Friday, September 25, 2009 evening, the City Theatre has booked a brilliant reception at Taraf de Vasile Nasturica. The five musicians, soberly dressed in black pants and a white shirt, was able to captivate have more than one hour during the several thousand spectators from the audience.
is facing a room very reactive than taraf Bucharest presented his program. Vasile Nasturica, violinist and leader of the training, working to recapture the spirit sets lautari ago half a century and fell into relative oblivion since. This is a simple quintet - violin, accordion, guitar, dulcimer and bass - sometimes accompanied by songs, sung by the musicians themselves. We measure the distance with larger ensembles, outrageously virtuosic and sacrificing to the fashion world music, emerged in recent years and supported by flashy marketing operations. Listening to Nasturica Vasile and his cronies, his true craftsmen, living every moment intensely on the scene, the obvious beauty of this music is needed for itself. The violinist, moving between two solos in the middle of the group, even turning back to the audience to better manage a gesture of his companions, encourage a mere mimicry. Musicians do not hesitate to converse in whispers and comments with a smile as clever line managed by one of them. Can you imagine music more vivid, the sense of the word? Each piece of the show gives the impression of being a unique creation, offered to a privileged audience.
The important place dedicated to music lautaresque (fascinating violin part of "Sirba lautaresaca" initial Echoing naturalistic imitations of "Impressions d'Enfance" Enesco) leaves a space beneficial to Romanian folk melodies ( "Continued jocuri") or even a few drinking songs (cantece of pahar) so well defended by the voice and accordion of Ion Cinoi. The distinction between these various musical influences, it must be said, is difficult for French ears. The mistake is permanent among nations who are nationals of that is called here, very arbitrarily, the "Eastern Europe", confusing phrase encompassing both the Balkans, Hungary, the Slavic nations to the north and Baltic countries. How, from such generalities, understand the subtle influences even within Romania, and the artistic challenge defended by the guests tonight? Georges Enesco, Romanian to the bone marrow and occasionally Paris, lamented during his lifetime the systematic confusion between the French gypsy music and Romanian folk music. However, both have long existed, each with its own character and firmly established. The golden age of music of the Gypsies, however, does not go back to time immemorial, since it is located in the post-war during the 1950s and '60s, a century after their emancipation inspired by democratic ideals of the Enlightenment. This development then embodied in a generation of famous performers. This prestigious affiliation is specifically claimed by the artists tonight. It is definitely very happy to hear this "handful of obstinate conservatives," as said with humor their artistic director, Speranta Radulescu, in his notes together. Yes, it takes the determination to defend as a directory of flame against the current trend of modern, uncompromising ease, mothering so often, alas! slurry also booming qu'insipide.
The public does not deceived, in song and cheer the game scene is so prominent George Petrache, cimbalom virtuoso Gheorghe Răducanu of recalling, in a slightly different kind - instrument size forces - more Toni Iordache heyday. But the praise addressed themselves naturally to the whole in its integrity fusional and passion, culminating in two encores kneaded energy invigorating. It was enough to contemplate the enthusiasm of the spectators, the French and Romanians alike, crowding with artists exhausted to a dedication to realize how the "bet Conservative" had been successful.
Musicians:
Nasturica Vasile, violin
George Petrache, voice, guitar
Ion Cinoi, voice, accordion
Răducanu Gheorghe, Gheorghe Petrescu
small cimbalom, bass
Speranta Radulescu, artistic director
George Petrache, voice, guitar
Ion Cinoi, voice, accordion
Răducanu Gheorghe, Gheorghe Petrescu
small cimbalom, bass
Speranta Radulescu, artistic director
[This article was translated into Romanian by Jurnalul National, the leading newspaper in Romania, which was published October 11, 2009. See here: http://souvenirsdescarpates.blogspot.com/2009/10/vasile-nasturica-roumain.html and here: http://www.jurnalul.ro/stire-lada-de-zestre/seara- pariziana-pe-acorduri-lautaresti-523481.html .]
