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Article: Swiss soloist pipes up with program of borrowed repertoire
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- Jerusalem Post
- Article date:
- October 10, 1995
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Ury Eppstein
Jerusalem Post
10-10-1995
A rare opportunity to hear the panpipe was provided recently by Philippe Emanuel Haas from Switzerland, with local harpsichordist Yevgeni Lisagorsky.
Since works composed originally for this instrument are practically nonexistent, the program was mostly selected from the Renaissance and Baroque repertoire. The Renaissance custom of using any instrument that happened to be available, and the resemblance of the panpipe's sound to that of the recorder, with perhaps an added touch of flexibility, made the panpipe a legitimate and even quite lovable substitute for the more conventional instruments in these pieces.
The artists remained ...