Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Being Friday the Eighteenth Day of January, 2019 ...

"By the way," says Moseley ...



Here's a Klezmer tune with a Turkish flavour ...


Delight?

We heard the bells of a famous East Anglian cathedral ...


All shall be well
... and all shall be well
... and all manner of thing shall be well.
(Julian of Norwich, circa. 1412.)

What shall we do next?
Here's a charming melody for instrumentalists, Captain O'Kane, (AKA The Wounded Hussar,) attributed to Turlough O'Carolan ...



And here's some sheet music ...


Dogsbody is having difficulty with the second part which seems to give a nod to the carol, Remember O Thou Man, before going off into a higher register.
Where is top B-flat on the squeeze-box?
Work in progress!

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Being Friday the Eleventh Day of January, 2019 ...

"How can you play the guitar with fingers like that?"
asked Tony ...


"BADLY!"

Sunday, January 6, 2019

Being Friday the Fourth Day of January, 2019 ...

We met on the coldest evening of the year so far.
We witnessed an extraterrestrial manifestation ...


"Is that Ultima Thule?" asked Ken.
I see the similarity!

There were a number of seasonal songs, two dead babies, a murdered lover and a mythical beast ...


No, the song has nothing to do with drugs!

We were treated to a delightful performance on a Celtic harp ...




David, the minstrel, played a charming Welsh melody ...


Morfa'r Frenhines

Morfa'r Frenhines translates enigmatically as 'The Queen's Marsh', or even 'The Queen's Bog'!
You can hear it here: https://youtu.be/4PGE2kV5WeI


Then there was Mave's song about Bacup station ...



As you will see from this historical image, Bacup railway station never had a car park.




Thursday, January 3, 2019

Being Friday the Twenty-Eighth Day of December 2018 ...

This handsome instrument was much admired ...

WOW!