Gaudenzio Ferrari in Varallo Sesia
Some more iconography!
Following on our little break in San Giulio d’Orta last December
and to the traces of the Renaissance artist Gaudenzio Ferrari.
We also visited Varallo Sesia, a closeby small town where the Renaissance artist Gaudenzio Ferrari was born and active. We saw the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, which is never mentioned in the works about Gaudenzio Ferrari musical instruments. However, we found there a complete architrave frescoed with angels and instruments. They are tiny but right in the middle of the transept, one of his most famous and early works, dated 1513.
In the Pinacoteca, they have two putti playing the viol and a harp, and a group of musician angels that was detached from one of the chapels in the Sacro Monte above.
Updates from our workshop
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One of my favourite pieces ever, played by one of my favourite violinists! There were quite a lot of talks about playing position recently. Yun Kim’s position is relaxed and effective. I find all of her videos, no matter if she is playing Violoncello da Spalla or violin (played in different position according to the period of the music played), very inspiring.
I am attracted by the clarity of intonation and sound given by frets. I admit I didn’t dare to try yet, despite her suggestion to install them correctly. I am a bit scared about shifting of position (but she told me she got used to that quite fast). Up to now, all the instruments I played were technically on sale, so I didn’t want to risk marks on the side of the fretboard due to frets. Now that I have two of my own (one is the Wagner and the other the one that I made in 2022), I should really try…
Do you have experience with frets? Suggestions, pros and cons? Please post in the comments!
