That's odd. I didn't think he was 'drowned out' at all. I focused in on
Winslow and could still clearly hear his harp from when he switched to
the
2nd instrument right up through to the end. Just played it back again and
made note of where I could hear him all the way through 5:04, 5:24, 6:30
and so on up till the end of the performance. But then, I have Bose
speakers
for my computer. Perhaps you were confused by his perfect playing in
unison
with the violinist.
"Message: 8
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:13:31 -0500
From: icemanle@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Winslow as a concert performer
To: winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx, harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Even though you were drowned out at the end, you were still in the thick
of it.(snipped)
-----Original Message-----
From: Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thu, Nov 5, 2009 3:19 pm
Subject: [Harp-L] Winslow as a concert performer
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
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