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Monica Huggett plays a setting of John Dowland's "Flow my teares"

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Music

Tags:

• baroque
• violin
• monica
• huggett

[musicmatt09]

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]).

[georgcello]

The playing is absolutely beautiful. It is a pity, that so little of it is seen on this clip.

[TheCrazyCello]

@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? ;)

[TheMaximvengerov]

@TheCrazyCello

so a wooden chinrest dampens more than her double chin(no judgment here,just a fact)?this aint chin-off.just saying.

[cber2360]

@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]

@danielingui She is talking about music and a style of playing about 200 years before Leopold Mozart, so who cares what he wrote!

[shrrryl]

Very beautiful Am astouded by the beautiful playing & tone of your set

[danielingui]

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?

[RIPLEYvsALIENS]

I have always admired her . She is an amazing baroque violinist.

[musicmatt09]

@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.

[TheCrazyCello]

@musicmatt09 Don't forget different strings. Uncovered oiled gut FTW. Plus none of those horrid heavy attachments muting the beautiful reasonance of the instrument.