Documentary piece on Donald Heller - the hurdy-gurdy man of Boston.
Swedish gurdy workshop, UK, 8-10 June
Göran Hallmarken will be running a Swedish gurdy workshop at this year’s Blowout (annual gathering of the Bagpipe Society) which takes place at Polesworth Abbey, near Tamworth, Staffordshire over the weekend of 8th-10th June. The workshop will be on Saturday, from 10.00am-12.45pm and then from 2.00pm-3.15pm. Admission to the workshop is by weekend season ticket only, which costs £48.
Full details here: http://www.bagpipesociety.org.uk/blowout-2012/
First movement of “Le Printems” (sic)
Tobie Miller (baroque hurdy-gurdy) and Ensemble Ysis
Excerpt from “Le Printems ou Les Saisons Amusantes” (1739)
Nicolas Chedeville (1705-1782) / Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Hurdy-gurdy music scores
Scans of old hurdy-gurdy music. All free.
Marcello Bono plays adagio from “la Simianne” by Delavigne. OTW Festival, Fort Flagler WA - 1997.
Butterworth guitar-back gurdy on ebay
Guitar-back hurdy-gurdy by Andrew J Butterworth has appeared on ebay here. Starting price £650.
Sonata “la d’Acut” (Philibert Deleavigne, 1700-1750)
Marcello Bono
Marcello Bono plays Sonata la d’Acut at the Over the Water Festival in 1997. Wonderful baroque playing.
Interview with French hurdy-gurdy player, Alexis Vacher for French channel BIP TV. From the Printemps de Bourges festival, April 2012.
Patrick Bouffard and Gilles Chabenat play “Vouvray” for Zona da Zanfona, an International hurdy-gurdy festival in Rianxo, Spain. Friday 20th of April 2012
Halsway Schottische
Nigel Eaton
A full-featured version of Eaton’s schottische featuring him on hurdy-gurdy alongside a church organ.
Jasmine Sweet
Whirling Pope Joan
From the album Spin by Whirling Pope Joan - the duo with Nigel Eaton and Julie Murphy.
Ffarwel I Aberystwyth/Cote Pile
Whirling Pope Joan
From the album Spin by Whirling Pope Joan - the duo with Nigel Eaton and Julie Murphy.
Vintage Nigel Eaton interview on ‘Take It To The Bridge’ on VH-1, from 1995, talking about the Page Plant tour, and performing ‘Laride’.
Ffoles Llantrisant
Whirling Pope Joan
From the album Spin by Whirling Pope Joan - the duo with Nigel Eaton and Julie Murphy.
Captains Courageous
Whirling Pope Joan
Another great track from the album Spin by Whirling Pope Joan - the duo with Nigel Eaton and Julie Murphy.
