{"id":1544,"date":"2010-08-21T17:04:15","date_gmt":"2010-08-21T15:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=1544"},"modified":"2013-01-18T09:17:53","modified_gmt":"2013-01-18T07:17:53","slug":"peter-ostroushko-and-the-prairie-home-companion-beautiful-melodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=1544","title":{"rendered":"Peter Ostroushko and the Prairie Home Companion – Beautiful Melodies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peter Ostroushko is a mandolin player and composer – and he is one of my favorite mandolin players. So I am very happy that I have found a recent interview with Peter Ostroushko on the site of the Prairie Home Companion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Interview with Peter Ostroushko 2010 (Prairie Home Companion)<\/h2>\n

http:\/\/prairiehome.publicradio.org\/features\/interviews\/ostroushko_peter_2010\/<\/a><\/p>\n

In this interview Peter Ostroushko talks about his latest CD When the Last Morning Glory Blooms<\/strong>. Peter composed many of the pieces on this CD for the Prairie Home Companion, and sometimes played it just once for a show and almost forgot about those tunes – however because those tunes are really gems they have been requested again by listeners and so he decided to put them together on this CD.<\/p>\n

During the interview he said:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a collection of nine waltzes\u2019 and one ballad. Many of them were written for friends and\/or for performances on \u201cA Prairie Home Companion\u201d. Many of the pieces I never expected to play again once I composed them but I got so many comments from the listening public that I decided they were to good not to be available for every ones listening pleasure.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can listen to some of the tunes in live recordings from the PHC show and two videos in the interview. These are really beautiful mandolin pieces – I like them very much.<\/p>\n

Another similar tune is the following:<\/p>\n

Norman Blake & Peter Ostroushko – Marjorie’s Waltz Nr.3<\/h2>\n