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Passamezzo della Battaglia by Giovanni Pacoloni The Passamezzo della Battaglia composed by Giovanni Pacoloni is a personal favorite based on a friend’s influence and contagious interest of similar compositions. It consists of lutes that depict renaissance music capable of creating for the audience some moderate raptures toward an indescribable moment -- the lifeblood of the lute concerto which the ensemble takes to the level of genius. Each musician has a very peculiar way of fretting to regulate textures of rhythm with a wide range of crescendo from which to pick an element either of mildness or of severity.
Tensions seem melodic that they render my appreciation grow with intense curiosity from one level on to the next as if a wide-eyed scene shut into suspense. It is as if a particular story were being weaved movement upon movement like an act in a play, while the tempo brings indications where tragedy must come in, the point to remain as such or otherwise jolt-free as though there were magical winds. With its unique style, the sound of antiquity becomes special that I suddenly feel the ease to span out of my modern musical inclination and reconcile with it each aspect of distortion and fluidity therein.
As a consequence of a well-arranged composition, it seems there is automatic connection somewhere with the perfectly climatic lute instrumentation. I could sense that others watching with me at the time are being made repeatedly optimistic in the process, not initially expecting to have tuned the symphonies in as eventful as it is wonderfully tragic along the transformation of tamed notes to voracious ones, worthy of encore. In the process, it is particularly captivating to have experienced the detailed rhythmic approach of the Passamezzo della Battaglia which splendidly attempts to be classic in every way effecting a pitch very much congruous with good-humored facial expressions of the musicians.
Having studied European history, I could imagine how lute dynamics had been deemed necessary in the type of secular culture between the medieval and renaissance periods. It is such a momentous performance for the celebrated lute players assuredly filled with inspiration that in my entrancement brings across invisible waves of tunes in fluid rush marked by certain jest. I come snapping back to reality every time as if from subconsciously stepping onto a whole new dimension where imaginings just soar and spirits are lifted to cosmic heights.
It is I suppose all about each musician’s craft with his lute that defines and sets his style apart from a traditional player no matter how rare. The ensemble can be deeply felt to possess characteristics of a native musical genius flowing or gushing through with an undiminished passion in the manner it should have as either seriously original or blended with contemporary rendition. From where I am seated, the lights are timely low with the general atmosphere saturated with molecules of pleasant odor and the ensemble’s instrumental effort in random succession has me taken into a realm of imaginary setting where I go therapeutically detached from worldly cares.
Pacoloni manages indeed to have created a masterpiece which transcends a musical trend where renaissance classic is served to the appreciation of the modern age listeners. ReferencesThree, Four & Twenty Lutes / Lindberg, Meunier, North, Et Al | ArkivMusic. 2012. Three, Four & Twenty Lutes / Lindberg, Meunier, North, Et Al | ArkivMusic. [ONLINE] Available at: . [Accessed 03 December 2012].Renaissance Lute Music—Lute Consort—Pacolonis Battaglia - YouTube. 2012. Renaissance Lute Music—Lute Consort—Pacolonis Battaglia - YouTube.
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