So often I watch a concert and I’m blown away by the talent of the people who are playing. It happens most when it’s something where I know how much work it takes to learn something.
This band (Borievka) playing at the Slovakian Dance weekend at the JRC/Giobbia was such an experience. Sorry the video is terrible and it’s in WMV format but I can’t be bothered to spend hours looking for a free way to convert it. In any case it’s the sound that’s interesting although it would have been good to capture the incredible speed and co-ordination of the violinist’s fingers. If you know a little about violin playing, you can hear it in the sound track. I’ve been learning this kind of music since about 1999 now and I just couldn’t stop smiling when I watched them. Fast eddy here is a track that has the same effect on me (esp the clarinet part.