By chance, I managed to get a copy of the video of my DMA recital. In Australia, out of four examiners, three are required to be external (and presumably experts in the field). The one internal examiner is required to belong to another department within the music faculty, i.e. someone who is not in my department, but a doctor in a different area of music. For that reason, the examination is recorded and sent to the external examiners so that they can examine my thesis accompanied by some nice background music. :)
After watching the video, I felt that it was such a shame that no one would probably ever listen to this again, especially since so many of the pieces are so obscure. Yet many of these pieces are extremely important in understanding the viol tradition in France. Unlike a musicologist, who is able to publish parts of his doctoral thesis in a journal after his studies, a performer does not usually have the opportunity to release his recital as a recording. Thanks to the Internet and YouTube, I am able to do this. I hope people who watch this video will be inspired to find out more about this wonderful repertoire. For posterity, the entire programme will be uploaded track by track to YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/user/shaunkfng
Programme
Nicolas Hotman Selected
pièces from manuscript
(d. 1663) Warsaw: Biblioteka
Warszawskiego Towarzystwa Muzycnego,
PL-Wtm, R.
221 In. 377
Allemande
Courante
– Variation 1 – Variation 2
Sarabande
– Variation
Ballet
Antoine Forqueray Première suite from Pièces de viole (Paris, 1747)
(1671–1745) Allemande
La La Borde
La
Forqueray
La
Couperin
Sainte Colombe Excerpts
from manuscript Concerts à deux violes
égales
(d. by 1701) Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, Ms Rés. Vma.ms. 866.
Tombeau
Les regrets
Le
retour
Marin
Marais Suite in D major from Pièces de
viole (Paris, 1686)
(1656–1728) Prélude
Fantaisie
Allemande
– Double
Sarabande
Chaconne
Sarabande
Chaconne