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Concertina Connection

Soundfiles

  "...The concertina is now an instrument so universally known;
and its capabilities are so fully appreciated, that a
description of the instrument itself, is not necessary..."
                                                                   George Case, 1857

          This section offers an oversight of the sound samples in this website. Every sound sample is also
          part of a different section. If you just want to listen, click on MP3. Follow the other links if you want
          additional information

Concertina solo

Hexameron no.1 (openings measures) by Giulio Regondi
MP3 (230kb) Playing skills section See the instrument
"You don't know what love is" by G. de Paul, arr. W. Wakker. played on a (single action) bass concertina. Also arranged for tenor-treble concertina
MP3 (420kb) Playing skills section See the instrument
Morceaux no.1 (fragment) by Richard Blagrove
MP3 (490kb) played on the Geuns concertina For the score: Music editions section
Preludio (openings measures) from Partita no.3 (BWV1006) by J.S. Bach.
MP3 (350kb) See the instrument
Thou art gone from my Gaze (1872) (openings measures) for solo baritone concertina by Giulio Regondi, MP3 (390kb) See the instrument
Serenade op.8 (1859) (openings measures) for solo concertina by George Case, played on a George Case from the 1850s MP3 (780kb) See the instrument
Order the score: Music editions

Remembrance (1872) for solo baritone concertina by Giulio Regondi
played on the Geuns-Wakker Baritone. ( MP3 1mb) Remembrance (score)
See the instrument
Asturias, by Isaac Albeniz (MP3 610kb) Arranged and played by Wim Wakker. See the instrument
My Romance, by Richard Rodgers. (MP3 780kb) Arranged and played by Wim Wakker See the instrument
Sound files played on the Jackie model from the Tutor:
Lilliburlero" (MP3 70kb) "Kelsterne Gardens" (MP3 62kb) Parting Lovers (MP3 61kb)
Sound files played on the Jack baritone model
"Jack's Health" (MP3 325kb) "My shining hour" (MP3 550kb)

Concertina Duet

Duetto no.1, short section of the first movement: Allegro, by J. Janza, arr. G. Case. Played by my
daughter Jackie (11) and me.
Jackie plays the Wheatstone-Boyd and I play on an Amboyna Wheatstone.
MP3 (513kb)

Concertina Quartet

Rondendans (for treble 1, treble 2, baritone and bass concertina) arranged by Wim Wakker
from the book " Easy Concertina Quartets". MP3 (300kb)
Anna Maria (dance) (for treble 1, treble 2, baritone and bass concertina) by Hans Christoph
Haiden (1572-1617) arranged by Wim Wakker from the book " Easy Concertina Quartets".
MP3 (300kb)

Concertina and Piano

These sound files are from a live concert in Michaelstein (Germany).The instruments you hear
are a Graff Forte Piano from 1838 anda Wheatstone Amboyna 56 key Concertina from 1877.

Additional information on the performers

1st Movement of the Sonata op.57 (1857) by Bernhard Molique
MP3 (500kb)
2nd Movement of the Sonata op.57 (1857) by Bernhard Molique
MP3 (330kb)
3rd Movement of the Sonata op.57 (1857) by Bernhard Molique
MP3 (1mb)
Andantino for Concertina and Forte Piano (1858) by Julius Benedict
MP3 (350kb)
Romance for Concertina and Forte Piano (1856) by G. Macfarren
MP3 (650kb)
Barcarole for Concertina and Forte Piano (1859) by G. Macfarren
MP3 (380kb)
1st Movement of Sonata op.2 (1861) by James Harcourt
MP3 (460kb)
Cat on the prowl (from Jazz Menagerie) by Stephen Jackman played on the
MP3 (330kb) Geuns concertina. For the score see the Music editions section.

Concertina and Strings

Concerto for Concertina and Strings Op.44 (1966) by James Cohn
Capriccio
Romanza
Rondo
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Foot Bass

A section of the waltz from the opera "the merry Widows" by Carl
Maria von Weber.
MP3 (860) See the instrument
guitar with foot bass playing a ragtime.
MP3 (900) See the instrumen
You're listening to a waltz played by a small combo including a foot bass
MP3 (780kb) See the instrument