Some time ago I have found an announcement for a concert with the Duo Lydia and Bettina. I had previously heard about this duo with mandolin and guitar, and so I searched for information about Lydia and Bettina. This is how the duo presents itself on their website: Wir sind Lydia Rombach und Bettina Lehmann. […]
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Variations on “La Fustemberg” by Antoine Riggieri, played by Carlo Aonzo, Kozo Onishi, Mona Huang and Ugo Orlandi. A modern edition of this work has been published by the publishing company Grenzland Verlag KM-2018 Antonio Riggieri (um 1780) “La Fustemberg” Variationen Einrichtung: Marga Wilden-Hüsgen. Ein reizvolles Werk des Meisters des klassi- schen Mandolinenspiels. Geeignet f.
Playlist River of the West Mandolin Camp, Corbett Oregon, June 11 2011. A set of videos from the faculty concert of the West Mandolin Camp in Orgeon in 2011 – with Carlo Aonzo, Don Stiernberg, Brian Oberlin and Peter Ostroushko: Website Brian Oberlin
In my sheet music archive I have an edition of Clayton’s Grand March by Charles Dupee Blake (Sep. 13, 1847 — Nov. 23, 1903), arranged for mandolin orchestra by F. Kollmaneck. Als the copyright of this sheet music has expired I have made a scan of the sheet music – check the free download link
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Erik Mongrain has developed a technique to perfection which is known as Air Tap. For playing this Air Tap technique the guitar is not played in the normal position but is laid flat in front of the the player and is played simultaneously by both hands. The left hand produces the tones by hammering down
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Hoist the Colors has made three videos available at youtube that have been filmed during an acoustic session on 107.5 KPIG. In their songs you can find A Blend of Punk Rock, Traditional Irish Music, Americana, and Bluegrass. I like their style very much. I have compiled the three videos and other videos in the
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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Yesterday I have found an article about the group MANdolinMAN, a mandolin quartet from Belgium in the German Wasser-Prawda blog, which presented their second CD with Brazilian music: MANdolinMAN – Plays Bossa Nova I was very curious and searched for the website of this group, where I have found previews of the new CD as
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Chris Thile has just released his new CD with the first part of the Sonatas and Partitas by Johann Sebastian Bach. I have not bought the CD yet, but I have found many new videos with Chris Thile playing pieces from this CD. Recordings of the Presto from the Sonata No. 1 in G minor
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David Grisman has created his own style of music called Dawg-Music. In this style he has combined elements of swing and bluegrass. Many pieces composed by David Grisman contain the word “Dawg” in its name, like the two compositions Dawgmatism and Dawgma. Both pieces are based on the same harmonies and have almost the same
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