I have found Fabrizio Furci in facebook, and in his facebook profile I have found 2 videos of the Orchestra a plettro Città di Codroipo. Codroipo is located in the North-East of Italy, close to Udine. This orchestra has been founded in 2005. It has a great homepage with information about the history of the […]
A concert with the mandolin orchestra “Orchestra a plettro Città di Codroipo” – Italy Read More »
I am working in my google map for mandolin orchestras in France and yesterday I have discovered some videos by the group named Mandolin’ Variation. The videos were made from the christmas concert in 2009. The first video that I have found was this: Gavotte by F. J. Gossec Mandolin’ Variation , gavotte de F.
✭ Mandolin’ Variation ✭ A Mandolin Ensemble from France ✭ Greek Melodies, Gossec, Calace Read More »
Op. 176 by Carlo Munier is the Adagio e Rondo. I have found a recording of this composition by a mandolin orchestra from Korea. This piece has been composed for mandolin quartet or mandolin orchstra, but there is also a version for two mandolins and piano: 20051119 Adagio e Rondo (C.Munier) Carlo Munier – Adagio
Munier ❁ Adagio e Rondo ❁ Op. 176 ❁ Soongsil University Mandolin Orchestra Read More »
I have recently discovered some great resources for the mandolin in Australia. Federation of Australasian Mandolin Ensembles http://www.fame.asn.au/ On the website of the Federation of Australasian Mandolin Ensembles you can find information about the mandolin orchestras in Australia. Most interesting is the FAME newsletter “Plucked Strings” which is published quartely. All the newsletters beginning with
Discover Some Great Mandolin Resources in Australia – Sheet Music and Photos Read More »
Enrico Marucelli (1877 – 1907) was a bass player, guitarist, mandolin player, conductor and successfull composer. He was born in Florence and played in the Reale Circolo Mandolinistico Regina Margherita where he met several other famous mandolin players like Bianchi, Graziani-Walter, Matini and Carlo Munier. During the 1890s he went to London as a popular
I have just discovered several great videos showing the German guitarist Siegfried Behrend and the German Plucked Strings Orchestra (Deutsches Zupforchester). In those videos you can see Takashi and Sylvia Ochi on the mandolin playing a concerto for two mandolins by Antonio Vivaldi, Takashi Ochi plays a part of a Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven.
The Russian Rag by Robert L. Cobb has been made popular in the Mandolin World by the recording made by Dave Apollon in the 30s. David Grisman has published the recordings by Dave Apollon in the 70s (The Man with the Mandolin). The transcription of the Russain Rag for mandolin has been published in the
LEVANTE Mandolin Orchestra 6th Concert in Morioka, JAPAN. 20th March 2011 The LEVANTE Mandolin Orchestra is located in the North-East of Japan. It has uploaded videos of the program of the last concert on March 20th 2011 in Morioka. The program of the 6th concert included the following pieces: ARSNOVA suite 1st mov. Lento espressivo,
The LEVANTE Mandolin Orchestra – 6th Concert in Morioka, JAPAN – Great Performance Read More »
Today I want to present the russion composer Reinhold Glière with some of his compositions played by Japanese mandolin orchestras. Reinhold Glière was a Russian composer who was also the teacher of Sergej Prokofiew. His sinfonic romantic music with influences from Russian folk music is obviously also very popular in Japan. This is the Intermezzo
In France there has been a very positive developement of the mandolin music during the last years. Like in Germany regional mandolin orchestras have been organized to improve the skills of the players of the local mandolin orchstras. In 2011 there was a workshop for a national mandolin orchestra with Florentino Calvo and Vincent Beer-Demander
The “Orchestre à Plectres du Sud-Ouest” conducted by Florentino Calvo Read More »
