Videoclips from the Ole Bull delGesu project

[Bernhard Ritschard]

I am trying to clear up some confusion.

The Landon appears to have been played twice, once when Christophe hands it to the violinist (clip #30), and a second time when the violinist says he is playing the Landon and the plays the whole Bach movement (followed by clapping) (my URL http://vimeo.com/11727296).

Just trying to sort out the relative timing because the second Bach sounds tired - that was the version I first heard when I commented on the Landon sound.

There has been more than one Landon violin: One by Christophe, and two by his sons...

Bernhard

[Guy_Gallo]

Janito is referring to a clip on Vimeo that is of Dmitri playing the full Bach movemenet on Christophe's violin. As this comes when Dmitri introduces himself, I assumed this was BEFORE playing the rest, before talking about the five qualities.

[Anders Buen]

I am trying to clear up some confusion.

The Landon appears to have been played twice, once when Christophe hands it to the violinist (clip #30), and a second time when the violinist says he is playing the Landon and the plays the whole Bach movement (followed by clapping) (my URL http://vimeo.com/11727296).

Just trying to sort out the relative timing because the second Bach sounds tired - that was the version I first heard when I commented on the Landon sound.

There are three Landons in the test. Cristoph himself, and his two sons Roman and Adrian. Adrians fiddle is no 29 and Romans no 31.

[Anders Buen]

Anders,

At what point did Dimitri play this Bach on the Landon?

http://vimeo.com/11727296

He sounds tired.

Hi again, I just saw the movie. This is from the start, before the listening tests were done. I think there are some nerves involved here. At least that was and is my impression. The bow is jumping etc.

[Salve Håkedal]

Janito is referring to a clip on Vimeo that is of Dmitri playing the full Bach movemenet on Christophe's violin. As this comes when Dmitri introduces himself, I assumed this was BEFORE playing the rest, before talking about the five qualities.

That's right. Before the evaluation of all the instruments, Landon wanted to talk a little about judging the instruments on power, balance, color, clarity and warmth. So Dimitri and another player played some, and then they gave comments on these qualities. (If I remember it correctly).

[Anders Buen]

I think it may be appropriate to mention that in a couple of more scientific tests and one not quite as scientific I have participated in myself, the listeners and the players preferred different violins. So I think such a listening test has a limited value for what a player would get out of testing the violins. Who do we think decides which violin to choose?