Subject: [Harp-L] Winslow as a concert performer

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

It was a wonderful performance, Winslow. As good as any I've ever enjoyed.  
I've already commented on the YouTube but I so enjoyed the blend of the  
harmonica and fiddle - hard to tell where one ended and the other began...very 
 difficult to achieve and incredibly lovely to hear.  Mouth of Keswick is a 
 beautiful and evocative piece of music.  Kudos to you as the author and  
interpreter.
 
Thanks for explaining which harmonicas you used..I had the devil of a time  
trying to figure it out...couldn't imagine what diatonic (or XB-40) you'd 
used  for the 2nd part (nice smooth transition, by the way)...since I'd  only 
skimmed over your description before watching. Had my harmonicas here  and 
was trying to play along...
 
Great stuff. Especially for a Scot. Nearly makes me want to do the Highland 
 Fling across the stage <G>
 
Elizabeth
PS...I know I've promised far too often, but I really am practically done  
with the dvd's from the last 3 SPAH's...and will work to get them out to the 
 performers, including you. I've been unavoidably delayed.
 
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Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:19:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Winslow  Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Winslow as a concert  performer
To: harp-l _harp-l@xxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx) 

I write a lot about harmonica but perhaps few of you on harp-l have heard  
me play.

Below is a link to a concert performance I did in May 2009, with  a 
violinist, Tuula Tossavainen Cotter and guitarist Ehlert Lassen, with the  
orchestra-sized San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers joining in at the  end.

Tuula Tossavainen Cotter is a classically trained violinist who is  very 
much into Celtic and Finnish fiddle tunes and plays some jazz as well (we  did 
a duo set at Slide Man Slim's Jazz Harmonica Summit in August  
(http://jazzharmonicasummit.com/) - more about that when the DVD is closer to  release. 
Tuula and I are developing some repertoire that will be a unique blend  of 
different styles.

The linked performance starts with a slow air called  Mouth of Keswick, 
which I play in G on a Low D chromatic (a modified Hohner 270  with a stainless 
steel comb), then moves to a lively Finnish tune called  Vesivehmaan Jenka, 
which I play on a Seydel Concerto in G (similar to a Hohner  Auto Valve). 
We finish up with the large group playing a French Canadian reel  called La 
Grande Chaine. The guy in the kilt is Alasdair Fraser, one of the  world's 
top Scottish traditional musicians and the founder and leader of the San  
Francisco Scottish Fiddlers.

I hope you like it. Here's the  link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsJkRcwZkCw

Winslow

Winslow  Yerxa

Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN  978-0-470-33729-5