Hi @Bratrecord, Thanks for listening and for your comment. You are exactly right about the Mandoloncello! Like the Mandoliola (Alto mandolin) and the Liuto cantabile, the Mandoloncello has been, and unfortunately still is, a neglected instrument of the mandolin family. With this and other videos I hope to raise the interest for studying and playing these fantastic instruments again. And hope is justified because more and more people start playing them again! Best greetings from Holland.
A truly sublime performance of the Sarabande, and an appropriately vivacious one of the Gigue. Bravo! (Not to mention the most astonishing feat of playing this piece on a much larger instrument than it was intended for!) Lovely left-hand ornaments, too...
oh yes! use of mandocello was truly left in oblivion, and it is a pity. This is one of the many assessment errors from our culture of plucked string orchestra performers aaahhhh!
Hi @Bratrecord,
Thanks for listening and for your comment. You are exactly right about the Mandoloncello! Like the Mandoliola (Alto mandolin) and the Liuto cantabile, the Mandoloncello has been, and unfortunately still is, a neglected instrument of the mandolin family. With this and other videos I hope to raise the interest for studying and playing these fantastic instruments again. And hope is justified because more and more people start playing them again!
Best greetings from Holland.
A truly sublime performance of the Sarabande, and an appropriately vivacious one of the Gigue. Bravo! (Not to mention the most astonishing feat of playing this piece on a much larger instrument than it was intended for!) Lovely left-hand ornaments, too...
oh yes! use of mandocello was truly left in oblivion, and it is a pity. This is one of the many assessment errors from our culture of plucked string orchestra performers
aaahhhh!