John Smyth wrote: >Who would have known that my love for HIP was still about as tenuous as >an ill-fitting catgut G-string--promptly catapulting itself into oblivion >before Holloway's first lively Gigue was even over? No need to feel bad--it's never an either-or (HIP or unHIP) proposition anyway, or at least it shouldn't be, especially with Bach. You did well with choosing Grumiaux! >I *will* keep trying. My support group said that there would be times like >this. And there always will be, too. Even in this day and age I still sneak in some Bach/Stokowski and Handel/Harty when no one's looking.....shhhhhh. Bill H.