Deer Track, April 2017 no. 1 - Bates no. 13

Deer Track, April 2017 no. 1 (mp3) (pdf)
Bates no. 13 (mp3 pt.1) (mp3 pt.2) (pdf score)

This week's new tune turned out to be another Deer Track piece. I had a lot of fun working with these notes. We've seen a little bit of spring-like weather this week which has made for some enjoyable walks around the city park system. (The picture above is not recent but is a good example of the kinds of deer paths that I often see on my walks.)

Musically this was an eventful week. Erik Sessions and I worked up a couple of new tunes, including last week's "Old Annapolis", to perform at an open mic event at Java John's on Wednesday. Then on Thursday night I played my monthly solo mandolin gig at JJ's. Here's the setlist:

Java John’s solo mandolin, April 6, 2017

Set 1

1. Swarbrick Sends a Tune to Iowa (Goodin) / O’Neill’s Favorite (trad.) / Flowers of Edinburgh (James Oswald, 1710-1769)

2. Oswald: Airs for the Seasons / The Auricula

3. Goodin: Bear on the Beach / Sherwood & Brookes / Tolley’s Jig no. 4

4. Bach: Minuets 1 & 2 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

5: Goodin: Old Annapolis / Sessions: Annapolis Friends (Erik Sessions)

5. Sauli: Partita VI for Mandolin (Filippo Sauli, c. 1710)

6. Goodin: Red Hawk Schottische / Marin: Hundlaten (Mikael Marin, 1965- )

7. O’Carolan: Lady Gethin / Carolan’s Draught (Turlough O’Carolan, 1670-1738)

8. Oswald: Airs for the Seasons / The Junquill

9. Goodin: Toledo Moon

10. Telemann: 1730 Menuets nos. 47 & 43 (G.P. Telemann, 1681-1767)

11. Bach: Partita no. 2 for solo violin: Allemanda (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

                                                           Set 2

1. Trad.: Old French / Morpeth Rant / The Rights of Man

2. Barbella: Sonata – GIMO 18 (Emmanuele Barbella, 1718-1777)

3. Goodin: From the Balcony / If Only Now /Paws Down

4. Oswald: Airs for the Seasons / The Crocus

5. Tallroth: Marsch i April (Roger Tallroth, 1958 - )/ Jarvela: Maknads Marsch (Arto Jarvela, 1964-) / Bach: March in G

6. Goodin: Deer Track, April 8, 2004 / Dunn Meadow / Canny Crow

7. Valentine: Allegro from Sonata no. 3 for Mandolin (Robert Valentine, 1671-1747)

8. Goodin: September Last

9. Bach: Bouree in Am

10. Goodin: Elkhart Freight / Motion Detector

I managed to play everything on the list with about 5 minutes to spare. I also had a great group of listeners, many who stayed for the whole two hours. I'm looking forward to next month already.

Many thanks to Mike Blevins for taking the candid photo above. It's a good shot of my recently acquired Weber Custom Vintage A oval hole mandolin. I used this mando for this week's recordings as well, along with a new set of Thomastik strings.

I was also able to play a few notes of Webern's op. 10 along with members of the Luther College Chamber Orchestra during two rehearsals this week. It is such a pleasure to sit in with these talented young musicians and to be conducted by Maestro Dan Baldwin. Our performance occurs on April 30 so I am trying to be prepared.

Finally, I sat down yesterday and recorded Bates no. 13, another fun tidbit from the 18th century.