Play along with a wonderful harpsichord!
THE MANDOLIN FAMILY
If you play any instrument of the mandolin family, or the guitar or a bass instrument, come and do what you like doing most - play music -in one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
WHEN:
Friday - November 24
09:00- 12:00, Opening and first Workshop session
12:00- 15:00, Lunch break
15:00- 18:00, Workshop (with coffee break included, of course)
Evening free (dinner, jam, BBQ sightseeing.....)
Saturday - November 25
09:00- 12:00, Workshop
12:00- 15:00, Lunch break
15:00- 18:00, Workshop (with coffee break included, of course)
Evening free (dinner, jam, BBQ sightseeing.....)
Sunday - November 26
09:00- 12:00, Workshop
12:00- 15:00, Lunch break
15:00, Final remarks and farewell session
WHERE:
Hotel Marianeum, Màchova 7, 120 00 Praha 2 Czech Republic.
The venue is only a few minutes walk from Prague's gorgeous and historic old town.
WHO:
the workshop will be directed by Keith Harris. Keith is internationally known as a mandolin soloist, conductor, composer and educator. He held a teaching commission at the Music University of Heidelberg - Manheim, was music director of the the BDZ in the German state of Hesse, with numerous CD productions, concert tours and seminars throughout Europe, Japan, Australia, the USA and Canada. He is also the author of the highly acclaimed book, the Mandolin game.
WHAT:
we want to enjoy playing great music together.
Because of the workshop atmosphere: we will have the time to talk about the music, technique, and the instruments, try things out, and ask questions - perhaps things you've always wanted to know, but were afraid to ask …......
Dear Mandolin Player!
WELCOME TO LARS FORSLUND'S "MANDOLIN SCHOOL"
Here is something for those who like to play mandolin pieces with an accompanist! Music by Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart and Beethoven among others, for mandolin and harpsichord.
I'm not a mandolin teacher, and there are a lot of great mandolin teachers out there around the world, but I have a super strong passion for live music and concerts. My passion lies in playing, collaborating with other musicians, organizing concerts and festivals and I love chamber music. I also love to inspire people to play chamber music, do marketing and arrange concerts with the mandolin involved.
SOMETHING FOR YOU, TOO
Therefore, I have developed a fantastic system to be able to play music at a high level, when my harpsichordists, pianists and chamber musicians are not available. It is also a super effective way to prepare and study the music before the first rehearsal begin with, for example, a harpsichordist. Then you already master your part of the music in detail at the first rehearsal and so you do not tire out a professional or talented accompanist with too many interruptions and retakes.
NICE ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE
Therefore, I want to share, completely free of charge, my nice arrangements for harpsichord and mandolin to you who like our website and our videos on YouTube, and to you who love to play mandolin sonatas and chamber music with an accompanist. As a soloist myself, I play more than 50 concerts annually and some of these concerts, I perform myself with my cembalino-harpsichord.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Here on the website you can read about how the software and the concept works. See more on the video about the cembalino-harpsichord project below. Because I love baroque music, I have made harpsichord parts for various mandolin sonatas. If you start an mp3-file with "play along" function, here on the website, it takes about 10-15 seconds before the harpsichord starts playing, so you have time to settle yourself down, and then the harpsichord plays a small introduction at half a bar or sometimes 1-2 beats. The harpsichord always starts first, so you have time to count the beat. In the software I have put rubaton, ritardandon and tempo changes so it becomes a living accompaniment. For example, a repeat can be a little more intense and increase the tempo a little bit, just as it often is at a live concert when the musicians get a little bit more excited.
USE YOUR MOBILE PHONE, MP3-PLAYER, TABLET OR COMPUTER
So you should connect your mobile phone, mp3-player, tablet or computer to a pair of good speakers or headphones and then just play the music directly from this website or our YouTube channel. With speakers, you can also play for your family and friends or at weddings, parties, concerts in churches, castles, museums and libraries, and more. Let your imagination run wild about how you can use the mp3-files. Of course, you can also record the music and post your own recording on YouTube. You can use and download the files for free and you don't have to pay for copyright. The files are free. However, if you use the files for commercial use, it is necessary that you or the concert organizer report the performance to STIM in Stockholm, Sweden or GEMA in Germany or equivalent in your country.
EASIER TO UNDERSTAND
I recommend you to watch my YouTube videos about "Play along", than it's easier to understand the concept. When you play along on our YouTube channel, you will find the sheet-music in the video. For the mp3-files and the sheet-music, you can print, download or use it directely here on our website. For some of the music by Beethoven and Mozart you should use your own sheet-music or download from IMSLP. You can also see below how I use the mp3-files for 7 different concert programs for my mandolin and my cembalino d'amore (harpsichord). It's also nice when I get a response in the form of a standing ovation from an enthusiastic audience, which happens quite often, even though I am playing on a virtual harpsichord. People are very impressed when modern technology meets 300 years old music from the Baroque era.
Good luck with your music making.
Best wishes!
Lars Forslund
Mandolin Academy
& Italian Baroque Music
1. Il Prete rosso - The Red Priest
Antonio Vivaldi was trained as a priest and was called in Venice in his time "Il Prete Rosso", the red priest because of his red hair color. Music for mandolin and harpsichord by Vivaldi and his contemporaries.
2. From Vivaldi to Beethoven
This program features music from Venice, Salzburg and Vienna. Music for mandolin and harpsichord by Vivaldi, Mozart and Beethoven.
3. A musical journey in 18th
century Europe
This collection program features music from France, Austria, Germany and Italy. Music for mandolin and harpsichord by Vivaldi, Bach, Couperin, Mozart and Beethoven.
& French Baroque Music
4. Music for the soul - Musica
per lo spirito
Music for mandolin and harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach and Antonio Vivaldi. This program is truly balm for the soul, heavenly beautiful and incredibly sonorous.
5. Langsam und schön - Slow
and beautiful
Meditative music for mandolin and harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach. The most beautiful slow movements from sonatas, scores, harpsichord concerts and suites, as well as "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" by Maestro Bach.
6. From Versailles to the
French Revolution
Music for mandolin and harpsichord by harpsichord masters Jean-Baptiste Lully, Francois Couperin, Jean-Philippe Rameau and Jean Frédéric Edelmann. Wonderful swinging French baroque music with a lot of drama and timbre. The dangerous and exciting lives of these French composers were filled with drama in 18th - century France, ideologies and upheavals. Fantastic music but horrific history. The music was written during France's great power until the French Revolution.
& Beethoven / Wiener Klassik
7. Masterpieces from 18th
Century Vienna
Believe it or not, but the great Master Ludwig van Beethoven wrote The "Moonlight Sonata" and The "Pathetique Sonata" for harpsichord and also sonatas for mandolin and harpsichord. In this program, adagio from the "Moonlight Sonata" and The "Pathetique Sonata" and sonatas for mandolin and harpsichord, as well as music by Joseph Haydn and the genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are performed. A wonderful classic program.
Klick on a button to open a MP3. file with the harpsichord accompainment and a PDF. file with the sheet music of the mandolin.
Be careful! The introduction of the harpsichord part always play an empty bar before the mandolin starts. Sometimes the
number of the bars is wrong or it is just a half bar. You have to listen and try before you get it right.
You can download the sheet-music and print it or open it on your computer, tablet and than conect
speakers or headphones on another devise (smartphone or mp3 player) or open two windows
on your computer, tablet or smartphone. Ask somebody who knows about modern technic.
Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!
Here you have the harpsichord part of Beethoven and Mozart on mp3-files. Please, use your own sheet-music or download from IMSLP.
A fantastic and authentic Baroque sound
OLD MEETS NEW
The concept of sound & design, is based on the Baroque sound, and design ideal, in the encounter with the absolute latest, of our time, in digital technology. A happy meeting. It is fascinating when two eras meet, and the result is exceptionally good.
DESIGN FROM THE 1720S AND TECHNOLOGY FROM 2020
Here, 300 years have passed between the innovations, and today these ideals fit like a glove.
THE NEW FANTASTIC TECHNOLOGY IN THE SERVICE OF THE BAROQUE MUSIC ERA
The new mini amplifier Yamaha THR 5 A for acoustic plucked string instruments, together with the software programs: MuseScore, Reaper, Kontakt and the sampling program Berlin-Harpsichord, and the wireless microphone plugs from Boss, means that new and old can be combined at the absolute highest level with a sound result beyond the ordinary. The baroque music sounds fantastic and varied with exuberant resonant sounds from the 18th century.
Camerata Mandolino Classico
In the concert program "Music for the soul", a “cembalino d'amore” a small harpsichord with resonant strings, with a typical French, Baroque painting, in gold, red and black, meets a master mandolin, built by the skilled Italian, mandolin builder, Maestro Pandini from Ferrara, Italy. Wonderful sounds, and vibrating resonant strings.
Baroque & present
This is also, where a new Yamaha THR 5 A, a tiny amplifier, specially built for acoustic guitars, and the sampling program, Berlin – Harpsichord, from the German technology and computer company, Orchestral Tools, meet. The role models in design, and sound, for both Lars Forslund, and the technicians, at Orchestral Tools, have been French and Italian harpsichords, from the 18th century.
Cembalino d'amore
Sottotitolo in italiano
Textat på svenska
Neapolitan Mandolins
Yamaha THR 5 A
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Beautiful 3D films about The Carnival of Venice in the 18th century. Or play along to our soundtracks.
Music by Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart,
Beethoven and others
