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 | 1. Video: Ruth Rouw, Pauline Ulderink, Tom Edskes - Ionan Mandolinata (Victor Kioulaphides) (mp4, 17 Mb) - mpeg-version, 137 Mb - dial up stream, 7,9 Mb - just sound 9 Mb - dial up sound 3Mb - more video download options Video: Alex Timmerman. Files hosted by archive.org. - more sound download options The Ionian Mandolinata. Ruth Rouw, Pauline Ulderink on mandolin and Tom Edskes on guitar, three young pupils of the Dutch guitar and mandolin
teacher Alex Timmerman, perform Ionian folk music as adapted and arranged for
two mandolins and guitar by the Greek composer Victor Kioulaphides The Ionian
Mandolinata performed here is one of three anthologies of
Greek folk music. The other two are titled the Athenian- and Aegean Mandolinata. Each
of them forms an excellent set of pieces that can perfectly be used for
didactic purposes as well as for musical performances. |
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Besides the Mandolinatas, Kioulaphides composed several other compositions
for the instruments of the mandolin family like the Diferencias sobre Morenika, the
Idillio and El Malecón for solo mandolin, the Spanish Suite for mandola
and guitar and the Concerto per
orchestra a pizzico for
Mandolin Orchestra. This last
composition was dedicated to the Dutch Mandolin Chamber Orchestra ´HET
CONSORT’ of which the musicians recorded on this video, are among the youngest
members. Victor Kioulaphides was born in Athens, Greece, and moved to New
York in 1979 where he studied double bass and composition at The Juilliard
School and The Manhattan School of Music. Today he is a Member of ASCAP,
American Music Center, American Federation of Musicians and his compositions
are i.e. published by the Liben Music Publishers and the New York Classical
Guitar Society. Besides his busy activities as a classical double bass player
is a faculty member at the Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance. |
2. P.I. Tchaikovsky - Elegie (2,3 Mb) dial up version 1 Mb This is a piano piece that is arranged for mandoline and guitar by Alex Timmerman and played by four of his pupils at De Muzerie, Art Centre Zwolle, The Netherlands on promotion day may 15, 2004. It was one of the recordings I made that day. I'll never forget the way this recording took place. I just walked into Alex' teaching room with my camera and minidisc recorder to see if there was anything interesting going on. Alex greeted me, turned over to his pupils and said: "Look folks, this is Splogman and he's going to record this new piece for his website, now take it from the top." And so they did after I had laid the microphones on a chair in front of the players. The pictures underneath were taken while they were playing this. |
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