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English/Swedish Concert at Ilkley Manor House, May 8th
« on: May 01, 2018, 10:01:22 AM »

This could be of interest to anyone who like melodeons, concertinas, fiddles, English or Swedish traditional music and song and baroque music...

Concert at Ilkley Manor House.

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The May 2018 concert at IMH will be a programme of traditional Scandinavian and English folk and baroque music.The violinist Ida Meidell Blyodd alongside vocalists and traditional instrumentalists Mary Humphreys and Anahata will be performing on a double bill on Tuesday, May 8th.

Tickets available from Liz Bowen on: 01943 609393

This is a Friends of IMH event.

Strictly melodeon content will a bit be less than at some of our gigs but... with so much variety there should be something for everyone. Lovely venue too; we went there last week and had a look.
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Re: English/Swedish Concert at Ilkley Manor House, May 8th
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2018, 10:51:45 AM »

I met Ida when she was studying in Newcastle.  She is a superb player, so miss this at your peril!
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Re: English/Swedish Concert at Ilkley Manor House, May 8th
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2018, 07:22:42 PM »

She is indeed, and a very charming young lady too. She was also joined for a couple of songs by our own Frank Lee, which turned out to be a delightful combination. And I have learned the difference between a polska and a slängpolska...

We are looking forward to having a whole Manor House concert to ourselves, which has been promised for some time in the future.
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Re: English/Swedish Concert at Ilkley Manor House, May 8th
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2018, 07:45:21 PM »

And I have learned the difference between a polska and a slängpolska...

Yes, there are literally dozens (and dozens more) distinct varieties of polska...of which slängpolska is a subset, not to mention the related forms found in Norway such as pols, springleik, springar and so on.  It is an incredibly rich and fortunately well-preserved tapestry of musical forms going back centuries. 

The late Jan Ling of the University in Göteborg (Gothenburg) has written a fascinating book titled "History of Folk Music in Europe" which should be a must-read for musicians and music lovers.  Other interesting books on Swedish music are:

Einar Övergaards Folkmusiksamling compiled and edited by Märta Ramsten
K P Lefflers Folkmusiksamling
Svenskalåtar

The last is a 13 volume set of "official" tune settings from all over Sweden.  However, the degree of "standardization" having been applied by the original editors has been regarded as somewhat of a homogenization of the music volumes such as Övergaard and Leffler which have been printed in the original form and hand of the collectors themselves resulting in a fascinating essential representation of the music.
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