{"id":8690,"date":"2018-06-06T16:03:29","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T14:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=8690"},"modified":"2018-06-06T16:03:29","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T14:03:29","slug":"nigel-woodhouse-presents-the-mandolin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=8690","title":{"rendered":"Nigel Woodhouse presents the Mandolin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have recently discovered this great video produced by the <strong>Philharmonia Orchestra from London<\/strong> (UK) with <strong>Nigel Woodhouse<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Nigel Woodhouse is a guitarist who does also play the mandolin, the banjo and other fretted instruments.<\/p>\n<p>Nigel plays a Neapolitan (or Roman) mandolin based on a mandolin by Luigi Embergher and made for Nigel in 1993 by Japanese maker Yoshihiko Takusari. He also plays an A-style mandolin built by Mike Vanden. You can find some pictures of the two mandolins on Nigel&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<p>Nigel presents examples by Mozart, Mahler, Webern, Strawinsky, Prokofiev, Respighi and other important composers who used the mandolin in a symphony orchestra. He also shows the most important features and playing techniques of the mandolin.<\/p>\n<h4>Nigel Woodhouse &#8211; The Mandolin<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>In this film, Nigel Woodhouse introduces the mandolin. The mandolin has been used by many composers across the centuries to give special colour to the orchestra, often evoking folk music.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Instrument: Mandolin\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HYa9qdtxevg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4>Additional information<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/PhilharmoniaLondon\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">youtube channel of the Philharmonia Orchestra London (UK)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nigelwoodhouse.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website Nigel Woodhouse<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-668554486\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nigel Woodhouse on Soundcloud<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.philharmonia.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website Philharmonia Orchestra London<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have recently discovered this great video produced by the Philharmonia Orchestra from London (UK) with Nigel Woodhouse. Nigel Woodhouse is a guitarist who does also play the mandolin, the banjo and other fretted instruments. Nigel plays a Neapolitan (or Roman) mandolin based on a mandolin by Luigi Embergher and made for Nigel in 1993 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