bluegrass
John Reischman has published his new CD “New Time & Old Acoustic” recently.
John Reischman has always impressed me with his soft and clear sound. On his new album John has compiled a set of new original compositions together with covers of traditional tunes.
Youtube playlist:
You can also listen to the CD and buy the CD or a digital download at bandcamp.com.
John Reischman gave an interview to the Mandolin Cafe
concert
The German Bundesjugendzupforchester – The Youth Mandolin Orchestra of Germany – had it’s third meeting in August 2021. The Bundesjugenzupforchester was founded in 2019 by three young mandolin players from Germany: Laura Engelmann, Charlotte Kaiser und Clara Weise
The orchestra is composed of the best young mandolin, mandola and guitar players in Germany. The orchestra is conduced by Lisa Hummel. After several days of hard work the orchestra played two concerts, the second concert was also streamed live at youtube and is available as a video on the youtube channel of the Bundesjugendzupforchester:
In the youtube channel you can as well find videos of the performances of the first two years.
The Program – Das Konzertprogramm 2021
The program of this year was dedicated to female composers, with the exception of the mandolin concerto by Daigo Marumoto. I have taken some screenshots from the performance video to illustrate my post.
Maria Anna Martinez (1744 – 1812)
Continuo: Sophie Schlaubitz
Sinfonie in C-Dur
1. Allegro con spirito
2. Andante ma non troppo
3. Allegro spirituoso
Freya Arde (* 1988)
Restlessness
Daigo Marumoto (* 1979)
Mandolin Concerto
Solistin: Kerstin Draken (Sonderpreis Bundeswettbewerb Jugend musiziert 2021)
Kerstin Draken was awarded a special prize – the invitation to the Bundesjugendzupforchester and the performance of the mandolin concerto by Daigo Marumoto – for the best performance at the 2021 competition Jugend musiziert.
Clara Schumann (1819 – 1886)
Bearbeitung: Lisa Hummel
Drei Fugen über Themen von J. S. Bach
1. Fuge Es – Dur
2. Fuge E – Dur
3. Fuge g – Moll
Miwa Naito (* 1964)
Okinawa – Suite
Tagelied Matsuri
Lullaby for Momo
Louise Farrenc (1804 – 1875)
Bearbeitung: Christopher Grafschmidt
Symphonie Nr. 1 op. 32
Andante sostenuto – Allegro
concert
Marijke and Michiel Wiesenekker have given a concert in Luxemburg. The concert has been filmed and is available from the website amcis.lu or directly at vimeo.
Short videos from the concert are also available at youtube.
composer
Davide Pancetti is a mandolin player, musicologist and composer from Modena in Italy. On his website you can find free sheet music and recordings of his compositions.
In his youtube channel you can find videos of his compositions, of important works by other composers and also tutorials for mandolin and guitar.
In the following video you can hear a live recording of Rêverie I by Davide Pancetti.
In his latest video Davide Pancetti plays his Fantsia on “Howl’s Moving Castle”:
Davide Pancetti has also recorded a number of interesting compositions for the mandolin like the following mazurka “Fata Bruna” by Giuseppe Sgallari for mandolin and guitar.
The Japanese mandolin player Kozo Onishi has played the compositions by Davide Pancetti and has published his videos.
1:24 Serenata a Primavera 春のセレナータ
5:15 Mazurka マズルカ
9:50 Fantasia Napoletana ナポリ風幻想曲
17:45 La linea dei monti 山の稜線
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