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A Ferdinando de Cristofaro and a B & J on the last track.

Lol! What tenacity! A true mandolin devotee. My regards to him and hope he makes a go of it over there yet. I did listen to some of his music, and will listen to more for certain. I might call it...

Thanks very much Victor. I enjoy your music quite a lot as well. Now, I need to check out this Leone guy and see what he's been up to.

A video for my recent work, Sonata #5.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDjpLFByP2k

He has. No one did the phone video on this one, but the performance can speak for itself.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNXWu2Q7b5Y

Thanks Tavy. Glad you liked.

[QUOTE=Mark Gunter;1544799]Paul I thoroughly enjoyed all four of your pieces, beautifully written and executed, very nice.


Hi Mark. Thanks for listening and glad you enjoyed them. That's...

I do a lot of composing for mandolin, mostly in classical/baroque/early music styles, and occasionally post something on the café. Seeing as I have a lot of recent pieces and it's a new year I picked...

Nice. I look forward to hearing that, and of course, Het Consort and Ferdinand. I personally love that sort of 'antiquated aesthetic'. It's great to hear it being carried on in the here and now. I've...

Mandolin and violin compliment each other so well. Every time I hear them together it appeals to me. I think its the drawn out notes of the violin and the more staccato-like sounds of the mandolin...

I listen to him a lot on youtube. One of my favorite players. His interpretations are so evocative and well played. Here's a good one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7faTNJU0RjE

Thanks so much Bill. It's strange. I had no idea how people would take this piece. Just because I like it has never been much of an indication. I'm glad you and others have enjoyed it. Writing out...

I'm aware of those terms and concepts. -I'll refrain from calling them rules though. I do believe my pieces are Sonatas, and have those type of development sections. I respect structure and theory in...

Glad you liked it.

Thanks Jim,

I was originally going to just do three movements for this one as a concerto, but I decided to sort of group all the pieces I do in this style together as sonatas, then I can use...

I've been working on a series of Sonatas for mandolin in the style of the 18th century Italian composers like Barbella, Gervasio and Battista. It's a style I really like and I hope to do a lot more...

It's a Ferdinando De Cristofaro. The one in my picture there.

Yep. And thanks for listening Pasha. Songs are meant to be shared, and I guess this is a good place for it.

Italian impression #7
https://soundcloud.com/paul-jansen-25/italian-impression-6

Duo Acquavella - Gimo Samling 18th century sonatas and triosonatas for mandolin. This cd has been a constant for months with me. The compositions are from various composers, with a focus on 3 in...

A recent piece of mine, and a great old painting. I love coming across these art works on youtube. Its given me an appreciation for artists of the past beyond the popular ones of the day, and its...

That was a treat. Transporting. Amazing how music like this can capture the mood of medieval times so well that that time can seem somehow familiar and knowable for a short while.

I thought I'd share my mandolin concert that I just finished posting. it's my first full concert piece I've completed which was actually finished some time ago, but I finally got around to recording...

Hi John, Thanks for the helpful information, and congrats on the book. I started listening to Telemann fairly recently, but he's now among my favorite composers. I find his melodies really inventive...

Thanks. It looks like maybe you're right about that. I saw a score book of 72 compositions for mandolin, and assumed the pieces I was hearing were from that, and originally composed for mandolin. I...