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Menuet BWV Anh 114

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cze3gq_Ptk

This is one of the movements where a mandolin can actually outperform a cello. There are several places where the melody note is played, followed a beat later by all the other harmonies of the chord....

I felt like I went through a big growing phase practicing for this song. Sort of like computer processor manufacturers go through a tick-tock innovation process, I had a bit of a "tick" this song: my...

Here is the video...


https://youtu.be/Ph5aaNaCOJs

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This Minuet from “Don Giovanni” (“Don Juan”) K 527 by Mozart has words in Estonian, written by the Estonian poetess Anna Haava (1864-1957): “Suur kontsert algab koidu aal” (Big concerto at the dawn...

While there are some Beethoven sonatas that I could conceive of making a solo mandolin arrangement of (I've been toying around with the last movement of the Pathetique for a while now), I don't think...

I have just made a new recording of this lovely sarabande, this time with video and without the additional mandolin harmonies -- just a duet of mandolin and tenor guitar. It's a lot of fun to play!...

The Seattle Mandolin Orchestra jumps on the virtual bandwagon with this version of "Yes Yes Honey" by Lennie Niehaus, arranged for mandolin orchestra by our own Tom Hudon. Our friends in Alaska and...

Corelli's Maggot

During the current lockdown, I've been revisiting a number of the tunes I recorded some years ago and which I have continued playing since then. As I'm a big fan of David's...

A Trip To Paris (Walsh, 1711) - 0:00
Portsmouth (Playford, 1701) - 1:30

This is a set of two early 18th century English country dances, "A Trip To Paris" published by John Walsh in 1711, and...

This is the famous Rondeau from Purcell's Abdelazer Suite, in an arrangement by Evelyn Tiffany-Castiglioni.

I'm playing the piece on a vintage Italian bowlback mandolin, with accompaniment on...

I am hoping that some of you might be willing to help build a list of favorite classical mandolin albums. If posters could add their two (or more) currently favorite albums when you post, a nice list...

I submit for your perusal, critiques, and perhaps even enjoyment, what I have so far in my 2020 new year’s resolution: to record the complete Bach Cello Suites on mandolin, publishing each next...

This is a swing version, so a little snap on 2. and 4. beat is helpful. Thank you!
https://youtu.be/SH6x3ZwKmGA

Toomas Rannu
Flat-backed mandolin, crafted by Viljar Kuusk in 2008 (Tallinn,...

I was talking to a band mate the other day. This is how our conversation went.

Did I tell you about my teacher?

Oh, yes many times. He's very famous. A world renowned performer and highly...

I was delighted to discover this morning that Carlo Aonzo has recently created a video where he demonstrates his approach to playing the Allemanda from Bach's D minor Partita no. 2 for solo violin.
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata "Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe", BWV 156
1. Sinfonia - Arioso

This is Bach's famous "Arioso", played on mandolin with piano accompaniment. This tune was written...

Here's a preview of my solo acoustic project, using my latest Buchanan 10-string.

https://soundcloud.com/twtunes/bach-gmaj-cello-suite-prelude

Home recorded via ProTools, Shure KSM32...

Sonatas and partitas for solo violin (BWV 1001–1006) by Bach is an exiting material to work on. The „Sei Solo a Violino senza Basso accompagnato“ (Six Solos for Violin Without Bass Accompaniment), as...

I got the permission to share the works of the artists. Three artists of the five finished their work and one lady drew her work on the basis of a video, taken by another: thats the reason why two...

Following on from my recent recording of the famous Bach/Marcello Adagio in D Minor (Link), here is another Bach mandolin/piano duet, just as melodic.

Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata in E-flat major...

Many beautiful songs and dances are put together in this wonderful semi-opera or masque “The Fairy Queen” by Henry Purcell (1692). I’d like to play them all.

I got at least one of them arranged...

This early 17th century madrigal is usually attributed to Stefano Landi (1587-1639), although this is considered unreliable. My recording on two mandolins, two mandocellos and tenor guitar is based...

Alessandro Marcello & J.S. Bach: Concerto in D Minor (S D935 / BWV 974)
2. Adagio

This is the Adagio movement from the Oboe Concerto in D Minor by Alessandro Marcello (1673-1747), which has...

We're back -- thanks to Scott and Dan for the hard work!

I posted this on the brief excursion into a parallel universe, and as it didn't make the return trip I'm reposting.

Alessandro Scarlatti...