Fugazi1968 opened this issue on Jan 28, 2014 · 21 posts
ockham posted Tue, 28 January 2014 at 12:41 PM
At the moment I'm in love with Winifred Jacobson. I doubt that she's represented on any records, but she tried to do something WAY before the world was ready for it, and she did it EXACTLY RIGHT.
She tried to revive proper performance of Baroque music in 1946. At that time, most orchestras grudgingly sludged through an occasional Brandenburg Concerto, making Bach sound like Wagner. Blasphemy.
Jacobson demonstrated precise and sensitive playing of Scarlatti and Purcell, but nobody wanted it. The world had to wait 20 years for conductors like Hogwood and Pinnock.
Here's the only recorded sample of her 'preaching' and her playing.... Starts at 19:00 in this otherwise dull radio show. Utterly amazing.
https://ia700406.us.archive.org/27/items/Singles_And_Doubles_Singles_L-N/46-11-06epxxxxMarthaDeaneShow-DeweyWins.mp3