Vivaldi Lute Concerto in D major

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Uploaded by on May 19, 2009

Michael Fields plays Vivaldi's lute concerto at Sastamala Gregoriana Festival in Finland, July 2008, accompnied by members of New Trinity Baroque. His instrument is an archlute by Stephen Gottlieb.

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  • I am actually more inclined to say the instrument is a theorbo as the archlute has a shorter neck.

  • @pscar1 An archlute can have either a long or short neck. The difference between it and a theorbo is not in the neck, but in the tuning. This is an archlute. You could not play this concerto on a theorbo! They are very different instruments in their tuning.

  • Great playing from all. So that's an archlute? Why is the neck six or seven feet long? Does that make it louder? It must be hard to find strings for it. Amazing video. Thanks.

  • @jcritchie The long neck extension carries an octave of bass strings, each tuned to a different note of a diatonic scale. These just give a bit of reinforcement to the bass line, like having a bass guitar and normal guitar in the same instrument. Glad you enjoyed it!

  • Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it [is] gorgeousness and gorgeousity made flesh! It [is] like a bird of rarest-spun heaven metal or like silvery wine flowing in a spaceship, gravity all nonsense now.

  • @smartalek180 Thank you for such a poetic response!

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  • that's a BIG ASS LUTE!!!!

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  • @pscar1 dude that's a big guitar

  • Wonderful performance. Thank you for posting this fine video. 

  • @magicminstrel Utterly intriguing sound. One of my favourite composition. The performance is perfect. Thank you for the information and the video.

  • Superbe, merci beaucoup

  • 오늘으 오늘으 선곡

  • @SuperLuigiGalaxy242 the music makes you do it. micheal jackson said the same thing about why he grabs his crotch... the music becomes you! namaste

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