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Fine performance by Judith Conrad

🔗Harold Fortuin <harold_fortuin@...>

8/12/2002 7:43:58 PM

Sorry I didn't send this earlier! But Yahoo Groups
acted a bit funny with my e-mail addresses.

> Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 11:17:41 -0400
>
> Judith shouldn't have to review her own concert :)
> The following message should've gone into a previous
> digest, but I had to fix my YahooGroups settings. My
> apologies for the delay.
> ---------
> I don't know if any other list members made it, but
> it was well worth my while to drive an hour S. of
> Boston to hear Judith Conrad's expressive
> performances of the Baroque master Froberger in
> 1/4-comma meantone, in Fall River, MA just a short
> ways from Providence.
>
> She really brought out the counterpoint very nicely,
> and made expressive use of tempo. Plus, I certainly
> enjoyed hearing Baroque music in this tuning for the
> first time in years (live), the last time being at
> the Teyler Museum in Haarlem, Netherlands on the
> Fokker 31-ET organ.
>
> She not only performs admirably, but she repairs,
> rebuilds, as well as tunes clavichords,
> harpsichords, and apparently monochords too--she has
> a Clavi-monochord that was fun to experiment with.
>
> It was also a pleasure to enjoy the cookout
> afterwards, and her very interesting artistic and
> intellectual friends.
>
> I hope she'll continue to keep us informed of her
> activities.
>
> Soundly yours,
> Harold Fortuin

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