Don't forget that she is a really good Musician & generous with her knowledge. I looked up her name in the notes...lisa Beznosiuk...we can learn a lot from her playing. And yes, she comes across as a really lovely person. No ego...just a genuine caring for what she does.
These flutes have their place, but would never in a million years penetrate through a large orchestra and hall. I have a Haynes flute from the 1920s and even though its a 'modern' Boehm system flute. it struggles to keep up with the latest models.
Fria Gram Most concerts do not use amplification. The type of baroque flute in vogue now is barely audible even in a small hall. A baroque violin can easily drown it out. Brandenburg no.5 quickly becomes a concerto for violin and harpsichord.
there is nothing wrong with using amplification and mixing on any instrument. Though you can always use primitive mutes, like have the violins face away, playing far in the back. Or just stick some towels in the body.
It's a great instrument for solo repertoire or to play with a quartet or small orchestra. But in a big concert hall with a modern orchestra, it simply does not cut though and there the metal flute is much more effective.
Judging from how much I love playing old recorders, and the alto recorder especially, I think I'd like to learn to play the baroque flute. I've tried the modern flute, but it has such a jarring sound to my ears. My uncle makes it sound good, so I know VERY well that it just takes practice, but I need to be able to have fun practicing and not get a headache.
HadridarMatramen I play both recorders and flute, I think it just takes a while for you to be able to enjoy playing the flute because of the breathing/ it not sounding very nice until you have been playing for a while 😂 but I’d definitely recommend sticking with it :)
I discovered barroque flute when I was watching the Mass in B minor BWV 232 on youtube and I saw it. I have always wondered what kind of instrument it is. Until now, I didn't know but because of you, now I know. Thank you for your complete explanation. PD: Sorry if I made grammar mistakes or misspelled words. I speak Spanish and I'm learning english.
punchispunchisuhh the development of the flute has a fascinating history, each with its quirks and nuances. Haven’t played a baroque flut for a number of years now.
Lisa, I started loving you when I first heard your performance of Bach's BWV 1044; and...well, began loving Baroque music too! Couldn't stand Gazzelloni and his 'golden' key-flute any longer after having heard him perform Bach's "Badinerie".
I used to play classical guitar and the timbre of this flute reminds me of the classical guitar - it's a much fuller timbre than the modern flute and you played some lovely short examples in this video.
The mystery of the flute is that it, alone among all instruments, requires no mechanical parts for sound production. It's voice is that of only air disputing with itself. The major difference between the Baroque flute and most of its predecessors and its successor modern orchestral flute is not in the keywork nor the material from which it is made but in the shape of the bore: that of the Baroque is conical; that of the Boehm flute, as with archaic reed flutes, is cylindrical. The Baroque flute, like the Baroque recorder and oboe, is not primitive. It's technical achievement is just not in plain sight.
lovely sound and lovely playing. I like performances of baroque music on period instruments, Bach, Handel, Corelli, etc just SOUND better at A = 415 and other similar, lower pitch standards.
piobagusfidil (pipes and fiddle) Hi, Classical Guitarist here. I love the Baroque and Renaissance periods. About two years ago I started tuning my guitars to 432 A and find it much better to my ear. I started out thinking that I wanted to hear it closer to the original pitch that it was written in.
@@goldenlion6565 Nowadays there are other materials used in bows, esp. w/ the legal issues surrounding elephant poaching. Most bows I know of in nicer instruments use ebony wood for the frog, MAYBE ivory in the tip (but often plastic or something else). If you have ivory in your instrument, it won't make it on any international trips w/ you.
@UCrHICovzXa3ePnfRqUV5wkQ It's a C Concert flute at 415 meaning that it actually transposes down a half step. The lowest note that this flute can play is D above Middle C.
Lovely instrument and playing. The tone reminds me of a tenor recorder, but with more possibilities in the way of dynamics. It sounds much better to me than the modern flute.
@UCrHICovzXa3ePnfRqUV5wkQ It's a C Concert flute at 415 meaning that it actually transposes down a half step. The lowest note that this flute can play is D above Middle C.
No. stop it. It's one of those little things in life that highly bothers me, like someone putting ketchup on perfectly good linguine with wine sauce. That joke only works because english-speakers mispronounce the hell out of that french word. Sorry for my little rant but I'm tired of this wordplay, beeing correct by an american telling me i'm mispronuncing "croissant" got me riled up.
Nice introduction to the one keyed flute (I recently read the book "The early flute" by Rachel Brown). I wonder if the joints of this flue are made of ivory or rather of some kind of resine. I love the baroque flute, but I abhor the fact that ivory was used as a material for building them.
+DrNawMai Wow. You obviously don't know why people are not happy with NEW (need to be emphasized) ivory stuff. Poachers kill elephants and rhinos for their tusks and horns and leave their bodies to rot. It's different from killing a cow for their meat and other byproducts. Cows and other farm animals can be grown fast and aren't endangered while rhinos and elephants are endangered, not farm animals and it takes them long years to give birth and long years to mature and grow their source of ivory. Note : Had to make it clear that new ones are the problem here. The old ivory stuff are legal in most countries and ones from dead creatures like mammoth fossils and stuff.
The type of wood has no bearing on the flute's timbre so long as it's a relatively dense and well sealed material. The design, particularly the embouchure hole and the conical bore are the largest tonal determinants.
I wonder why ancient flutes never had a thumb hole for the left hand like the recorder. I went from flute to recorder , but I'm discovering just how beautiful the old flutes sound. Really lovely.
I love it. Such a nice presentation. You can probably play your flute with other baroque players. I have an alto recorder according to Debey and the pitch is A 415. So I understand you totally.
+OrchestraEnlighten *Thanks for some information I can corroborate on a related instrument:* The _Flauto traverso_ has a military counterpart in the fife, which likewise uses six holes of specific sizes and spacing, only sans accidental key at the exhaust end. I reckon the Baroque _Flauto piccolo_ is similarly built to the fife but with smaller embrochure to better blend with strings and gravicembalo.
Modern flutes, violins and pianos have a hair-raising screeching character that makes me rarely enjoy them solo. But their baroque equivalents sound divine. On top of that I suspect that a significant part of the unenjoyability is the use virtuoso pieces that strive to demonstrate the skills of the musician rather than create a beautiful performance.
I believe there are also differences between the baroque flute and even 19th century wooden orchestral flutes, with the bore (modern flutes have a cylindrical bore while the old wooden flutes are conical I believe) and the scale played I.E. Modern flutes play a ‘C’ scale while most old wooden flutes (Rudell and Rose flutes for instance) play a ‘D’ scale. www.oldflutes.com/boehm.htm
Wow so amazing. You have taken me back musically to an era that I have only been able to read about and dream about. Very magical instrument. I heard what you said and felt it also.
A great demonstration. You have also have allowed me to discover OAE. Hooray for a 415. I'll never understand how Europe has escalated from 440 to 442. Has it lost its collective mind?
Very lovely tone. I've heard Beethoven and others played on the instruments of the day and it makes a huge difference. I was immediately aware of the players using instruments made of wood. The orchestra sounded pastoral, organic and much more delicate, less muscular. I like both I'll admit.
It is impressive that these performers know the fingerings for many different instruments. I imagine that it is hard to find a teacher for baroque instruments.
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What a lovely lady. Her calm, gentle demeanor is a perfect match with the gentle baroque flute
I've been listening to her recordings for over 20 years. She is an absolutely wonderful musician.
Don't forget that she is a really good Musician & generous with her knowledge. I looked up her name in the notes...lisa Beznosiuk...we can learn a lot from her playing. And yes, she comes across as a really lovely person. No ego...just a genuine caring for what she does.
She seems like she could be Mel Giedroyc's sister
you can tell she is full of passion
I agree
Baroque flute: *sweet mellow beautiful music*
Modern flute: clacklacklakclkaclckxlakckclckacklckacklacklaclacklackcklack
I actually prefer this to a normal modern flute.... it sounds so mellow and warm.
These flutes have their place, but would never in a million years penetrate through a large orchestra and hall. I have a Haynes flute from the 1920s and even though its a 'modern' Boehm system flute. it struggles to keep up with the latest models.
Good thing we've got microphones and amplifiers now.
Fria Gram Most concerts do not use amplification. The type of baroque flute in vogue now is barely audible even in a small hall. A baroque violin can easily drown it out. Brandenburg no.5 quickly becomes a concerto for violin and harpsichord.
I suspect either a misunderstanding in how the baroque flute was played or in how those flutes were constructed.
there is nothing wrong with using amplification and mixing on any instrument.
Though you can always use primitive mutes, like have the violins face away, playing far in the back. Or just stick some towels in the body.
My flute baroque when I dropped it, but it sounds nothing like that.
Both after and before it baroque, Daisy?
It it ain't Baroque - don't fix it!!
You’re obviously American
This joke only works with an American accent lol we say barOck not barOAK
As Oscar Wilde once observed - America and England - two countries separated by a common language.
sounds WAY better than a metal flute! Sounds more alive...
Wooden flutes with modern keywork can be had. Best of both worlds.
It's a great instrument for solo repertoire or to play with a quartet or small orchestra. But in a big concert hall with a modern orchestra, it simply does not cut though and there the metal flute is much more effective.
sounds lovely
Judging from how much I love playing old recorders, and the alto recorder especially, I think I'd like to learn to play the baroque flute. I've tried the modern flute, but it has such a jarring sound to my ears. My uncle makes it sound good, so I know VERY well that it just takes practice, but I need to be able to have fun practicing and not get a headache.
HadridarMatramen, the alto recorder has such a wonderful and special sound.
HadridarMatramen I play both recorders and flute, I think it just takes a while for you to be able to enjoy playing the flute because of the breathing/ it not sounding very nice until you have been playing for a while 😂 but I’d definitely recommend sticking with it :)
It's a good idea to go from recorder to baroque flute. Try an aulos flute for an inexpensive entry. I have one but I still can't play it.
That flute coupled with her playing is truly beautiful
I honestly LOVE the sounds of the baroque instruments far above the sounds of the modern...
They have more color than modern instruments. Also period players seem to play with more rthymic vitality.
Same here. Brass and silver flute sounds too bright and clinical to me.
Ms. Beznosiuk is one of the great flautists of our time. Her recording of the Bach flute sonatas (on Hyperion) is simply masterful.
Wonderful sounding instrument-amazing how different it is from the modern flute, and how like a recorder, surprisingly.
great to see how much fun you have playing your instrument
I discovered barroque flute when I was watching the Mass in B minor BWV 232 on youtube and I saw it. I have always wondered what kind of instrument it is. Until now, I didn't know but because of you, now I know. Thank you for your complete explanation.
PD: Sorry if I made grammar mistakes or misspelled words. I speak Spanish and I'm learning english.
I'm American, and don't worry-- your English is excellent!
@@herodotus53 Thank you so much! I'll continue practicing in order to improve it more. Grettings from Ecuador
punchispunchisuhh the development of the flute has a fascinating history, each with its quirks and nuances. Haven’t played a baroque flut for a number of years now.
Lisa, I started loving you when I first heard your performance of Bach's BWV 1044; and...well, began loving Baroque music too! Couldn't stand Gazzelloni and his 'golden' key-flute any longer after having heard him perform Bach's "Badinerie".
Excellent video and Lisa Beznosiuk is magnificent !
I used to play classical guitar and the timbre of this flute reminds me of the classical guitar - it's a much fuller timbre than the modern flute and you played some lovely short examples in this video.
The mystery of the flute is that it, alone among all instruments, requires no mechanical parts for sound production. It's voice is that of only air disputing with itself.
The major difference between the Baroque flute and most of its predecessors and its successor modern orchestral flute is not in the keywork nor the material from which it is made but in the shape of the bore: that of the Baroque is conical; that of the Boehm flute, as with archaic reed flutes, is cylindrical.
The Baroque flute, like the Baroque recorder and oboe, is not primitive. It's technical achievement is just not in plain sight.
Love the way she explains
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Fantastic demonstration....what a wonderful sound produced and explained by a wonderful lady - thank you
Such a beautiful sound and beautiful playing! Thank you!
Wow that was beautiful. You’re a wonderful musician, and a delight to listen to.
lovely sound and lovely playing. I like performances of baroque music on period instruments, Bach, Handel, Corelli, etc just SOUND better at A = 415 and other similar, lower pitch standards.
piobagusfidil (pipes and fiddle) Hi, Classical Guitarist here. I love the Baroque and Renaissance periods. About two years ago I started tuning my guitars to 432 A and find it much better to my ear. I started out thinking that I wanted to hear it closer to the original pitch that it was written in.
Love the sound of the flute. Such a gentle sound!💞🎶
Great info.👍
Lovely woman. I love how her voice is as gentle as the flute!
Hope the ivory flute was not a new one.
Ivory is still used for parts of instruments (frogs for bows for example). But yes, probably not for an entire instrument.
Just never try to fly with the ivory instrument
@@goldenlion6565 Nowadays there are other materials used in bows, esp. w/ the legal issues surrounding elephant poaching. Most bows I know of in nicer instruments use ebony wood for the frog, MAYBE ivory in the tip (but often plastic or something else). If you have ivory in your instrument, it won't make it on any international trips w/ you.
You can take ivory from a mammouth.
What a delightful and unique sounding instrument. If it ain't baroque, don't fix it.
Absolutely loves when you played the little snippet of Badinerie
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It's a C Concert flute at 415 meaning that it actually transposes down a half step. The lowest note that this flute can play is D above Middle C.
Really nice and informative explanations, and a warm charming lady
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Oh yes shove that flute down my throat uwu
@@ripinpepperonies9754 bro wait a minute
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Keeping ancient music and culture alive!
The modern flute uses metal, while it's still categorized as woodwind instrument. This the right flute, using wood material!
Oooooooooo okaaaay the sound, the tone!! Soooo warm and buttery!!
Perfection, this is my good to sleep/funeral music video
You know who would love this flute?
Baroque Obama
Knight Rider GT , "Boo to that pun" but it is funny. And the timing is great. You had us going with that pause.
I've been had. Good pun, but go to hell.
Bruh...
You baroque the internet...hey oooo
My momm!*
Just beautiful. I could listen to a solo track
i can't imagine anyone giving this a thumbs down. Clear and friendly, with intelligence and real feeling for the music.
lovely,rich sound.excellent.
Thank you lovely lady
Thank you kind lady LOL skyrim references be realz
Congratulations your now addicted to music 👌🏻
she's great - and what a lovely sound
Lovely instrument and playing. The tone reminds me of a tenor recorder, but with more possibilities in the way of dynamics. It sounds much better to me than the modern flute.
i am watching this video at least once per month :))) love this type of videos and baroque instruments
I played the Baroque-Ass flute (aka the Recorder)
Beautiful - deserving modern amplification for the benefit of those of us in the cheap seats!!
I just bought one...so, I'm paying attention to every word you say...
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It's a C Concert flute at 415 meaning that it actually transposes down a half step. The lowest note that this flute can play is D above Middle C.
I'd love to have a flute like this, but unfortunately, I'm too baroque to afford one.
Me too☹️
i got got
No. stop it. It's one of those little things in life that highly bothers me, like someone putting ketchup on perfectly good linguine with wine sauce. That joke only works because english-speakers mispronounce the hell out of that french word.
Sorry for my little rant but I'm tired of this wordplay, beeing correct by an american telling me i'm mispronuncing "croissant" got me riled up.
Ditto!
2:46 that face when you nailed it 🤘🏻
Nice introduction to the one keyed flute (I recently read the book "The early flute" by Rachel Brown). I wonder if the joints of this flue are made of ivory or rather of some kind of resine. I love the baroque flute, but I abhor the fact that ivory was used as a material for building them.
Reply from Lisa: I'm relieved to report that the rings are made of plastic on this flute!
Interestingly, there's no restriction on using mammoth ivory for any use.
+DrNawMai Wow. You obviously don't know why people are not happy with NEW (need to be emphasized) ivory stuff. Poachers kill elephants and rhinos for their tusks and horns and leave their bodies to rot. It's different from killing a cow for their meat and other byproducts. Cows and other farm animals can be grown fast and aren't endangered while rhinos and elephants are endangered, not farm animals and it takes them long years to give birth and long years to mature and grow their source of ivory. Note : Had to make it clear that new ones are the problem here. The old ivory stuff are legal in most countries and ones from dead creatures like mammoth fossils and stuff.
Yes, in fact, making flutes, piano keys, decorative carvings from the vast quantity of buried mammoth ivory is the best of preserving that old ivory.
Graham Lyons I'd rather have the animal alive. We don't need anything made from ivory even after the animal has died a natural death.
The type of wood has no bearing on the flute's timbre so long as it's a relatively dense and well sealed material. The design, particularly the embouchure hole and the conical bore are the largest tonal determinants.
Fascinating! Thanks for sharing this.
I wonder why ancient flutes never had a thumb hole for the left hand like the recorder. I went from flute to recorder , but I'm discovering just how beautiful the old flutes sound. Really lovely.
I love it. Such a nice presentation. You can probably play your flute with other baroque players. I have an alto recorder according to Debey and the pitch is A 415. So I understand you totally.
Traverso has a sweet and tender sound wich pleases me a lot. It's a quite warm and intimate sound.
Listen to her recordings! Do it! She is one of the very best.
This woman can play the flute.
Lovely playing, illuminating discussion, and lovely flute.
I could listen to her speak for hours, such a pleasant and soothing voice
How nice!
Wow! Fantastic
+OrchestraEnlighten *Thanks for some information I can corroborate on a related instrument:* The _Flauto traverso_ has a military counterpart in the fife, which likewise uses six holes of specific sizes and spacing, only sans accidental key at the exhaust end. I reckon the Baroque _Flauto piccolo_ is similarly built to the fife but with smaller embrochure to better blend with strings and gravicembalo.
Modern flutes, violins and pianos have a hair-raising screeching character that makes me rarely enjoy them solo. But their baroque equivalents sound divine.
On top of that I suspect that a significant part of the unenjoyability is the use virtuoso pieces that strive to demonstrate the skills of the musician rather than create a beautiful performance.
the hole is smolar
Really interesting points about key changes and colour differences changing the mood.
I have just learned something ! Thank you ! 👍🎶
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Delightfully informative, thank you.
It sounds like a hybrid of a recorder and a flute...warm & mellow [full disclosure: I'm an alto recorder player]. George, Canada
beautiful sound!
Very interesting and educational..
I believe there are also differences between the baroque flute and even 19th century wooden orchestral flutes, with the bore (modern flutes have a cylindrical bore while the old wooden flutes are conical I believe) and the scale played I.E. Modern flutes play a ‘C’ scale while most old wooden flutes (Rudell and Rose flutes for instance) play a ‘D’ scale.
www.oldflutes.com/boehm.htm
Meu sonho é ter uma flauta assim, mas não tenho condições de comprar uma.
Wow so amazing. You have taken me back musically to an era that I have only been able to read about and dream about. Very magical instrument. I heard what you said and felt it also.
Wonderful
Sounds so much like an Irish flute. Maybe slightly more open sounding.
Love it! I started playing the Baroque Flute a year ago, and now I have finished a whole Bach Sonata. (bwv 1033)
I'm a flautist - on modern silver flutes, but holy crap the tone on that is gorgeous! Is is possible to get one of those at a reasonable price?
Exquisite sound. Good video.
this is just like the tenor recorder but with a different mouth piece :D
Lovely video, it really shows your Love for this instrument.
Thank you. :)
What a lovely, rich, tone. Beautiful.
A great demonstration. You have also have allowed me to discover OAE. Hooray for a 415. I'll never understand how Europe has escalated from 440 to 442. Has it lost its collective mind?
Very lovely tone. I've heard Beethoven and others played on the instruments of the day and it makes a huge difference. I was immediately aware of the players using instruments made of wood. The orchestra sounded pastoral, organic and much more delicate, less muscular. I like both I'll admit.
Beautifull instrument ...
1:00 Wow, that's a nice illegal instrument ya have there.
How does one travel overseas and in general with any thing ivory. I'm glad it has been preserved, but does one need proof of age or a special license.
Wonderful presentation. You are such a great musician and person.
really nice playing
it sounds like a rounder more ethereal version of the recorder - another popular instrument for chamber music.
I wonder If I can get one made out of plastic
Gorgeous instrument and beautiful tone. Who knew that Helen Mirren could play Baroque flute?
Obviously such a passionate player- I really love how she characterizes and describes sounds- very evocative!
It is impressive that these performers know the fingerings for many different instruments. I imagine that it is hard to find a teacher for baroque instruments.
Lovely presentation and what a beautiful sounding instrument.
When she said “B minor is a great key on the flute” then played, was that from a piece that she played? If so what is the piece called?
Hi, it's Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor BWV 1067 - Badinerie
Beautiful lesson thank you
Very beautiful music and video!! Compliments!!!
Sounds like music from the old Disney jungle book cartoon.
That's a beautiful Timbre. Very taken with it.