This last Wednesday night, Chris and I went to a concert entitled "Baroque to Blue Grass" at the 75th Annual Bach Festival in Carmel.
We were entreated to the virtuosity and onstage intimacy of husband-wife mandoliners Caterina Litchenberg and Mike Marshall. At the pre-concert talk and the concert itself, we learned some truly interesting facts:
Fact 1:There are different kinds of mandolins -- the classical "potato-backed" mandolin of Europe, the flat-backed American version created in the 1920s, and the leviathan mandocello. Some earlier versions were played by a feather quill -- which we got to hear. Did not know that. It was as dreamy as swans swimming across a lake.
Vivaldi a contemporary of Bach, who died in such ignominy that ALL his works were lost -- until they were discovered in a trunk in someone's attic 150 years ago -- was oft called because of his red hair and his fiery and unmatched performances, the Red Priest. Oh, yeah -- and he was actually a priest.
Vivaldi, the father of string music, would have been lost to us if one suitcase had not been found. What other treasures has this world presented that have been lost forever?
We were entreated to the virtuosity and onstage intimacy of husband-wife mandoliners Caterina Litchenberg and Mike Marshall. At the pre-concert talk and the concert itself, we learned some truly interesting facts:
Fact 1:There are different kinds of mandolins -- the classical "potato-backed" mandolin of Europe, the flat-backed American version created in the 1920s, and the leviathan mandocello. Some earlier versions were played by a feather quill -- which we got to hear. Did not know that. It was as dreamy as swans swimming across a lake.
Vivaldi a contemporary of Bach, who died in such ignominy that ALL his works were lost -- until they were discovered in a trunk in someone's attic 150 years ago -- was oft called because of his red hair and his fiery and unmatched performances, the Red Priest. Oh, yeah -- and he was actually a priest.
Vivaldi, the father of string music, would have been lost to us if one suitcase had not been found. What other treasures has this world presented that have been lost forever?
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