Bach Cello Suite No 2 in d minor BWV 1008 Gigue - Josephine van Lier

Cellist Josephine van Lier performed all Six Suites on her four different instruments:
contemporary wooden cello, carbon fibre cello, baroque cello and violoncello piccolo, giving the audience both a musical as well as an educational experience in this unique opportunity to listen to and compare cellos as they have been played through the centuries.
Period instrument baroque cello is tuned to A-415Hz
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Jasper Yellowhead Museum and Archives, Jasper, Canada
www.josephinevanlier.com

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[dogtransport]

Does Baroque playing always have to be so low? Oh well. Regardless, I find these "authentic" performances to be really fascinating.

[josephinevanlier]

The lower tension of a=415 instead of a=440 sounds better on baroque instruments with gut strings. They start sounding squeaky and thin when you crank them up a semitone to a=440. It is difficult for people with perfect pitch; they will have to think of it not a suite in d minor, but in c# or db minor... Listen to it a few time; you'll get used to it!

[MozartIsFancylalala]

@dogtransport also listen to fench baroque music. it will blow youre mind because when played historicly correct it is tuned to a=392

[josephinevanlier]

@MozartIsFancylalala

Yes; that depends on when and where it was written and what the "fixed pitch instrument", like the organ, was tuned to. Those different pitches are so interesting!

[josephinevanlier]

@MozartIsFancylalala

Yes; that depends on when and where it was written and what the "fixed pitch instrument", like the organ, was tuned to. Those different pitches are so interesting!

[Zennuts1]

Although the tuning is low, the baroque cello still sounds great to me.

[bsard170]

+1 on the odd sound (at first) -- it threw me off for the first few seconds!

[erikvisserart]

I also like her performance at the University of Alberta.

Just put these words in the search box: josephine van lier university of alberta gigue no 2

[erikvisserart]

She tuned her cello to baroque tuning.

The A is tuned to 415Hz instead of 440Hz.

She also uses all gut strings.

[symphonicrevolution]

What is the A tuned to? It sounds really low ... maybe it's just the baroque cello. I think I like the effect but it's not what my ear's used to at first