Prelude  A. mi la mineur - ROBERT DE VISEÉ, PARIS, 1682. - Guitarre baroque
Channel: Nimbus Art Belgrade
Date: 2022-08-18

Prelude  - A. mi la mineur (LIVRE DE GUITTARRE DEDIÉ AU ROY COMPOSÉ PAR ROBERT DE VISEÉ, PARIS 1682).
This video clip is based on an excerpt from live audio broadcast by RTV SLO Ars on 12. VIII 2022. A concert was held in Soteska, Hudičev Turn (Slovenia) as an opening of the 41st edition of Seviqc Brežice Festival. Photos used in the video were taken by Simona Zorc Ramovš. 
It was a great honor and privilege to play at this prestigious festival. I wish to thank Klemen Ramovš and the organizers for the invitation. I also give thanks to RTV SLO Ars radio program (ars.rtvslo.si) for granting access to live audio recording of the entire concert. This is non commercial video clip.
I played this piece first after the interval. Furthermore, I imagined that the prelude sets a scene for a vivid dream represented by Vilanella that followed.   
Artist’s message to visitors:
Let us imagine a typical summer evening in Versailles, in 1686: His Majesty takes a long walk in his gardens; he always goes to bed at eight o’clock and dines in his bed at ten; he usually calls de Visée at nine to play [french theorbo] and the guitar (from the journal of Philippe de Courcillon, Marquis de Dangeau). Robert de Visée begins playing in a tender and sweet A-minor, continuing in a happy C-major, then serious and magnificent G-minor, devine D-minor, pastoral A-major, amorous E-minor, solitary and melancholic B-minor... (according to the character of keys by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Règles de composition, 1682). His Royal Highness enjoys the delights of majestic allemande, sophisticated courante, gracious Sarabande, quick gigue, trilling gavotte, elegant Menuet, seducing Passacaille, exotic Chaconne. Is it possible that this progression represents one evening, one hour in the presence of magnificent Robert de Visée?
Andrej Jovanić