French singer/songwriter wrote the lyrics for Hymne A L'amour (song of love), to a tune by Marguerite Monnot. Here we just play an arrangement of the tune. This was recorded at our YCC meeting on 16 July 2018.
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Military band music is fun to play in a concertina band, and this is no exception. It gives our base concertina a bit of exposure. Written by Elmer Bernstein, it was the theme tune for the movie The Great Escape. Recorded at the YCC meeting on 17 June 2018.
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Abbe Stadler was a Benedictine Monk and Abbot of Kremsmunster Monastery in Austria from 1789. He was a friend of Beethoven, who composed this work with him in mind. Played by the YCC on 17 June 2018.
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Lili Marleen is something of a German folk song, with words about a "lady of the night" which were translated a little more kindly into English. YCC played this at their meeting on 17 July 2018 though there are older versions of our performances on Soundcloud.
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Tchiakovsy's Crown of Roses, performed by the YCC at a meeting on 17 April 2018. It has the alternative title Legend, and is a lovely piece which we enjoy playing around the Easter period.
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A performance of folk tune Harry Bloodgood, a favourite with the ICC. We think Harry was a pirate, and if he wasn't, with a name like that he should have been! This was recorded at a club meeting on 17 April 2018
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John Willis, a member of YCC, wrote and arranged this tune, Ladies' Waltz. It's a lovely light dance tune, which was recorded at a club meeting on 17 April 2018
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Michael Jary, a Concertina tutor from York, playing his arrangement of one of the Newmarket Polkas, from Ireland, on an English Concertina. Recorded at a workshop for the YCC on 18 February 2018
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Concertina tutor Michael Jary playing his arrangement of the Finnish Polka at a YCC workshop on 18 February 2018
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American Patrol is a favourite of the YCC, and this performance was recorded at the club meeting on 16 July 2018
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Music taken from Rasmus Storm's notebook includes Dantz #10 and Proportion #11, written in the mid 18th century by the Danish musician. This was recorded by the YCC on 21 January 2018.
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Moonlight Serenade is a well known big band piece which adapts well for concertina. Recorded 21 January 2018
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Old Jock's Dance was written by YCC member John Willis in memory of a friend of his from his home town Barnsley. It was arranged for the club by York musician and Duet player Steve Griffiths. It was first recorded at the club on 21 January 2018
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Skiba Geo, a tune written and arranged for the Yorkshire Concertina Club by Duet player Steve Griffiths. The tune was written while Steve was on holiday in Orkney and was inspired by a walk around Skiba Geo, a place name believed to be rooted in the island's Viking heritage, and roughly translates as Ship Inlet.
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Oom Pa Pa was written by Lionel Bart for his popular musical Oliver! and has been arranged for YCC by our band leader Carolyn Wade. This was recorded in the early stages of our rehearsal of the number at our meeting in Leeds on 21 April 2024.
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