Concertina band weekend at Hawkwood

[concertinaband]

Hi

 

I have just put a recording of Rhosymedre on Youtube. This was taken during the annual residential concertina band weekend at Hawkwood college in Stroud, Gloucestershire.

Please note that although the venue and many of the players are the same, this is NOT the band that recorded the CD 'Marches and Tunes'.

Hope you enjoy it.

Pete

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAylfbi22h8

[bandstand]

Hi

 

I have just put a recording of Rhosymedre on Youtube. This was taken during the annual residential concertina band weekend at Hawkwood college in Stroud, Gloucestershire.

Please note that although the venue and many of the players are the same, this is NOT the band that recorded the CD 'Marches and Tunes'.

Hope you enjoy it.

Pete

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAylfbi22h8

[bandstand]

Rhosymedre is a Welsh Hymn tune, transformed into a lovely Organ Prelude by Ralph Vaughan Williams. It works beautifully as a concertina band piece. We really enjoyed it last January at Hawkwood. 36 people used English-system concertinas (trebles, tenor-trebles, baritones, basses) and one musician played Anglo concertina. This track is a single unedited take using just one microphone. You will realise how helpful and clear our conductor is. You will enjoy the visuals too!

 

Bandstand.