Irene S.
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Josefins Dopvals was the first tune I heard played on a Maccann Duet concertina back in 2007. The player was Ralph Jordan,who was sitting on my sofa at the time just before we started rehearsing for a show that we were getting under way. I had no idea what a duet concertina was at that point...and received a long lecture and demonstration.I was eventually offered a loan of his spare Maccann. The tune was one that he was very fond of. He played it in the key that it was written in, and played in by Vasen,something which most people don't (including Iris),and was insistent that it should be played in F as it took on a different flavour in G!! He included it as one of the tracks on his CD "Eloise" ....and it's still one of my favourite tunes.
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I'm sure he'd have given it a try Geoff, if he thought it was musically worth doing!
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Mike Norris played a track from Ralph Jordan's CD "Eloise" on his weekly DAB radio/streamed radio programme on 15 September. The full two hour broadcast will be available on the English Folk Dance and Song Society's website for a week, and can be accessed at http://www.efdss.org/listen
The track is "Roses for the Lady", Ralphie's arrangement of Oliver Schroer's tune by that name. It can be found at around 1 hour and 9 minutes into the programme. In case anybody should wonder who is providing the backing - the answer is that Ralphie multitracked himself and is playing all of the instruments in question. (He was an equally talented bouzouki and guitar player, and also a keyboard player ... although never all at the same time!) -
Thanks Ken. Have been trying to find out how to resize photos in Windows. The size allowed seems to be a lot smaller than might be expected these days with digital photography and higher resolution pictures now possible. I'll keep trying .
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Thanks Ken. Have been trying to find out how to resize photos in Windows. The size allowed seems to be a lot smaller than might be expected these days with digital photography and higher resolution pictures now possible. I'll keep trying .
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At one point I had, for some reason, two memberships on Cnet, and at my request these were helpfully merged. However, with the merger I lost both my avatar (tastefully designed by Lady de Temps aka Sarah Taplin) and my photograph. I have tried numerous times to reinstitute both, but with no luck. Every time I have tried putting a photograph up I have received the message that it is too big, and no matter how much I have cropped and fiddled with the thing I do not seem to be able to get it to the requisite size to enter anything up.
Additionally, although the help feature gives instructions on how to put an avatar up, I have not been able to find anything that equates to them on the set up now in existence. Are these outdated instructions ... or am I just being a dimwit (quite possible) ? I really would like to get my avatar back up there again.
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On towards a further degree I believe Jody!
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Sad that I can't come this year after all, but hope that I can do in 2015. Hope everyone has a really good weekend x
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Wayman - hear hear! I have the two previous compilations, despite being neither an Anglo nor an English player, and both were revelations, and in themselves were also inspirational for a putative Duet player. :-)
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Ralphie Jordan played his for dance music in more than one band, with a good degree of punchiness as far as my ears were concerned. I suspect a lot is dependent on the player and the style ... and that is one thing about duet players ... their styles are all very different, and mainly, as I understand it because in more recent years they have mostly had to teach themselves in isolation with the obvious variation that that gives rise to.
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Hi there,
since I'm not familiar with the history and the whereabouts of the projects, the following may or may not be helpful; apologies in advance if it isn't.................................. if the crucial factor here is cost, there may be other ways around the hurdles.
Ruediger ... Duet International was intended and heralded as the third in a series of compilations. Anglo International and English International were previously, and I believe successfully, marketed and released, and I think are still available for purchase and still selling. Experience in production and marketing already exists, so I suspect that this is very unlikely to be the reason for delays. (By the way, although I am personally a member of the ICA myself, the membership levels are so low in comparison to the numbers of players of all systems around that I can't see them as being a particularly useful tool for the purposes you suggest . That'll be me drummed out of the Brownies then!!
)By the way, I find it strange that,although I posted originally with a query as to what had happened, and more specifically, wondering if anyone else was, like me, still waiting patiently for the CDs to be released, I find it mildly amusing that the posts are split between those indicating that they too are keen to see it, and those offering advice on how to go about it - a different thing altogether! I suspect that the originators of the earlier two compilations know their stuff, and understand the economics and mechanics of the whole thing pretty well, being in that business already.
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Since he put in a recording himself I know he'd be interested?
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This may be a topic which will cause Al Day a bit of a headache, but it occurs to me that it is now several years since he started following leads, obtaining recordings and encouraging various duet concertina players to make recordings for the mooted compilation which was supposed to follow English International and Anglo International. I personally enjoyed both of the previous compilations, but as someone who had only fairly recently then taken up a Maccann duet concertina at the urging of my late friend , Ralph Jordan (himself, of course, a leading exponent in the UK of the Maccann) I was eagerly anticipating the eventual release of the next one in the series, as I know Ralph himself was. Sadly as he passed away in January it's something he will not now hear, although he made his own recordings for it (versions which I believe from what I recall were not the same as those which he finished up with on his own CD Eloise).
I know that many other fellow duet players (and others) were expressing great enthuasiasm for the promised compilation, and I am pretty sure that that enthusiasm is unlikely to have waned . I personally would like to hear the recordings of those like Maccann himself, Alexander Prince, more modern players such as Iris Bishop, Pam Bishop, Ralphie himself, Gavin Atkin, just to rake up the names of those that I know best ... and am aware that many others of different vintages and nationalities had been obtained.
So, what has happened to the recordings, and when can we expect to see the promised release? Everything seems to have gone very silent on the topic for some time now. Lately I have noticed more postings from duet players, and new entrants into the world of the duet concertina, so I am sure that the interest is still likely to be out there.
Am I the only one sitting here and still wistfully hoping to hear those recordings? My money is ready and has been for some time. -
I should have mentioned that there will be a charity collection in support of the Musicians Union Benevolent Fund as well.
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As the interim taster programme for Sidmouth Folk Week has now come out, it occurred to me that some members of this board ,who might otherwise not find out, might want to know that a Tribute Concert for Ralph Jordan, Maccann duet player,multi-instrumentalist, accompanist,sound engineer and banterer of the highest order, who passed away in January of this year, has been arranged. It will take place on the Thursday evening during Folk Week (ie on August 7th) at 8pm in the Manor Pavilion theatre. Participants celebrating Ralphie (who I suspect would be utterly bemused, but equally flattered by the idea of a concert in his honour) will be a number of people that he worked and performed with over the years (Crows, Colin Thompson from Eric, Housewives' Choice, John Dipper and James Patterson, the Fraser Sisters, Tom and Barbara Brown, Irene Shettle and the No Ronnies (Dan Quinn, and Matt Quinn deputising for Ralphie). I've no doubt that there will be some reminiscing going on as well as music
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Tickets are on sale now, and are available through the Sidmouth Festival Box Office
http://sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk/uploads/PDFs/SIDMOUTH%20Taster%20Prog%20med-res.pdf -
Have just been checking,and see that the track is on one of two CD compilations of music by Regondi... The Great Regondi Vols 1 and 2. It can be listened to on Spotify,and still available to buy.
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Dammit! I never got to make a single move! Caught up with fraught connectivity problems having got sidetracked on the Post Office underground. Sigh...
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Try duet duets then! I did one or two of those!
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It was sung by Constance Bennett in the film in 1939. If I could work out how to provide the link on this tablet I would. Search for the name of the song and Moulin Rouge on YouTube. It's worth it for the dancers and,even more, the paper concertinas!
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Dots and lyrics are still available for purchase for Boulevard of Broken Dreams. The song featured in the film Moulin Rouge,a great old black and white film. The tune was written by Harry Warren,and the song has been recorded by many, including Tony Bennett,Diana Krall and far more recently by,guess who, Jody Kruskal. It's one I started learning to sing after hearing Jody performing it in Bishops Stortford a few years ago...still not got it sorted yet as other stuff got in the way. I've never come across it described as jazz before. Torch song maybe.
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As the second of the two photographs she posted was of a younger Ralphie,and was ascribed to her,and she described him as a friend I think it's very safe to say they met!
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I have a translation of it provided by Ralphie's fine Kurt Thulin if you'd like it Chris.
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Jim,you may have the wrong edition of the programme. Ralphie's two tracks are at the very beginning of the programme,and yes Ceemonster,they are both on the Eloise CD. I found the process of Googling Dead Man Walking,the title of the programme, and Sverige Radio threw up a direct link if it helps. Sorry I. Can't do the real thing but I'm struggling with a tablet here.
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The part with Ralphie is at the very beginning.
Tune Of The Month For October, 2014: Crested Hens
in Tune of the Month
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"But this tune was originally a bouree and often played as a mazurka; On the Anglo International CD, Nigel Chippendale paired the tune - here simply called Mazurka - with Petit Valse, both played as lively dance tunes. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find any dance versions of the tune on YouTube."
It should probably be pointed out that Nigel's surname was correctly spelled "Chippindale". The spelling on the sleeve notes for Anglo International was unfortunately incorrect. But also, although Nigel IS on the track, he is not actually playing the tune. I had wondered why this month's tune sounded familiar to me, and couldn't think why. The concertina player on the track is actually Ralph Jordan, who was playing a 58 key Maccann duet. (Long story, but due to a misunderstanding the wrong track got supplied when Al Day was hunting for stuff from Nigel. It was only after Anglo International came out that Ralph realised the error - and didn't want to upset anyone by mentioning it. Now he is no longer with us, I reckon it is safe to bring it up.)