and sorrow of the age of Raleigh, Marlowe, Shakespeare...one of the greatest of all ages.

Thank you for this playing; a heart of rock would be moved by the tenderness and the mastery of execution.

[KusanagiSenpai]

This piece of music is mentioned in Haruki Murakami's Novel 1Q84. I've heard many versions of this song. But you're guitarplay is far the best I've heard. The scene from the novel is so real now, only because of your talent.

It's so sad. Thank you.

[georgiyzhukov]

Oh, my god. That is so beautiful.

[Tobu02]

Amazing!

You just got yourself another subscriber :)

[AndanteLargo]

Thank YOU! I am happy you will listen to me.

Kindly,

Per-Olov

[Tobu02]

@AndanteLargo You are very welcome.

I really like this kind of accoustic guitar-music.

[lonnywalker]

u sound great man

[AndanteLargo]

Thank you! I am happy you like my version of this beautiful piece.

Per-Olov

[dziaba0303]

I really enjoy your interpretation. I play this song too and I played with Your video. Our guitars sounds like sisters. Good job Master.

Best regards from Poland.

[wlchambers]

this is absolutely beautiful. never stop playing your guitar my friend. people like you make the world interesting and enjoyable.

[mariofreiria]

fantastic, beautiful playing, congratulations!!!  you´re a great player

[crismetal10]

Fantastic!!!

[dittonamed]

woule like to know how he got that sound quality

[adrh47]

@dittonamed Practice. Practice. Practice.

[dittonamed]

@adrh47 No I mean the recording quality. Some sort of hall reverb. Built in pickup or add-in, etc - that sort of thing. This recording sounds very clean

[Burnoutjoe]

This sounds great! I'm looking for pieces to do for my diploma and you've definitely sold it to me!

Would you mind telling me why you've put the capo on 2 and not 3 though? Its not a criticism I'm just curious :o)

[sofopete]

Sååååå vackert! Jag älskar John Dowlands musik vare sig de är skrivna för att sjungas eller "bara" för att spelas. Jag förväntade mig dock inte att hitta en svensk som spelar Dowland på YT. Verkar vara så att han är mer populär ute i Europa, eller hur? Hur som helst, bra jobbat! ~Favoriiiit~

[12LaPointe]

Unfortunately, this music is obviously far beyond your playing level. Perhaps the pop numbers, so well suited to this 'style' of playing, should constitute your central repertoire.

[jenelosedire]

@12LaPointe : I think you are from Barcelona: you know nooothing...

Per-Olov is a Master!

[AndanteLargo]

ahhh... Faulty Towers... I love it! #LOL

[sherpah]

One day I read that we have lost a so beautiful thing in our soul and heart,

Melancholy, the beautiful sadness, is the way to remind us of it

[ottgooroth]

110,882 views , great job friend

[MisterSuperSpud]

A beautiful interpretation. I love this song and you've really done it justice here.

One question: Are you playing with your G dropped to F# or in standard tuning?

[AndanteLargo]

Hi there. Thank you. I am honored. I always play with F# on 3rd. when I play this music... excetp for this one :-) I learned it when I was a kid and never got around to re-learn it with a F#. So no, here I play with G...

Per-Olov

[logosthedestroyer]

All those people who look to Chopin for melancholy... please, look at Dowland first. The most sublime of all joyous woe.

[AndanteLargo]

:-) Hear! Hear! :)

Thank you!

Per-Olov

[LaGuitarrayYo]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah ......

=))

[AndanteLargo]

Taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! :)

[buildgod93]

Sir, you haved made my tears flow. I congradulate you.

[AndanteLargo]

Thank you. I would like to see you smile instead... but I know what you mean. :-)

Thank you.

Per-Olov

[PoetKay]

@AndanteLargo lol, well. I smiled :-)

In fact, I'm swimming in happiness. Masters of instruments should be shared with everyone! I am inspired, and want to play better than he can ;-)

[kbaronshaffer]

i just ordered your transcription of this gorgeous piece, and i think i'm getting ready to begin studying it. i hope that i can come close to doing it the justice that you do! i plan on watching your video quite a bit as i work on it...i love your performance!

[AndanteLargo]

Hi dear Keith!

Thank you! We just saw that you ordered it! I am happy you did and also hope you like to play it. I am sure you will do a beautiful version!

All the best,

Per-Olov

[subbotniki]

Fantastiskt stycke, imponerande spelat. Mycket känsla. Så glad jag hittat dig på Youtube - finner alltid inspiration och patos efter ha tagit del av dig. Tack!

[AndanteLargo]

Tack själv! Jag är glad att en Svenk lyssnar på Dowland också. :-)

Hälsningar,

Per-Olov

[bekaliona]

this interpretation of dowlands LP is definetely one of the more elaborate ones.

very thoughtful, touching & professionally done...I need to thank you for it...

T H A N K S

[AndanteLargo]

Thank YOU! I am honored. I love this music and specially this piece has menat a lot in my life.

Please keep listening to me.

Per-Olov

[jencnolombo]

this is absolutely beautiful! I would love to buy an arrangement, I would love to perform it for my senior recital! I have sent your link to my guitar teacher to ask him to work with me on it. again....gorgeous..

[interceptor6]

i'm studying this piece now, and you're by far the best performed to be found on youtube. congratulations!

i do have 2 questions:

1) which transcription are you using and why is it better in your opinion?

2) why the barré?

[AndanteLargo]

Hi! Thanks a lot! I am using my own transkription that is available at my web shop per-olovkindgren. com.

I use the Capo because Dowlands lute was tuned like that.

Good luck with your playing this beautiful music.

Per-Olov

[askaninjafan]

@interceptor6 whats a barre(little accent thingy) ??? im guessing a capo?

[interceptor6]

@askaninjafan

ye a capo, i'm not english, i didn't know the word

[askaninjafan]

@interceptor6 well your pretty good at it =]

[SnookiePookums9]

Beautiful. Your sensitivity and phrasing are really, really inspiring. Would you please share a little about how the audio was recorded? :)

[blackdogxx]

This is unmistakably John Dowland if you have listened to his other well known pieces transcribed for guitar. This one is so beautiful, but not so sad as Melancholy Galliard, to my ear.

Thank you for showing students of the guitar how a really well played Renaissance piece can sound.

[mcondra99]

Playing classical guitar is a lot more than just hitting the notes. This man has a kind of mastery that is rare.

[Octavin2]

wonderful: *****

[doctorlecter303]

great piece and wonderful playing!!

[mastercheif93]

Love this piece more than you can imagine! Wonderful interpretation. You can count me as a subscriber!!! Thanks so much for taking the time to post videos like this!

T.D. , Georgia, USA

[psychopathtoine]

can you play flamenco?

[MormonGirl131]

beautiful!

[Jakkdametalhead]

this was really nicely played but i wish a lot of you would stop being so pretentious

[NERDZKANDY]

playing it pretentious makes the music sound better, not flat. imo~

[Ayanfe13]

It is so great and nice and helps me to write my story in the mood of the time this music was composed . Great and soothing.

[EnjoyMyCookie]

This have to be one of the most butiful things I have ever heard! Thank you so much!

[AndanteLargo]

Thank you! I am so happy for your words. This piece menas a lot to me and I am happy you like it.

Please keep listening to me.

Per-Olov

[ftryew]

THE TRUE YES A MASTER XX

[basausi]

Beautiful nuances especially the voicing changing finger nails attack and softness of fingers flesh ... delicate and well balanced indeed!

[paulogusmaoguedes]

Excellent piece, played with the delicacy and balance that it deserves. My sincere congratulations, and thank you for posting your work.

[crescentridge]

Per Olav  - this is heart wrenchingly beautiful.

[jonheres]

Moving and beautiful..

thank you very much,

From Panama,

Jon

[crescentridge]

You are a true artist. Thank you so much for the hours you have put in. It's a gift. Subscribed!

[witboek]

I always have tears with this song

[guitarra1711]

OMG!

[golemgol]

highly serene

[mihirmaiden18]

awesome job. i've been really getting into dowland's music recently!

[rossimdaniela]

beautiful...

[login21212]

Fucking awsome!  inverted punk rock - a bit like the sex pistols gone wrong, a real head banger

[EvaBartosova]

5 stars, you play well....flow of tears interpretation I saw on web was most famous, I know there exist many interpretations, but I like that tradition is kept....that was hit of 17th century etc....

[EvaBartosova]

at least 3 ways....1 is fast and very interesting with rythm I found....but will play that slow as is better when you listen it... on recorder I go to play it as I played in the past also....I played guitar.

[JFman00]

Especially with a piece like this, I think it's impossible to objectively say "this is too slow". I think the slower tempo definitely has an argument behind it (and sounds quite lovely), considering the depth and resonance of the modern classical guitar versus the sound of the lute or baroque guitar.

[FledermausTitox]

great

quisiera saber si lo grabaste de amanecida o atardecer (por la luz de fondo), y si eso hace alguna diferencia en su ejecución ( o percepción)

perdón por el castellano, pero mi inglés es muy básico para esta pregunta

[AlsatianCousin]

I play this piece myself albeit I'm not really a classical guitarist by technique. I disagree with the commentary on the pace being too slow, in fact most pieces I find are rushed. I'm not sure which key this is originally intended, I play this in Em (do not own a capo either). I like the tad bit higher and brighter sound using a capo brings, but lower tuning adds to the melancholy. A matter of personal preference for sure. Very nice playing, good lingering on the notes.

[heymul25]

Enchanting.

[mamesibamarukomidori]

A lovely piece and played beautiful expression!

Thank you very much!

[AndanteLargo]

Thank YOU. I love Dowland. I am happy you listen to my version.

Kind regards,

Per-Olov

[josh4380]

I love it Per...

Pay no heed to perfectionists...

You simply make it your own :)

[AndanteLargo]

Thank you Josh.

I don't. If he wants me to play like a computer, I pay no attention. My computer can play this perfect but it's not music! :)

have a great day my friend.

Per-Olov

[josh4380]

No problem friend! :)

I have a question for you, how do you recommend

I should start learning the guitar fret notes?

Any suggestions? Tips? Anything from the likes of the great Per will be most appreciated. :)

[AndanteLargo]

Josh,

If you don't have a teacher I suggest you go to a library and borrow a method (or buy it) how to play guitar from scratch. I have two books on my web site where I focus on learning to read sheet music on the guitar but there are many out there. Scott Tennent, Frederic Noad, Julio Sagreras and others. Good luck! Do it! it's very important if you want to be good.

Per-Olov

[wetterlicht]

Thank you for this interpretation. The only thing: I find it very strange to see you sitting in a livingroom while the audio sounds church-like. audio and video just don´t fit.

[AndanteLargo]

Thanks. The explanation is that I add some reverb to make it sound as it does when I play concerts.

Kindly,

Per-Olov

[MorganJhonnieCat]

This is amazing, I am such a dowland fan and this was a real treat :)

[AndanteLargo]

Thank you!

Per-Olov

[CiscoNast]

i hum better melodies while i'm gardening. FYI peter rabbit has joined in once, maybe twice. ta ta

[AndanteLargo]

Hi! You don't like the melody? Well, i love it! Dowland was a genious. Ta ta...:-)

[CiscoNast]

The pace is too slow which takes away from Dowland's version of the melody. Know that a melody's character is affected by the pace.

[AndanteLargo]

Thank you for your kind advice. I will learn eventually. :-) I'll keep trying as I have done for the last 40 years... sigh. we will never be perfect, will we?

Kindly,

Per-Olov

[CiscoNast]

you could come closer to playing perfection if u became as a computer when playing john dowland's songs, replicating the sound/feel of every phrase/almost every note. listen to someone better than you play his music, they'll inspire to u that perfection is attainable.

[AndanteLargo]

:-) Someone better than me? Are you kidding? :-)) Play like a computer? Really?

I am kidding of course.

[rubicita8815]

musica renacentista la mejor pero ke seria muy buieno escucharla en un laud para ke ere ayre se escuchara mejor, pero en este caso es una exelente interpretacion en guitarra

[koliatima]

Beautiful! j'aime la musique mélancolique de John Dowland.

Félicitations, grand plaisir à vous écouter!

[skrmlin]

wonderfull 16 century sound...

[yavila69]

As always simply awesome.

[AndanteLargo]

Thank you so much! Appreciated.

Kind regards,

Per-Olov

[Tonesnob72]

May I ask what equipmnt you used to record it with, I noticed a tasteful amount of reverb added. Let me know please>

Beautiful piece and great recording

[AndanteLargo]

Thanks. I use a good mic. AKG C 460 B and a good camcorder. I add some reverb in the video editing software. (Pinnacle Studio)

Hope this helps.

Per-Olov

[rufieoud]

this is the best interpretation of this music for guitar that I have ever heard

[AndanteLargo]

Thanks a lot! Appreciated.

I love this music and I am happy it can be heard.

Kindly,

Per-Olov

[AndanteLargo]

Takk skal DU ha! jeg er gla at du lytter till meg!

Per-Olov

[basmartin]

Wow! Amazing!

[AndanteLargo]

Thanks basmartin!

Appreciated.

Per-Olov

[Buschox]

wow awesome :D

[spooked5656]

this piece is just incredible and i generally stray from dowland...of course it could also be this incredible interpretation

[AndanteLargo]

:-) Thanks for listening. I hope the last reason...LOL

Per-Olov

[spooked5656]

the last reason isnt all of it, but i will say, as a serious student, ive watched almost all of your videos and im still trying to find a single thing i disagree or dislike about an interpretation or arrangement....neeedless to say im still searching...so clean, so perfect, so emotional...thank you...as well, id like to know what mic you use for these recordings

[AndanteLargo]

:-) Thank you. It's nice to hear. I am honored.

I use a very good mic. It is an AKG C 460 B that I bought when I had money :-) Long itme ago :-) Less can do it but it helps a lot with the recordings

Kindly,

Per-Olov

[stefanlindqvist2000]

Gled in här en gång till och lyssnade. Kan bara säga samma sak en gång till. Makalöst vackert spelat.

[AndanteLargo]

:-) tack igen......

[stefanlindqvist2000]

Makalöst fint spelat.

[AndanteLargo]

Tack Stefan! Kul att du tycker om min version!

MVH,

Per-Olov

[edu90cb]

excellent job. congratulations