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Originally Posted by Rgale  Savall has made many fine recordings. |
Matthew & Rg,
A little Jordi story:
My soon-to-become wife and I rented a cottage in the Algarve (Portugal) between gigs at the Algarve and Madiera Bach Festival back in 1982. My mornings were spent practicing in a fabulous stone church (they were kind to provide me with a key) and afternoons were spent on the beach.
In the evenings we would pass the church on our short toddle into town for dinner and were surprised to find a concert about to start by a then unknown (at least to me) group called Hesperion XX, directed by Jordi Savall, in a program of Neopolitan Renaissance music. We ducked in and sat in the back, ready to leave when we determined the concert to be less than wonderful ( I do that alot). The band, featuring Bruce Dickey, started and it was one of the truly astonishing moments in my musical life. I remember it like it was yesterday. Needless to say, we stayed for the entire show and had drinks afterwards with Bruce.
Bruce Dickey is worth another thread sometime. I consider him one of the two finest practitioners of "brass playing" (even though the cornetto isn't exactly a "brass" instrument) in recent history, standing alongside Timofei Dokshitzer (and ahead of Hakon, Sergei, Reinhold, Dizzy, Miles, Brookmeyer, Wynton, etc. -- pretty heady company!) in that respect. He's an absolute poet -- more perfect in his fluency than anyone I've ever heard play. Find his CDs, quickly (!)
Happy holidays,
EC