torontosun.com — For those who appreciate classical music, this is a very nice read. "For the better part of an hour, some of the world's most amazing music, played by one of Canada's most accomplished violinists on a $2.4-million Stradivari violin, will try to interrupt the daily migration of nine-to-five office workers in downtown Ottawa."
Jun 17, 2007 View in Crawl 4
sweetdealsJun 18, 2007Submitter
Dude, this is one of those times where you comment about the article and not about the issue of whether "Street Musicians are a Hassle." C'mon, are they taking up that much space, or poking you with their bow while you jockey for position on your way to the paycheck factory? These are the most talented musicians on the planet, and I think they're proving a pretty good point.
rshotlJun 18, 2007
I read this story a few months ago, and found a video clip... The music was amazing, but started out very technical-- may be why people didn't get caught up in it--- The little kids were all dragging their parents right towards the music, very clear from the video.Any one know any of his good albums? I tried to find something and only found "The Red Violin" in which he plays with another orchestra--- a solo album would be really cool, Red Violin does have some great tracks though...
skyhighrocketsJun 18, 2007
The only thing that will become of this is he will suddenly be short one 2.4 million dollar violin.
chaosmachineJun 18, 2007
damn, i was just on bank street taking pictures ealier this week. i would have noticed, too, because i read the previous story.. oh well.
ubuwalker31Jun 18, 2007
@pagancollective said: "There comes a point where a 2.4 million dollar violin seems like overkill. Does it really sound any different than, say, a one million dollar violin? Or a 500,000 violin for that matter?"It is an authentic period instrument from 300 years ago. Not many of those floating around. Not to mention, a famous authentic instrument known for its quality and sound. And yes, you can hear the difference. Too many people assume that modern instruments and ancient instruments sound the same...they don't. Not to mention that musical notation has changed over history, and artists try to reconstruct what things sounded like...and they can never be sure, exactly. This is especially true with early and renaissance music...no one really knows what the music sounded like exactly...but a general idea can be had by using authentic period instruments...