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Cinderella No More: The English Viola Legacy
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"Cinderella No More: The English Viola Legacy" - a 4 part documentary about the viola from the British Viola Society.  Performances by Timothy Ridout. 

Featuring some rare and unpublished pieces by: York Bowen, Gordon Jacob, Frank Bridge, Imogen Holst, W.H. Reed, John Ireland, Lionel Tertis, Eric Coates, William Flackton, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, Rebecca Clarke, William Walton, Arthur Bliss, Benjamin Dale, and Frederick Delius.   

Episode 1 

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Episode 2

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Episode 3 

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Episode 4 

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...let me know if I've lost my mind and these have already been posted somewhere - they seem familiar to me.

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I wanted to quickly skim over these 4 episodes, but something really caught me by surprise in the 1st one! 

While playing the music that starts at 13:00, Timothy is using a MUTE!  He moves it back off to near his tailpiece at 14:09, then continues to play(?) 

Is his Viola too hard to play quietly? 

@AndrewH -

I know you have talked about using a mute for orchestra sometimes.

Can you help me understand why he was using one here?  ...if I hadn't seen it I would never have known by listening!  

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Practice mutes and concert mutes have different purposes. A practice mute should not be used in a performance setting, and a concert mute is not very useful for reducing volume when practicing.

 

Concert mutes are not used to reduce volume; the main purpose is to change the timbre by damping the higher overtones while not affecting the fundamental or lower harmonics too much. There is a little reduction in volume, but it should be possible to play very loudly with a mute. I've seen muted fortissimo indicated in orchestral music, and it's not contradictory at all.

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@AndrewH -

Thanks Andrew! 

I'll take some time to watch again, because I noticed a difference in how he sounds before he removes the mute, and afterwards - just couldn't understand 'why' it was important. (lol) 

Just watched Gibbles' <a href="

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