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.
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 :)
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.
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 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 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.
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.
@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.
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.
As a child in the early 1960's watching an orchestra perform, I was always amazed by the fact that all that sound coming out of the flutes and piccolos was produced by an aperture the diameter of the nail of your little finger. It seemed to defy logic.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
+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.
I have a traverse flute in 440 Hertz from the German manufacturer Mollenhauer made of boxwood and I love it dearly. But it gives me a hard time playing some of the weak notes, especially the low fis/ges.
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 am sure it’s a beautiful journey. I started playing bamboo flutes , and then bought the western flute , the Baroque flute was very tempting , as was the alto flute but a. It out if my range money wise lol Thanks for sharing. Winks Lisa
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.
Lovely! I wanna get a Baroque flute eventually. I need to learn how to play it ;-) I've been looking for either a wooden headjoint or a wooden flute like Rudall Carte... probably gonna go the headjoint route because the older instruments are hard to find here in the states.
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
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.
Ms. Beznosiuk is one of the great flautists of our time. Her recording of the Bach flute sonatas (on Hyperion) is simply masterful.
I'll check it out, thank you!
i can't imagine anyone giving this a thumbs down. Clear and friendly, with intelligence and real feeling for the music.
Love the way she explains
J U I C Y
Baroque flute: *sweet mellow beautiful music*
Modern flute: clacklacklakclkaclckxlakckclckacklckacklacklaclacklackcklack
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.
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.
Excellent video and Lisa Beznosiuk is magnificent !
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.
@@TracySmith-xy9tq and they inevitably sound exactly like boehm system flutes, pretty much the same as they sound in metal
That flute coupled with her playing is truly beautiful
sounds lovely
Wonderful sounding instrument-amazing how different it is from the modern flute, and how like a recorder, surprisingly.
Great introduction to the baroque flute. Thank you
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!
great to see how much fun you have playing your instrument
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".
Love it! I started playing the Baroque Flute a year ago, and now I have finished a whole Bach Sonata. (bwv 1033)
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 could listen to her speak for hours, such a pleasant and soothing voice
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.
Wow that was beautiful. You’re a wonderful musician, and a delight to listen to.
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.
Fantastic demonstration....what a wonderful sound produced and explained by a wonderful lady - thank you
Traverso has a sweet and tender sound wich pleases me a lot. It's a quite warm and intimate sound.
Obviously such a passionate player- I really love how she characterizes and describes sounds- very evocative!
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.
@chestraEnlighten
@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.
What a lovely, rich, tone. Beautiful.
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.
As a child in the early 1960's watching an orchestra perform, I was always amazed by the fact that all that sound coming out of the flutes and piccolos was produced by an aperture the diameter of the nail of your little finger. It seemed to defy logic.
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.
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.
Wonderful presentation. You are such a great musician and person.
Gorgeous velvety tone. Love the old instruments.
Lovely presentation and what a beautiful sounding instrument.
Such a beautiful sound and beautiful playing! Thank you!
Really nice and informative explanations, and a warm charming lady
Thank you lovely lady
Thank you kind lady LOL skyrim references be realz
Really interesting points about key changes and colour differences changing the mood.
That's a beautiful Timbre. Very taken with it.
This is the best video in the series that I have seen so far, the Baroque Bass was also excellent.
Listen to her recordings! Do it! She is one of the very best.
Wow. What a gorgeous and beautiful sound. I wished it was longer
Lovely playing, illuminating discussion, and lovely flute.
Absolutely loves when you played the little snippet of Badinerie
Lisa Rocks.... very cool Lady. Loved the history.
Love the sound of this flute
I love these videos because you can see the passion on their faces
2:46 that face when you nailed it 🤘🏻
she's great - and what a lovely sound
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.
Oooooooooo okaaaay the sound, the tone!! Soooo warm and buttery!!
I love the sound of your baroque flute.
I'm learning the C flute!
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 ...
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.
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,rich sound.excellent.
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.
Bravissimo Lisa, and thank you!
I think it's great that you can tell how much she loves what she does.
Rich and lovely tone!
+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.
beautiful sound!
What a delightful and unique sounding instrument. If it ain't baroque, don't fix it.
Just beautiful. I could listen to a solo track
i am watching this video at least once per month :))) love this type of videos and baroque instruments
Keeping ancient music and culture alive!
Lovely. Thank you. Never stop playing!! Learned a lot here.
What a great sound and what a lovely lady!
she's enchanting! I love her passion
What a charming and delightful explanation and exampling ! Thank you 😊
You know the a Instrumentalist is super super good when they remind you of your grandma/ grandpa...
Exquisite sound. Good video.
Beautiful tone to the instrument and the player.
3:42 JUICY
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Oh yes shove that flute down my throat uwu
@@ripinpepperonies9754 bro wait a minute
Max Alain's Meme Stash I can shove it up another hole
@@telmjen4662 you also wait a minute
I have just learned something ! Thank you ! 👍🎶
Lovely video, it really shows your Love for this instrument.
The modern flute uses metal, while it's still categorized as woodwind instrument. This the right flute, using wood material!
*¡enjoyed at 6:22 pm Pacific DayLight Savings Time on Friday, 7 October 2022 Common Era or CE formerly known as Ano Domini or AD!*
Beautiful - deserving modern amplification for the benefit of those of us in the cheap seats!!
Those hands! Whether guitar, bass, or even apparently flute, large hands seem to be key to becoming world class.
I really liked your comantary and playing so I subscribed , thanks so much ✌️❤️🇦🇺🦘
I have a traverse flute in 440 Hertz from the German manufacturer Mollenhauer made of boxwood and I love it dearly. But it gives me a hard time playing some of the weak notes, especially the low fis/ges.
Delightfully informative, thank you.
Gorgeous instrument and beautiful tone. Who knew that Helen Mirren could play Baroque flute?
Such beautiful voice! Sweeter than what modern flutes do.
Beautiful lesson thank you
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.
That piece at 2:32 was Bb minor and later in Db major.
It's tuned to 415, one semitone below modern pitch.
Perfection, this is my good to sleep/funeral music video
Super!!!! Beautiful!!! Thank You!!!!
I am sure it’s a beautiful journey. I started playing bamboo flutes , and then bought the western flute , the Baroque flute was very tempting , as was the alto flute but a. It out if my range money wise lol
Thanks for sharing.
Winks
Lisa
There are good quality plastic replicas around, at decent prices.
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.
I love this channel.
Fascinating! Thanks for sharing this.
Very beautiful music and video!! Compliments!!!
Lovely! I wanna get a Baroque flute eventually. I need to learn how to play it ;-) I've been looking for either a wooden headjoint or a wooden flute like Rudall Carte... probably gonna go the headjoint route because the older instruments are hard to find here in the states.
Congratulations your now addicted to music 👌🏻