Bravissimo to all! And a special Bravo to Sebastiaan for his wonderful cadenza! (Interesting that a piece about the Japanese autumn brings back so many memories of Holland ... but they're lovely memories all.)
Bravissimo to all! And a special Bravo to Sebastiaan for his wonderful cadenza! (Interesting that a piece about the Japanese autumn brings back so many memories of Holland ... but they're lovely memories all.)
John Craton
"Pick your fingers to the bone, then pick with the bone"
Slowly joining the 21st century... no video yet... but here is a link to a few MP3's posted on the net this date of a classical mandolin guitar duo I perform with:
Jonathan Rudie, mandolin, Mark Edwards, guitar.
http://www.friendlycoffeehouse.org/jonathan-rudie
1. Gragnanni - Nottorno
2. Satie - Gynopodie #1
3. Spanish Dance
http://www.friendlycoffeehouse.org/jonathan-rudie
Jonathan R.
"Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one." Duke Ellington
Nice playing, Jonathan! A little spell-checking on your composers and titles would give your site a more professional look.
Not sure if this Czardas featuring Tom Cohen makes the cut as a classical solo, but I sure like it. Sorry if this has already appeared above somewhere-- I couldn't see it there.
BC
My recordings: https://soundcloud.com/user-724320259/sets
I don't think that this one has been posted before -- at least it didn't show up in the search.
Here is a video of Mario Pietro. The piece sounds Kreisler-esque but I don't know what it actually is. He plays a vaudeville tenor banjo piece afterwards.
Jim
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Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
Nice playing Jonathan. I think the link for downloading the Satie doesn't work. The other two are fine. Keep up the good work.
[later] I found the file. The link should be this one: http://www.friendlycoffeehouse.org/a...d/30/satie.mp3 (I just added satie.mp3)
Last edited by Jim Garber; Dec-17-2008 at 9:38am.
Jim
My Stream on Soundcloud
19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
Wonderful Johnathan. Thanks for posting these pieces.
Dan
Thank you Dan, Jim and Bruce for the kind words about the MP3's I recently posted. This link may be better and the typos (for the most part) have been corrected.
The recordings are unedited, live MP3 recordings of a classical mandolin and guitar duo I perform with. (recorded with hand held Edirol R-09)
Jonathan Rudie, mandolin, & Mark Edwards, guitar.
http://www.friendlycoffeehouse.org/jonathan-rudie
1. Gragnani - Notturno #3
2. Satie - Gymnopedie #1
3. Spanish Dance
your thoughts, comments, and or criticism are all welcome...
Jonathan R.
"Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one." Duke Ellington
OK... although I had not intended to tackle my "listening list" yet, I jumped the gun last night and DID listen to Het Consort's lovely performance of Kuwahara's all-time favorite, further enhanced by Sebastiaan's spectacular cadenza. When I hear such excellent playing, I cannot help but feel that plucked ensembles have come of age, and can share the stage with the finest of the finest. Top-notch!
Moving right along...
Cheers,
Victor
It is not man that lives but his work. (Ioannis Kapodistrias)
Thanks John and Victor for your replies on our Kuwahara performance.
It is good to know our effort to make the most of every composition is appreciated like you do!
On behalf of all the members of Het CONSORT; best greetings and we wish everybody here at the message board a wonder- and peaceful Christmas.
Alex
And best wishes to you all, Alex!
A lovely image attached, and one close to any bass-player's heart: the lights, dimmed; the stage, empty; the chairs, like scaffolding to a statue waiting to be built; the stand-lights, perched like luminescent flamingos, looking down at the printed notes, waiting to come alive; the conductor's stand, with the only light facing downstage, like a lighting-rod ready to sparkle and fulminate in each and every direction; only the Lonely Contrabass, lying on its side, an elemental force longing to be unleashed, its soundboard glowing quietly as a premonition of all the music-making coming right up. Very, VERY poetic...
Cheers to one and all,
Victor
P.S. These few words, written between two visits to family, in different parts of the country; I willl return to my "listening list", courtesy of this wonderful thread, anon.
It is not man that lives but his work. (Ioannis Kapodistrias)
Arsnova Quartet in Tokyo playing Aqua Rhythm #2 by Hiro Fujikake:
Jim
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1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
Here is the Aqua#1 (should have posted this first). Nice fun pieces...
Jim
My Stream on Soundcloud
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Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
Bernardo De Pace (1886-1966) A rare mandolin gem video. (just try to focus on the playing and not the outfit)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KUNlGenDg74
Jonathan R.
"Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one." Duke Ellington
The outfit is one thing (Neil, you need the collar too), but that slicked back hair is something else. It's fun to imagine a Norman Levine "Gala Concert" with Bernando da Pace, Dave Apollon, Wilbur Hall and maybe Harpo and Chico Marx just for fun. I love the way he exploits the octave behind the bridge feature of the L&H mandolins... You can' go much farther with this performance... thanks for the link, I enjoyed that!
Yesterday I have added a new classical mandolin youtube video with a piece (fitting perfectly to this thread) by Bernardo de Pace:
Bouquet of Flowers
Homepage: www.mandoisland.de / Blog: www.mandoisland.com / Freiburg / Germany
Lovely playing, Michael. Where did you find that sheet music? Is that your Deschler mandolin? Sounds wonderful. Thanks for posting.
Jim
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1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
Yes, wonderful playing! Thanks for posting this video. I play the piece a little bit slower, but that's, of course, a matter of choice.
Speaking of Bernardo De Pace.
Jim
My Stream on Soundcloud
19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
Thanks, Plamen and Jim. Yes I played my Deschler mandolin in this video. The music is printed in a book by Hugo d'Alton with title "A Variety of mandolin music" which had been published in the UK - I think it is no longer available, I bought it around 1980. In the meantime I have also got a previous version of this book in two parts named "The Mandolinst's Treasury" - but this did not contain the piece Bouquet of Flowers - so it must have been added by Hugo d'Alton later.
Homepage: www.mandoisland.de / Blog: www.mandoisland.com / Freiburg / Germany
A video by Oleg, playing Calace's Prelude #10.
If Sofia is full of street players of this caliber, it must really be a great place to visit! Beautiful playing!
Why not in Helsinki....
Raffaele Calace Preludio 10 - Katsia Prakopchyk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1V2l45CD_4
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