Biber: Passagalia, archlute arrangement

This is my own arrangement of Biber's famous violin solo. My arrangements can be found on my page http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/Biber/Passagalia/
My performance is just unpolished and un-virtuosic, made mainly to myself... ;-)
The archlute is made by Stephen Barber 1987. Arto Wikla 24.6.2008.

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• Biber
• passagalia
• lute
• archlute
• Wikla

[mlmpro1059]

I am a guitarist and classically trained but I have really taken to this beautiful instrument. Can you tell me where I can get a reasonably good one and a guide on how to play it? Many thanks

[ArtoWikla]

@mlmpro1059 Thanks! Well, you may perhaps google "lute maker"? There are quite many of them nowadays, but the instruments tend to be expenseive - no serial production there...

[Waldvogel91]

Arto, do you still have the archlute? This remains one of my favourite youtube videos. I love those lower tones your instrument produces.

[ArtoWikla]

@Waldvogel91 Thanks! For the moment I have stringed and tuned the instrument to a French solo theorbo in d. But I still have the instrument.

[AulicExclusiva]

You may not call yourself a virtuoso, but you certainly play this beautiful piece very enjoyably. What, forgive the foolish question, is the difference betbeen an archlute and a theorbo?

[ArtoWikla]

@AulicExclusiva

Thanks!

Yep, certainly I am not a virtuoso! I just wanted to show that my arrangement is playable. The difference between archlute and theorbo is in the tuning: (simplified said) the two top strings are lowered by an octave in theorbo, otherwise the relative tuning is the same. I have stringed and tuned just this same instrument also into a French high solo theorbo. You can find also those here in the Y-tube!

[Dukestachio]

No Way!

I have the hardest time finding a recording of this and I find you playing it...ON A LUTE!

My God , bless your hands. This is amazing.

[laddyy]

maybe the most beautiful instrument sound in the world?

By far my favorite.

[TercerReich2020]

Sacral la música de este gran católico austríaco, debiera ser más conocido y tocadas sus bellas obras en las salas de concierto, pero lo sacro en las Iglesias, Abadias, Catedrales.

Un gran compositor que nada tiene que envidiar a los colosos de todos los tiempos!

'¡Viva Cristo Rey!

[StephaneMartineau]

Une fort belle transcription d'une oeuvre merveilleuse pour violon solo de Biber.

[221Dw]

Great but a real shame about all the background fuzz..

[crazyblah17]

one of my favorite pieces, bravo! from vancouver can.

[felipegama]

Your performance is "just unpolished and un-virtuosic" like you said, but I loved !

Thismusic is very beautful, and like you did in the archlute, I hop one day I play in the recorder.

From BraSil !

[TheBitterWeed]

This is so so good. Thank you. What kind of tortoise is it ?