Neil Gow's Lament with Barokksolistene and Bjarte Eike

[@FineCountryLiving]

Neil Gow was my sixth great grandfather. Beautifully played!

[@colindouglas7769]

Is that a fact? Well, you would surely know that Gow spelled his christian name "i" before "e", as in Nathaniel, who of course was his fourth son.

[@AG-fl3kl]

He was my fifth great grandfather... Hi cousin 👋

[@alexsandersmith1880]

@@colindouglas7769 Well , you would surely know that 300 years ago there was no universal consensus on spelling.

[@Morgana888]

Your faces show the heart and soul of Mr. Gow as does the love in your strokes and bowing. You honour him in Heaven above and beyond all others who've played his “Lament.” I’m sure he smiles gently down upon you with tears in his eyes. ¬ Janet Thompson Deaver

[@YEBelfastian]

Heard the Lament for the first time last night at a session in the House of McDonnell in Ballycastle played by a fiddler from Oban and thought it was beautiful so thank you Barokksolistene and Bjarte Eike

[@Fernflote]

Words fail. This is splendid. Thank you.

[@7sjanse7]

Barokksolistene are the greatest ensemble playing! What a level of musicality and nerve! Bjarte Eike's fiddling is astonishing!

[@colorblind2013]

Speechless. My heart is so gently yet deeply touched by each note. Thank you!

[@doerthemanahan9912]

Purely performed for the heart, well done!

[@terryplumbe7975]

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[@altemusik]

My father would have loved this recording. (I love it!)

[@baroqueman1]

A very moving interpretation. It also reinforces links between 18th cent. folk music and art music.

[@ricardoguzmanganem]

incredible. A pack of geniuses on stage.

[@michalbard]

Wonderful....

[@teresafbrooks]

Thank you.

[@LucaPanicciari]

Wonderful!

[@ricardoguzmanganem]

incredible.

[@parkritineupane1313]

Why didn't I know this existed in my world?

[@lindacaul5419]

Lovely

Maravilloso

[@unagondolaunremo]

bravissimo

[@annielindquist]

Dejlig musik

[@CMCA1999]

I'm learning how to play this song on violin.

[@ConsairtinFergus]

Tune. Songs have lyrics... ;)

[@ConsairtinFergus]

And quite easy tune, too. In D and, despite what you can see in the video, no need to go beyond 1st position :)

[@SuperMic13]

ma questo è estatico...

[@Dan.Parker]

One of the players looks just like Beethoven. Tell me you see it.

[@billt974]

Sensitively enough played but why the wrong notes?

[@tullochgorum6323]

There's a tradition of improvisation in Baroque music. And this is folk music, after all - it's fine to do what you want with it, and it up to the listener to decide whether they like it or not. Personally I find this an interesting take on the piece, but I won't be using it in my own interpretation - it doesn't quite work for me.

[@colindouglas7769]

@@tullochgorum6323 Well Niel Gow being the largely self-taught musician as he was (although he did receive some informal tuition from John Cameron of Grandtully) was no stranger to the art of improvisation in that he played by ear rather than reading off sheet music. But I have to be honest, I feel this rendition, however sensitively it is played, a bit twee and ever so slightly anachronistic with that modal 7th. Why change a piece of music which stands so beautifully on its own? I'm sure if Gow thought the tune required a modal 7th, he would have put it in himself.

[@tullochgorum6323]

@@colindouglas7769 Gow played by ear, for sure, like all Scottish traditional musicians. But by all accounts he could also read fluently and awaited delivery of the latest Corelli with keen anticipation... I agree with you that this rendition is misjudged, but don't have any problem with people trying anything they want - I don't think we should get snotty or fundamentalist with this type of music. Then it's up to us to decide if we want to listen to it. In this case, I'll pass. It's someone with a superficial understanding of the tradition trying too hard to be clever...

[@Boggoranthius]

Losing one wife is a misfortune, losing two wives is kind of suspicious.

[@sgtcrab1]

Nice playing but I really do not care for the arrangement. Sometimes players change tunes for the better. Not this time sadly!

[@annielindquist]

Dejlig musik

[@annielindquist]

Mit ynglings stykke