{"id":9546,"date":"2020-12-02T09:26:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T07:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=9546"},"modified":"2020-12-09T12:56:51","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T10:56:51","slug":"marijke-und-michiel-wiesenekker-compilation-wouldnt-listen-2000-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=9546","title":{"rendered":"Marijke und Michiel Wiesenekker – Compilation – Wouldn\u2019t Listen 2000 ~ 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Marijke and Michiel Wiesenekker<\/strong> have sent me the following review of their compilation Wouldn\u2019t Listen 2000 ~ 2020<\/strong> by Rick Bella from the Oregon Mandolin Orchestra. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New album from Marijke and Michiel Wiesenekker<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Marijke Wiesenekker and her brother, Michiel, have released a compilation album that samples the
best of 20 years of recording together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wouldn\u2019t Listen 2000 ~ 2020 is Marijke and Michiel Wiesenekker\u2019s latest digitalrelease album, featuring a wide-ranging, 21-piece compilation of ear-tickling remakes and originals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The esteemed Dutch brother-sister duo now based in Wuppertal, Germany, has performed together for 21 years, deftly entwining Michiel\u2019s inventive guitar musings with Marijke\u2019s musical dance on mandolin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith this album, we celebrate the 20th jubilee of our duo,\u201d said Michiel. \u201cWe have made friends in the U.S.A., Japan, Germany, Italy, Austria, Russia, Finland and Spain, — all connected by the pleasures of making music. Now, it\u2019s time to look back and dress up some of our old favorites with new outfits. We hope you will enjoy the music.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Started young together<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Marijke and Michiel began playing music together as children growing up in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. They both studied at the Music Conservatory in Cologne, Germany, and later thrived in the dynamic music scene percolating in nearby Wuppertal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After playing together so long, there hardly is a genre of music the duo hasn\u2019t explored — and Wouldn\u2019t Listen touches on most of them. Marijke and Michiel feel at home playing pop and rock, bluegrass, folk, light jazz and classical, performing on a variety of electric and acoustic instruments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also sing, with Michiel doing a credible job on growling, American-born blues. On some pieces, Marijke adds sweet, clean harmonies over Michiel\u2019s baritone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A menu of good listening<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Wouldn\u2019t Listen 2000 ~ 2020 serves up a tantalizing mix that draws from earlier albums: Family Life (2020); Saevis Tranquillus in Undis (2016); Baumstrasse 14 (2013); May We Have This Dance (2010); Beresjiet (2008); The Inner Sound & Beyond (2004); and Wouldn\u2019t Listen, the Wiesenekkers\u2019 debut album of 2000:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u2022 CooCoo Bird (Traditional)
\u2022 Canyon (M. & P.A. & M.A. Wiesenekker)
\u2022 Romance (N. Paganini)
\u2022 Van Amsterdam Naar Wuppertal (M. & M.A. Wiesenekker)
\u2022 Blue Jazz (M. & M.A. Wiesenekker)
\u2022 Concerto in Do Maggiore rv 425 (A. Vivaldi)
\u2022 Di Saposjkelach (Traditional)
\u2022 Baby Blue (M. & P.A. & M.A. Wiesenekker)
\u2022 A Very, Very, Very Sad Song (M. & M.A. Wiesenekker)
\u2022 Valtzer Fantastico (E. Marucelli)
\u2022 Mexican Nights & De Witte Stier (M. & M.A. Wiesenekker)
\u2022 Shake Mama (M.A. Wiesenekker)
\u2022 Mokum (M. & M.A. Wiesenekker)
\u2022 Jewgrass (O. Waitze & M. & M.A. Wiesenekker)
\u2022 Desert Waltz (M. Wiesenekker)
\u2022 Mein s\u00fc\u00dfes Lieb (H. Heine, M. & M.A. Wiesenekker)
\u2022 Cordeleta (M. Wiesenekker)
\u2022 Beresjiet: dag 4 – zon, maan, sterren (M. Wiesenekker)
\u2022 Beresjiet: dag 5 – vissen & vogels (M. Wiesenekker)
\u2022 Hommagio a Giovanni Gioviale (M. & M.A. Wiesenekker)
\u2022 May We Have This Dance? (M. & M.A. Wiesenekker)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On three pieces, Marijke and Michiel are accompanied by musician-friends from Wuppertal \u2013 guitarist Christopher Esch, violinist Christopher Huber, cellist Cornelius Thiem and vocalist Hannah Morrison and the mandolin orchestra Sempre Praesens \u2013 including Maxim Lysov, Marijke\u2019s husband<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it is the enduring magic of the sibling duo that remains at the core of their sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPlaying with Marijke is really fun,\u201d Michiel said. \u201cThe idea of being one instrument easily comes to mind.\u201d
Samples of the pieces on Wouldn\u2019t Listen 2000 ~ 2020 can be heard here: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wouldn’t Listen 2000 – 2020<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Blue Jazz (M. und M.A. Wiesenekker )<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Valzer fantastico (E. Marucelli)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How to order<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Wouldn\u2019t Listen 2000 ~ 2020 is available exclusively through the Wiesenekkers.
Cost is \u20ac12.50 euros — about $14.80 US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To order, email Marijke at m.wiesenekker@t-online.de<\/a> and\/or Michiel at m.a.wiesenekker@t-online.de<\/a> with \u201cOrder: audio-compilation Wouldn\u2019t Listen\u201d in the subject line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buyers can pay through PayPal or IBAN. Further instructions will be sent after orders are received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rick Bella
Board Member\/Outreach
Oregon Mandolin Orchestra
Portland, Oregon
U.S.A.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Videos by Marijke and Michiel Wiesenekker are available on the youtube channel: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Youtube channel wiesenekkermusic.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Website Wiesenekker.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Van Amsterdam naar Wuppertal (Marijke & Michiel Wienekker)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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