[NSP] Re: NSP duet with other instruments

2010-02-07 Thread Richard York
And there's also the great mix of Andy May's pipes  Sophie Ball's 
fiddle on his Happy Hours CD. Smashing.


(Official Disclaimer: the terms, Great mix and smashing  here 
represent expressions of personally held opinions of musical taste, for 
which I alone am responsible, and with which others may find they wish 
to disagree.
This is their right, just as some people love Wagner's Operas and I 
don't, despite a classical musical education.

But I like this mix.)

:-)

Richard.



rosspi...@aol.com wrote:
The High Level Ranters were based on the mix of fiddle and pipes that 
I had discovered with Forster Charlton in the lat 1950's.

Colin R


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Subject: [NSP] NSP duet with other instruments


I've been listening to a lot of UP flat set and fiddle duets, and
playing my SSP in A a bit with a fiddler.  I'm smitten with the sound
mix of low pipe and fiddle. 








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[NSP] Re: NSP duet with other instruments

2010-02-07 Thread Paul Gretton
(Official Disclaimer: the terms, Great mix and smashing  here
represent expressions of personally held opinions of musical taste, for
which I alone am responsible, and with which others may find they wish to
disagree.
This is their right, just as some people love Wagner's Operas and I
don't, despite a classical musical education.
But I like this mix.)

:-)

Richard.

Nice one, Richard. But did you know that a recent survey showed that 96.83%
of people who say that they don't like Wagner's operas have never actually
heard or attended one? ;-)

Cheers,

Paul Gretton
(who just this morning booked his tickets for the Cologne Opera's Ring
next June. Four trips of several hours driving in a single week to get
there, but life-enhancing.)



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[NSP] Re: NSP duet with other instruments now OT

2010-02-07 Thread Richard York
   Haven't tried cyanide, but did do Wagner with passionate Wagner-phile
   'A' level Music teacher many years ago.
Sorry, Paul, it was as a result of that I got to dislike them... but
   hope you enjoy The Ring Cycle!
   Best wishes and apologies to all for another OT excursion!
   Richard.
   Francis Wood wrote:

On 7 Feb 2010, at 13:38, Paul Gretton wrote:



Nice one, Richard. But did you know that a recent survey showed that 96.83%
of people who say that they don't like Wagner's operas have never actually
heard or attended one? ;-)


Actually I don't like cyanide.

Never tried it though, I must admit!

Francis



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[NSP] Re: NSP Facebook group

2010-02-07 Thread Bill Carr

SighSorry about this.. I think this URL actually works.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=291889707722ref=searchsid=695896937.2624794321..1


Bill


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... And let Bill Carr learn how to cut and paste URL's. Having trouble 
getting the correct link.


http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/group.php?gid=291889707722



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[NSP] Re: NSP Facebook group

2010-02-07 Thread CalecM
   Yes, Bill, that URL does work.  And allow me to say that you may win
   some sort of award for Most peculiar profile photo!
   Alec


   In a message dated 2/7/2010 8:32:02 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
   james...@online.no writes:

 SighSorry about this.. I think this URL actually works.
 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=291889707722ref=searchsid=69
 5896937.2624794321..1
 Bill
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 From: Bill Carr james...@online.no
 To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
 Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 11:58 AM
 Subject: Re: [NSP] NSP Facebook group
 
  ... And let Bill Carr learn how to cut and paste URL's. Having
 trouble
  getting the correct link.
 
  http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/group.php?gid=291889707722
 
 
 
  Bill
 
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[NSP] Re: Memories of Father Angus MacDonell

2010-02-07 Thread Jim Stewart

On 2/07/2010 1:09 PM, Francis Wood wrote:

A Youtube item in two parts in memory of Mike MacDougall, Cape Breton fiddler 
and composer of Memories of Father Angus MacDonell, that very fine tune which 
is well known to pipers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l6QcKtwUXo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVeJ_RkxGFgNR=1

Rather a lot of talking whilst saying nothing from those who are remembering 
this fiddler, but there's also some fine music  and it is good to see and hear 
the man himself.

Francis

   


Thanks for posting this Francis. I hadn't seen it before.
Nice to see some attention paid to the music on this side of the pond.

The video brings back a lot of memories for me. I had the pleasure of
meeting Mike MacDougall on several occasions. The segments appear
to have come from a Canadian TV series hosted by Ryan's Fancy, three Irish
ex-pats who came together in Newfoundland and formed a band which
had a tremendous influence on the folk scene here on the east coast.
Their guitar player, Dermot O'Reilly, passed away several years ago.
Another member of the band, Fergus O'Byrne, (in the video he's on the 
left around
the campfire), will be stopping in at my place to do a house concert in 
April, along

with fellow Newfoundlander Jim Payne.

Another notable in the video is Allister MacGillivray, one of the finest 
songwriters

to be found anywhere.

Anyway, the musical ties between Cape Breton and the auld country are 
legendary,

and as strong as ever.

Best regards,
Jim



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[NSP] Re: Memories of Father Angus MacDonell

2010-02-07 Thread Francis Wood
Great to hear from you, Jim! 

Do you (or does anyone else) know of other great tunes by Mike MacDougall?

Best wishes,

Francis
On 7 Feb 2010, at 18:12, Jim Stewart wrote:

 Thanks for posting this Francis. I hadn't seen it before.
 Nice to see some attention paid to the music on this side of the pond.
 
 The video brings back a lot of memories for me. I had the pleasure of
 meeting Mike MacDougall on several occasions. The segments appear
 to have come from a Canadian TV series hosted by Ryan's Fancy, three Irish
 ex-pats who came together in Newfoundland and formed a band which
 had a tremendous influence on the folk scene here on the east coast.
 Their guitar player, Dermot O'Reilly, passed away several years ago.
 Another member of the band, Fergus O'Byrne, (in the video he's on the left 
 around
 the campfire), will be stopping in at my place to do a house concert in 
 April, along
 with fellow Newfoundlander Jim Payne.
 
 Another notable in the video is Allister MacGillivray, one of the finest 
 songwriters
 to be found anywhere.
 
 Anyway, the musical ties between Cape Breton and the auld country are 
 legendary,
 and as strong as ever.
 
 Best regards,
 Jim



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[NSP] Re: NSP Facebook group

2010-02-07 Thread Bill Carr
Well it's an old photo. I don't use the Up and Go's anymore... you should 
see me in a kilt though :-)


Bill

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  Yes, Bill, that URL does work.  And allow me to say that you may win
  some sort of award for Most peculiar profile photo!
  Alec








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