Videos

[SteveS]

A couple of videos from Vox Convento - not sure if these have been listed here before

 

http://vimeo.com/109359152

 

http://vimeo.com/109358226

 

 

 

 

[Geoff Wooff]

Thanks for linking these videos Steve...

 

Very enjoyable sounds of the Baritone/Treble Aeola .... !!

[SteveS]

Hi Michael

 

You mention that the New Model in the video was played in a concertina in Bury prior to WW1 - do you know which concertina band it was?

 

I'm a bit of fan of New Model concertinas.

 

Steve

[Geoff Wooff]

Nice playing Michael !

 

Looking at your videos I note a preference for playing more than one note at a time, a chordal accompaniment with melody style which, of course, suits the larger instruments like the Baritone -Treble. The lack of available wind in the smaller instruments calls for carefull planning but even with the best of attention to bellows management there comes a point where the small resevoir can stifle artistic intent... not that I am saying your playing does that at all, but in the videos on the B/T there is an air of comfort and capacity which the instrument gives you.

 

The extra effort needed to play these larger models can appear to be significant when changing from a normal Treble but one does get used to it .

 

Just saying that your videos do show the value of the larger instrument for this style of playing

 

Seasons greetings.

Geoff.

[Loikroh]

Lovely stuff. Such a rich, full tone.

[Wolf Molkentin]

I agree!

[Wolf Molkentin]

Michael, couldn't get the second hymn out of my head. A quick online research showed another, simpler version followed by a chorus. Hard to make up which one I'd like better, will include the song in my repertoire in any event!

 

If I would chose your version of the melody I wouldn't need dots, but I wonder whether you might be able to provide some information regarding your source, or own choice, or whatever relevant. Besides, lovely chording there!

 

Thank you in advance - Wolf

[gloscon]

Hi Wolf

 

The tune Michael uses is commonly called Randolph. By Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958). To words by a Washington Minister, Rev.Tomer.

 

The tune is in "The English Hymnal" published by Oxford University Press.

 

Hope this is useful.

 

Les

[Wolf Molkentin]

Hi Les,

 

this is exactly the information I'd been asking for - thanks a lot for providing it!

 

Seasonal greetings - Wolf

[Jody Kruskal]

Delightful playing on such a rich instrument. A pleasure to hear.

[Wolf Molkentin]

As I just had found another tune instead of ""Randolph" I learned that Tomer version (however more or less skipping his choral setting), played on my (one and only) treble (wiht low F):

 

God We With You Till We Meet Again

 

Michael, I'm hoping you might recognize bits of your arrangement (albeit of the different setting) in my version - in any event thanks a lot for pointing me to the "hymn" thing! WIll give the Vaughan Williams version a try later on,..

 

Season's Greatings - Wolf