Her sound is really pretty, but i think the only things that she have of baroque is the bow stick and the song, because not have fingerboard, no gut strings, not left hand posture like pre-chinrest era, uses chin rest, and the most important the bow grip is erroneous, Leopold Mozart shows this grip and said is the "error" and Leopold was in fact baroque, i dont like this bow hold.
@danielingui She is talking about music and a style of playing coming from about 200 years before Leopold Mozart, so who cares what he wrote! Also, there were differing opinions about the use of the chin through the whole period.
I wonder what makes this slow response (very recognizable on baroque performances) possible? a different bow, a skill or inefficient instrument construction (which would be a plus in this case)?
You're not hearing 'slow response' but rather superb right hand technique that is the driver of expression for baroque violin (as opposed to the left hand for late classical on [stemming from the Tourte bow]).
@musicmatt09 Don't forget different strings. Uncovered oiled gut FTW. Plus none of those horrid heavy attachments muting the beautiful reasonance of the instrument.
@TheMaximvengerov ....You said what we were all thinking, props to you for that ;) but what dampens are actually the metal braces which clamp against the front and the back of the body to hold a modern chinrest in place. Her chin wobbles creating sympathetic vibrations which set off some beautifully rich overtones, can't you hear them? ;)
Very beautiful Am astouded by the beautiful playing & tone of your set
shrrryl 1 year ago
Her sound is really pretty, but i think the only things that she have of baroque is the bow stick and the song, because not have fingerboard, no gut strings, not left hand posture like pre-chinrest era, uses chin rest, and the most important the bow grip is erroneous, Leopold Mozart shows this grip and said is the "error" and Leopold was in fact baroque, i dont like this bow hold.
who said that this is and baroque bow hold?
danielingui 1 year ago
@danielingui She is talking about music and a style of playing about 200 years before Leopold Mozart, so who cares what he wrote!
cber2360 9 months ago
@danielingui She is talking about music and a style of playing coming from about 200 years before Leopold Mozart, so who cares what he wrote! Also, there were differing opinions about the use of the chin through the whole period.
cber2360 9 months ago
I have always admired her . She is an amazing baroque violinist.
RIPLEYvsALIENS 1 year ago
Monica has such an entirely spiritual and etherial sound on the violin as to carry the most jaded soul to the heights.
Too bad that there isn´t more to listen to.
I love this music- like a greek fragment of a larger statue which is lost.
mrmolinodelahoz 2 years ago
very interesting ! )
OlafAndvarafors 2 years ago
I wonder what makes this slow response (very recognizable on baroque performances) possible? a different bow, a skill or inefficient instrument construction (which would be a plus in this case)?
assa123assa123 2 years ago
Different violin.
Different bow.
Different technique.
Different philosophy/interpretation.
You're not hearing 'slow response' but rather superb right hand technique that is the driver of expression for baroque violin (as opposed to the left hand for late classical on [stemming from the Tourte bow]).
musicmatt09 2 years ago 9
@musicmatt09 Don't forget different strings. Uncovered oiled gut FTW. Plus none of those horrid heavy attachments muting the beautiful reasonance of the instrument.
TheCrazyCello 1 year ago
@TheCrazyCello
Yes you are correct. In my point 'Different violin' I was including the fact that a baroque violin had:
no chin rest, a different tailpiece, a different neck, and different strings.
I would put a shoulder rest into technique, though it too, is an attachment.
musicmatt09 1 year ago
@TheCrazyCello
so a wooden chinrest dampens more than her double chin(no judgment here,just a fact)?this aint chin-off.just saying.
TheMaximvengerov 3 months ago
@TheMaximvengerov ....You said what we were all thinking, props to you for that ;) but what dampens are actually the metal braces which clamp against the front and the back of the body to hold a modern chinrest in place. Her chin wobbles creating sympathetic vibrations which set off some beautifully rich overtones, can't you hear them? ;)
TheCrazyCello 3 months ago
Huggett is a genius of the violin and deserves to be MUCH better known. Her performances of the Bach violin concertos are incredible.
3cplantin 3 years ago
The playing is absolutely beautiful. It is a pity, that so little of it is seen on this clip.
georgcello 3 years ago 6