Melonious Quartet on You Tube

**Mandopolis** · Feb-17-2009, 4:54pm

Well, this one is called "Alko"... Recorded live in Nice in december, as we were celebrating the new album "La Miugrana"...

Patrick Vaillant (mandolin)
Thomas Bienabe (mandolin)
Patrick Osowiecki (mandola)
Jean-Louis Ruf-Costanzo (mandocello)

Instruments by André Sakellaridès...

**Mandopolis** · Feb-17-2009, 4:57pm

This one is called "Finale" :

**Mandopolis** · Feb-17-2009, 5:02pm

Ainda Me Recordo alla franca...

**Mandopolis** · Feb-17-2009, 5:04pm

This one is called "Suite de Baleti".

**Michael Wolf** · Feb-17-2009, 5:19pm

Thanks for posting this. It´s nice to see them in action. I really like their music. Vive la front de libération de la mandoline.

**Santiago** · Feb-17-2009, 5:36pm

That's the first time I've ever seen a banjo in a classical performance. Not that it's impossible, but rare.

**brunello97** · Feb-17-2009, 8:41pm

Thank you for the great videos. Is 'La Miugrana' a vente at any accessible international locations outside of Nice? On line?

Mick

**Dagger Gordon** · Feb-18-2009, 3:41am

That's great!

One of my favourite groups of any kind. It is interesting to see them play - how they interact. I didn't expect quite so much humour in their presentation. I see they don't use sheet music.

The way Patrick used his electric mandolin in Suite de Baleti was remarkable. They weren't playing into microphones, and so far as I could tell weren't using amplification apart from when he played the electric. Perhaps they had pick-ups. Their sound was really clear - especially for a Youtube video.

I'm so glad you've posted that. Everyone at the Cafe should see it.

Dagger

**PhilGE** · Feb-18-2009, 4:30am

Who designed/built those instruments? They are wild in appearance... and that Mandocello is huge!

**Philippe Bony** · Feb-18-2009, 4:53am

Originally Posted by PhilGE

Who designed/built those instruments? They are wild in appearance... and that Mandocello is huge!

First post : instruments by André Sakellaridès...
(Marseille, France)

**Mandopolis** · Feb-19-2009, 5:44pm

Originally Posted by brunello97

Thank you for the great videos. Is 'La Miugrana' a vente at any accessible international locations outside of Nice? On line?

Mick

It will be soon available for download and international order.
As we decided to do everything on our own, it's a bit slow...

**Mandopolis** · Feb-19-2009, 5:46pm

Originally Posted by Dagger Gordon

That's great!

One of my favourite groups of any kind. It is interesting to see them play - how they interact. I didn't expect quite so much humour in their presentation. I see they don't use sheet music.

The way Patrick used his electric mandolin in Suite de Baleti was remarkable. They weren't playing into microphones, and so far as I could tell weren't using amplification apart from when he played the electric. Perhaps they had pick-ups. Their sound was really clear - especially for a Youtube video.

I'm so glad you've posted that. Everyone at the Cafe should see it.

Dagger

Thank you !

You can also listen to another track on Mandopolis website (Katekan, on Melonious's page)... And there is a nice song called "Vanitas" also there...

Regards,

Celine

**Mandopolis** · Feb-25-2009, 12:07pm

Originally Posted by Santiago

That's the first time I've ever seen a banjo in a classical performance. Not that it's impossible, but rare.

Well, Melonious is not a classical band... They play popular music, they never use sheet music, they never sit during a concert...
They sometimes play some classical music - but never music that was written for the mandolin, they play Satie or Poulenc or Darius Milhaud...