During our hilidays in London we have visited two free concerts in the National Portrait Gallery. The second concert was given by a group named Melange. Melange was founded by the cellist Shirley Smart. She has spent many years in Israel and has become acquainted with the music of the East. Melange is playing a […]
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Mandolin orchestras from Japan are known for playing arrangements of music from computer games. I have recently discovered this great example, a version of Battle at the Big Bridge / Clash on the Big Bridge from Final Fantasy V played by the mandolin orchestra of the Yamagata Higashi High School: Clash on the Big Mandolin
The mandolin is not as often used for accompaniment of songs as the ukulele. So I am always happy when I find examples for a mandolin used by singers for accompaniment. Bonnie Sims has made a set of videos where she sings and accompanies herself with the mandolin. You can also find a set of
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A great concert by the Canadian duo Fire & Smoke is available on the CBC concerts on demand site. The duo is composed of Claire Morrison and Daniel Péloquin-Hopfner. The speciality of this duo are the songs in two languages, English and French. Daniel accompanies the songs with the guitar, but he uses the banjo
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Isabeau et les Chercheurs d’Or is a band from Quebec which plays a greatmix of bluegrass, country, Appalachian music and Franco-Canadian chansons. Isabeau Valois plays mandolin, banjo and guitar, the other band members play more guitars, double bass, drums and fiddle. All songs are sung in French, including well known songs like the Folsom Prison
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“When you start a band, this is all you really ever wanted to do – play Austin City Limits”- Chris Thile From Wikipedia: Austin City Limits (often abbreviated as ACL) is an American public television music program recorded live in Austin, Texas by Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Public television member station KLRU, and broadcast on
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Tumblr is a great way to collect and present pictures and links to interesting videos and other sites. Here is my tumblr archive for September 2012 – click to pictures to open the complete post in a seperate window: http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/archive/2012/9 My tumblr site – just scroll down to view: http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/ One topic for me was
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The Kisarazu High School Mandolin Club has given the 43rd regular concert in April 2012 in Kimitsu. I have found several youtube videos of this concert. One of my favorites is the following – Dance Suite Nr. 2 Another interesting videos shows each instrumental goup of the orchestra with a piece by this instrumental group
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my postcard collection about mandolin guitar and other instruments
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Simone Salvetti (1870 – 1932) was an Italian composer, conductor and musician. He has composed more than 100 pieces for mandolin and guitar, two mandolins and guitar, mandolin quartet or mandolin orchestra. In 2010 Ugo Orlando and Claudio Mandonico have organized the recording of a double-CD with works by Simone Salvetti. The booklet of this
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