The Vanhal Tapes - Ep. I. Allegro Moderato with English sub. 日本語字幕付き
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- The double bass concerto by Johann Baptist Vanhal is one of the staples of our repertoire, both for modern players and for the “ancient music”-oriented musicians.
Although it’s playable on a modern bass (with some minor adaptations left and right), it only shows its true colors when played in the original tuning on a bass with gut strings and frets, just like it was intended.
The manuscript is now available for consultation on the internet, and the great thing is that we can now see all the other orchestra parts as well. This is very enlightening, as we get a better idea of how to interpret the articulations, which may sometimes seem puzzling at first sight. In fact,
there is nothing mysterious about them once you understand the system that the composer (or the copyist) used to indicate slurs and separated notes.
The other conundrum is found in the many 8va-signs: are they Vanhal’s, or were they added later by an overly ambitious soloist?
Korneel Le Compte, who has been a lover of the Viennese Violone for over 40 years, offers some original insights into the history and the interpretation of this wonderful concerto, not only from a technical viewpoint but more importantly with the purpose of trying to find the deeper musical language and message of this music.
In order to do this, Korneel Le Compte explores fingering and bowing options, goes into the question of articulations and sound color, but he also situates the piece in a bigger musical and historical context to arrive, in the end, at the meaning of the piece, and of music in general, for the present-day audience. Because, as he maintains, without an audience to listen there can be no music.
This series of videos includes an Introduction interview with the great Venezuelan bassist José Andrès Reyes, three Instruction Tapes (one for each of the concerto’s movements), and a complete live recording of the piece, accompanied by a one-person orchestra in the shape of the unsurpassed Viola d’Amore player Haruko Tanabe.
Sit back, relax, and enjoy!
Manuscript:
imslp.org/wiki...)
Recording & Editing:
Tobias Le Compte & José Andrés Reyes.
The bass, a copy of a Matthias Thir, was made by Gellert Domonkos
The colorful background tapestry is by artist Hannes D'Haese
ザ・ヴァンハル テープス
ヨハン・バプティスト・ヴァンハルのコントラバスコンチェルトは、近代ベース奏者、古楽器のベース奏者両者にとって、最も大事なレパートリーのなかの１つに数えられる作品です。
この作品は近代ベースで演奏可能なのにもかかわらず ( 右手、左手の多少の改正の後 ) やはりオリジナルのチューニング、そしてフレットを付けたガット弦での演奏でしか表現できないものがあります。
最近ではマニュスクリプトをインターネットで観覧することができます。なんとオーケストラパートのまで調べる事が出来る為、当時の演奏のアーティキュレーションを想像する為にもとても役に立ちます。それ等は初めてみた時にはパズルを組み立てるような感覚に陥りますが、一度作曲家 ( 又はコピスト) のスラー、ドットなどの書き方を呑み込めば、とてもすらすらと理解できるようになります。
沢山登場するオクターブ・マークも謎の１つです。これはヴァンハル自身の記した物なのでしょうか、それとも後にソリストのエゴによって付け足されたものなのでしょうか?
４０年以上に渡ってウイーン式チューニングを愛してきたコルネル・ル・コントが、テクニック的な視点からだけではなく歴史を踏まえながら音楽の深い言語を伝える為にの素晴らしいコンチェルトを解説します。
フィンガリング、ボーイングの選択はアーティキュレーション、音色の為でもありますが、忘れてはいけないのが演奏する場所、今日のコンサートホールの大きさ、そしてこれは音楽一般に言える事ですが、現代の観客の趣味なども関係してきます。なぜなら、聴きにきてくださる観客無しでは音楽は存在しないからです。
この動画シリーズは、素晴らしいヴェネズエラ出身のベーシスト、ホセ・アンドレス・レイエス氏によるル・コント氏のインタビューのイントロ、１楽章ごとにヴァンハルのコンチェルトを解説をする動画が３本、そしてヴィオラ・ダモーレによって弾かれる伴奏による ( 演奏 :田辺晴子) コンチェルト全楽章が含まれています。
Short n sweet calendar, yes! I wrote mine for Dittersdorf...so much happier. Your videos are so amazing and helpful!
Thank you for all the nice comments! Glad the videos are of some use to you. Keep playing and enjoy life! All the best.
Totally agree about 8va!
I love what you said! It is a bass ... if I wanted to sound like a cello I would have switched to cello when I had the chance at 12 years old 😀
".....and it's almost inevitable that you will touch more than one string, even if you try,
otherwise you have to play so carefully that there's no musical content left. So if you dig, in if you really play, you're going to touch more than one string and usually in the solo pieces that's intended or at least it's allowed.
In Ensemble music it can be a problem that you have notes that don't fit in the chord, but these (solo) pieces are so well written that Who cares?" Bravo! Well said, Korneel! 😊
Hello Bret, nice to hear from you! I enjoyed your TED-talk very much. Thanks for watching and commenting. Enjoy music, enjoy life. All the best!
Congratulation Kornlee, is an amazing lesson about classicism, music, technical issues and sound.
I love that irregular and colorful sound...like the old flutes with lovely imperfections...we really need now the lovely imperfection becausr is rich, real, lively...like life in our planet...thank you so much!
Dear Jose, thank you! Human imperfection is indeed all around us in every way. Sometimes we can strive for perfection, and to make things better. That's very good. But sometimes we can embrace so-called "imperfection" too, because it speaks to us in a language we can all understand and relate to. If you're interested, you can find a lot more about these things on viennese-tuning.com in the section "Method". It's free to download. All the best! K
Thanks a lot Korneel for this wonderful launch platform you are giving to all those getting in love with classical bass. All (or most of) the subjects you talk about I had experienced and agreed before and/or after I watched your videos, and also wonderful is your Methodos. I recomend both to my colleagues and students here in Buenos Aires. Bravo!!!
Dear Hugo, thank you for the nice comment. Please stay safe, enjoy life and music. After summer more videos will be coming. Lots of Sperger concerti... All the best!
Great Stuff. Very Informative, enjoyable and a super approach to making music come alive.... Thx.
Very nice of you, many thanks!
Thank you! I loved your video! This is my favorite concerto. I have a video in my channel playing it but I'm using modern tuning. Greetings from Brazil!
Dear Natalia, it happens to be my favorite concerto too :-) More about it can be found on my site viennese-tuning.com. Go to "Method", there you will find it. I will listen to your recording soon! All the best. K
I enjoyed your video, very informative!
Thank you!
Thanks a lot! All the best, stay safe!
Waw! You are really the best!
I like very much your aproach and personality, i don´t play clasical but is really inspiring!
Very nice of you. Actually i started with pop and rock when i was younger, and i still love many different kinds of music. All the best! K
I am loving the vídeos
Thanks :-)
More coming soon...