Anglo Enthusiast
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I was in my studio exploring concertina fingerings and called to my wife who was sitting on the couch in the next room doing her nightly sudoko , “Which is more f-cked up, doing sudoko or finding alternative fingers on the concertina?”. Without hesitation she answered , “alternative fingerings on the concertina!”.
For over a half a century I have been exploring the intricacies of this instrument and now, at seventy-five, feel the urge to pass on my insights. I have had the pleasure of advising Andy Western over the last two years as he meticulously studied my second book and seen him develop into a marvelous player with a wide musical range from Quebec harmonies to Bach counterpoint.
Serious players of the anglo concertina in the UK who would be interested in some instruction can contact me at bertramlevymusic@gmail.com I will be performing with my daughter between February 7 and 18, 2017 in the UK and possibly be available for some private or semi private lessons. With a frequency of thirty years (since my last tour of the UK ), I consider this to be a very rare opportunity.
“You don't want to miss a chance to learn from this man - he is legendary on our side of the pond.”
Ken Cole concertina.net 30 August 2016
I'm only just now seeing this thread. Thanks for the kind words with regards to my development over the past few years, Bertram. It has been an honor and a pleasure to be able to work from your advanced tutor and then interact directly by skype. Whatever I have gained as a musician, I owe directly and overwhelmingly to the combination of your book (which, sadly, has never been understood or heralded, as far as I can discern, as the indispensable paradigm shifting game changer it truly is) and the skype correspondence.
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A year or so ago, I was driving through West Virginia, listening to classical music on the radio, when I heard a recording of a lute playing a very familiar tune over and over. I couldn't think where I knew the tune from, until I realized it was the ganglat linked above (which I learned from Dave Kaynor at Ashokan 30 years ago).
Mark Gilston, the great English system concertinist, does a splendid rendition of the tune. Are you familiar with his Swedish album "Troll Road?" It's a masterpiece (though, curiously, the gardeby ganglat is not featured therein). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq2KBrXprZ4
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A year or so ago, I was driving through West Virginia, listening to classical music on the radio, when I heard a recording of a lute playing a very familiar tune over and over. I couldn't think where I knew the tune from, until I realized it was the ganglat linked above (which I learned from Dave Kaynor at Ashokan 30 years ago).
A great little tune, isn't it? You're very fortunate to have learned it from David Kaynor; a first-rate musician and excellent source.
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Very nice and I'm right down the road. We should get in contact.
Thanks. Are you really? I'd love to get together. I'm in Minneapolis (over by the Convention Center and the Electric Fetus). Feel free to drop me a line either through the message function here or via email (awestern@hotmail.com) or even on farcebook if you are so inclined (my name there and in the good old-fashioned real life is Andy Western) and perhaps we can carve out some time and space for a rendezvous in near future.
Andy
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Very nicely done! I look forward to the D minor Chaconne
Remember Juliette Daum? She hasn't posted here in several years, but here's her Bach D minor Chaconne on English Concertina.
This is absolutely stunning. Thanks so much for sharing.
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Very enjoyable!
Thank ye!
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My contribution to the newly broken-out Bach-mania:
another Bourrée, this one from Partita in A minor for solo flute, BWV 1013
Not to my full content, as usual, will improve on it - hope some will enjoy it as is anyway.
Best wishes for 2016 - Wolf
The mania continues!!!!!!!!! Well done, Wolf! A worthy addition to the community squeeze Bachs.
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I actually posted this as a reply to Anglo Enthusiasts super post and then realized that maybe people wouldn't find it - so here it is as a separate post. (Is that a sentence....)
Bouree from Cello Suite 3 - Bach. played here on 60 key Baritone/treble Aeola
https://soundcloud.com/mart-bradley/bach-cello-suite-no3
Happy new year
Mart
Your marvelous Bach rendition definitely deserves its own thread, Mart! SUPERLATIVE!
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Very nicely done! I look forward to the D minor Chaconne
Thanks, Stuart. The D minor Chaconne will have to wait until I've managed to obtain an instrument with more than 30 buttons. Confined to 30 buttons, there are simply far too many instances where one runs into harmonizing notes that are only to be found in mutually exclusive bellows directions to the melodic notes, I'm afraid...
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The concluding gigue from Bach's C major cello suite (transposed up an octave to fit the range of my instrument) performed on 30 button C/G anglo concertina. https://soundcloud.com/andy-western/bach-c-major-gigue-1/comment-261162892
Great stuff. As mentioned above, I'm sure too that Bach would have written for EC if it had been around. Great fun to play his stuff but does take some learning. Here is one of the Cello Suite bourees I recorded on the Baritone/Treble. It was a challenge mainly because I find the B/T takes so much more effort to control than the treble - actually quite hard work!
cheers and Happy new year to all
https://soundcloud.com/mart-bradley/bach-cello-suite-no3
Excellent rendition of the Bach, indeed! I discovered you on soundcloud the other day and have been enjoying your content. Your Handel is also splendid.
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That is very impressive; well played!
A few years ago I found a transcription for violin of all the solo cello suites and have recently got round to playing pieces on the baritone EC. Because of the complexities and scope of the music, I reckon there's enough material there to keep me engrossed for many years to come!
Any recordings of Bach on the baritone EC yet, John? I'd be interested to hear...
I'm working towards it, but don't hold your breath!
My wife used to play cello and it has taken a while for her to tolerate my practicing of, what to her, is almost sacred music. Hence, in part, the delay since acquiring the notation in getting down to working on the suites.
As for the transposition David: yes, all the suites are a fifth higher. So the first suite, with its very well known and frequently played prelude, is in D major rather than G.
I'm sure J S would have composed for EC if it had been available to him - well, that's what I tell my wife anyway!
I'm with you, David! I don't think Bach ever considered his compositions to be sacred in the sense that they had to remain confined to the original instrument they were composed for or the original key they were composed IN. You see him transposing a single piece of music time and again to suit various instruments and ensembles. Just look at the ground the celebrated opening movement of his E major violin partita (or is it sonata? I always get the sonatas and partitas confused) ended up covering. Pretty dazzling when you stop to think of it...
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Really enjoyed it..........thanks for sharing.
Robin
Thanks, Robin.
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That is very impressive; well played!
A few years ago I found a transcription for violin of all the solo cello suites and have recently got round to playing pieces on the baritone EC. Because of the complexities and scope of the music, I reckon there's enough material there to keep me engrossed for many years to come!
Any recordings of Bach on the baritone EC yet, John? I'd be interested to hear...
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That is very impressive; well played!
A few years ago I found a transcription for violin of all the solo cello suites and have recently got round to playing pieces on the baritone EC. Because of the complexities and scope of the music, I reckon there's enough material there to keep me engrossed for many years to come!
Thanks, John. Yes, I imagine that should keep you occupied for awhile!
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I can tell you from experience it's not an easy thing to play on the cello. It can't be much easier on the concertina. Congratulations.
Thanks, David. Plenty more Bach to come...
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The concluding gigue from Bach's C major cello suite (transposed up an octave to fit the range of my instrument) performed on 30 button C/G anglo concertina. https://soundcloud.com/andy-western/bach-c-major-gigue-1/comment-261162892
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Door knockers? My philosophy on doors is: "don't knock 'em 'til you've tried 'em."
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Hello,
I don't know many other concertina players, and those I do know play different kinds of music on the concertina than I do. So I can't realy compare my playing. Therefore I decided to make a recording, put it onto Youtube and invite you to comment on it.
Maybe you could refer me to players who play in a similar style?(
is an original recording from 1913.)I, too, am an anglo player (30 buttons) who plays in different modes and traditions not normally associated with the instrument and I love this unique style you've carved out for yourself (I went ahead and listened to all your concertina uploads; they're all marvelous). Your style reminds me of much of the concertina playing I've encountered in maritime, or nautical settings. The Smithsonian Folkways label, for one, has released a decent number of such anthologies to furnish you with some terrific examples.
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What's this about Ab/eb Lincol/nb's concertinas?
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Will Nesi be doing workshops on how to be a mythical creature?
Well, there's a lake, so why not?
Well alright; SIGN ME UP!!!
Some leftover holiday cheer to start off the new year
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