Comments on: Carolan’s Concerto

By: Lavinia Ross

Lavinia Ross — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 18:10:17 +0000

In reply to laura bruno lilly. Actually not too many, though I love listening to them. :-)

By: laura bruno lilly

laura bruno lilly — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 00:20:41 +0000

Thanks for the thumbs up, Zippy!
BTW: I get it about Celtic music sometimes sounding alike after awhile – musician or not!
😉

By: zippyquilts

zippyquilts — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 21:15:51 +0000

I enjoyed listening to your version, especially because all Celtic music sounds alike after a while to us non-musicians. That said, I do love the Chieftans.

By: laura bruno lilly

laura bruno lilly — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 15:31:11 +0000

In reply to Susanne.

Hello Susanne, welcome to my blog and thank you for your comment. You are so right about the wealth of fine O’Carolan tunes to explore. I hope you create an arrangement for the concertina – it would add a new dimension to the Bard’s body of work!
🙂

By: Susanne

Susanne — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 23:14:06 +0000

I like your arrangement of this! O’Carolan’s concerto is such a beautiful piece. It’s been on my to-do list for so long but I’ve never taken the time to learn it. I’d love to learn to play it on the concertina. It would be lovely on the classical guitar – you don’t have to play it fast! It’s a lovely piece at whatever tempo, in my opinion.
There are so many good O’Carolan tunes, make sure you explore the rest after this!

By: merrildsmith

merrildsmith — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 22:00:03 +0000

In reply to laura bruno lilly. I have some very basic knowledge of music history and more of history. You're welcome!

By: laura bruno lilly

laura bruno lilly — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:48:18 +0000

In reply to merrildsmith.

Well, intuitively your ‘feelings’ are spot on! Interestingly, the ‘form’ of the Baroque and Carolan’s Folk/Celtic are similar – AABB – binary. And relating dance with types of music was the norm…therefore, dance tempos are/were more important than ‘shredder’ tempos.
HA! Thanks for the fodder in defense of ‘my’ tempo. And thanks for stopping by, Merril.

By: merrildsmith

merrildsmith — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 14:39:41 +0000

I’m not a musician, but I enjoyed your arrangement. To me, the tempo and arrangement had a Baroque feel, which seems to fit the composer and his time. I could imagine a stately court dance. And as people mentioned above, you found a project and enjoyed yourself!

By: laura bruno lilly

laura bruno lilly — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 14:44:20 +0000

In reply to rl2b2017.

OMG Roseanne, that wonderful Midwestern insight of yours honed in on an aspect of my latest venture I hadn’t considered…YEP I AM having fun again…as are you, too, so let’s keep on keepin’ on with renewed vim and vigour.
hugs backatchya

By: rl2b2017

rl2b2017 — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 15:12:34 +0000

Hi Laura! It’s so nice to see a post from you and to hear that you are having fun again. The piece sounds wonderful to these lay person’s ears. It’s nice to be able to work on something you love, isn’t it?! {{Hugs}} ~smile~ Roseanne