Some days ago I have made a new video with one movement from the Partita II in G major by Georg Philipp Telemann. I have played this Partita for many years now, and every now and then I have liked to play the movements from this Partita on the mandolin. The key of G major …
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Last year was the 250th year after the death of Georg Friedrich Händel, and so Händels music was present in the media. Händels music can also be played on plucked instruments, here I have collected some interesting examples: Suite by Händel played by the Mandolin Orchestra Het CONSORT Evan J. Marshall, Solo Mandolin: Handel’s Pastorale …
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The Capella Aquisgrana is an ensemble based in Aachen, Germany that plays the music from the 14th until the 18th century on historical plucked instruments. The basic ensemble is composed of the instruments of the lute and guitar family – baroque mandolin, baroque guitar and mandolone – and is completed by other instruments like the …
The La Volta ensemble has been around for more than 25 years. A concert for the 25st anniversary was given in 2009, and the videos of this concerts are now available on youtube. On the homepage of the ensemble you can find the following text: LA VOLTA, ein Ensemble der Musikschule Reinach/Basel-Land (CH), besteht aus …
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