Last year was the 250th year after the death of Georg Friedrich Händel, and so Händels music was present in the media. Händels music can also be played on plucked instruments, here I have collected some interesting examples: Suite by Händel played by the Mandolin Orchestra Het CONSORT Evan J. Marshall, Solo Mandolin: Handel’s Pastorale […]
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The Capella Aquisgrana is an ensemble based in Aachen, Germany that plays the music from the 14th until the 18th century on historical plucked instruments. The basic ensemble is composed of the instruments of the lute and guitar family – baroque mandolin, baroque guitar and mandolone – and is completed by other instruments like the
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The latest podcast from Radio Canada Live is a recording frm a concert given by the Canadia singer/songwriter duo Madison Violet in the Hugh’s Room in Toronto. Madison Violet has just released their Album No Fool. And they were named ‘Vocal Group of the Year’ at the Canadian Folk Music Awards. They also just won
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In my last post I wrote about the German panflute virtuoso Ulrich Herkenhoff. Unfortunately I did not find a video with panflute and guitar or mandolin by Ulrich Herkenhoff, but I found the videos of the Duo Verso from the Netherlands. This is a text from the homepage of the Duo verso: Verso was formed
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Ulrich Herkenhoff is one of the most important virtuoso on the panflute in Germany. On his website http://www.art-of-pan.de/ you can read about his most important successes: Through his interpretation of classical music Ulrich Herkenhoff has inspired several contemporary composers to write music for the panflute. In 1992 he was awarded the Munich “Förderpreis des Gasteig
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Some days ago the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix has opened. This museum shows musical instruments from almost all countries of the world. I have first heard about this museum from a newspaper article in the New York Times which includes some fotos and a slide show with some instruments from the museum: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/arts/design/24museum.html Although
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A great singer, a great song, and also a great guitar player. The Nat King Cole Trio with Oscar Moore on the guitar – enjoy this great video! Nat king cole, Nature Boy Merken
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I am just listening to examples from a site dedicated to American Oldtime Music: ROOTS OF AMERICAN FIDDLE MUSIC – Old Time Music Recordings, Photos, And Information http://www.1001tunes.com/ On this homepage you can read: Early recorded country music of the 1920’s and 1930’s, particulary of the southeastern states, is what is commonly referred to as
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Here are my latest youtube Videos: I Skovens Dybe Stille Ro – Classical Guitar Solo Guitar Arrangement of a Danish Folk Song: Ragtime Medley – Mandolin Solo Sérénade de Mandolines – Mandolin Serenade Hallo Sommer / Hello Summer – Ukulele Solo Thanks for watching and subscribing to my youtube channel!
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Renato Carosone was a famous Italian singer. The first song that I heard was Tu Vuo’ Fa’ L’Americano – a typical boogie woogie song of the 50s. In this song Raf Montrasio played a fantastic American style mandolin solo on a typical Italian bowlback mandolin. Renato Carosone (3 January 1920 – 20 May 2001) was
