Susan K’s three hundred and fifty comments

Song by Mozart (Magic Flute) sung by Papageno. It also became a popular folk tune - with different words. I heard it as a child on the family's musical box and tried it on the fiddle about 4 years back. An easy one to play though I got it with a slightl... more…

Beg pardon, but tune aka "Ub immer treu und redlichkeit" comes from "The Magic Flute" not"Don Giovanni". Once saw a production of M F set in a huge library, why I not sure. M F was almost a pantomime opera with the wicked Queen of the Night & the bird-c... more…

Mozart wrote so many terrific melodies, listen to Marriage of Figaro (eg Voi che sapete) and the tunes are not that complicated if you leave out all that orchestration. My family once had a music box that played a tune of his from Don Giovanni, but it wa... more…

Answers are good - many thanks. 20 years since my only visit to Cork and I'd love to return (with my fiddle) and hope for tolerant sessions. Have forgotten which is the English port for ferry to Cork? more…

"I told you, old woman, not to go to the field, more…

Jean Redpath has added some very full notes about the songs on this cd. The other musicians play beautifully, and complement her voice. more…

1st line z2 = a rest ; the D2 etc "2" means they are 1/4 notes (crochets) all the same length. more…

Alasdair Fraser - fiddle more…

posted too soon - more…

It has words : more…