tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55836590996565529922024-02-08T05:52:34.590+00:00Piping Hot Recordersally mcgurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861474778194969923noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583659099656552992.post-22648475466465506182021-10-05T17:35:00.005+01:002021-10-05T22:55:16.472+01:00Gig at the Beacon, Whitehaven<p> First time out in public for over two years, five of us arrived at the Beacon Museum, on Whitehaven's harbourside, all togged out in our Georgian costumes. (Sadly, Jane, our great bass player, was out of commission with a bad cold.) The event was the opening night of a new touring exhibition from the National Gallery, featuring a painting from 1740 by Jean-Siméon Chardin called <a href="https://thebeacon-whitehaven.co.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/" target="_blank">The House of Cards</a>.</p><p>We played a variety of music which would have been available in Chardin's day, including a selection form Playford's collections, a number of pieces by Handel, Loeillet, Banister and others, on recorders, flutes and guitar. We were just there to provide background music, but the attendees seemed to enjoy it and we received many favourable comments.</p><p>It was lovely to be out performing again, and we are now ready for anything you may ask of us! (Within reason ....) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijgkZC0InQpVEs4hrtt9B77MP4CmWFKO_Mc6TJ2T6JHUUos0iP5KPZrUtaVGOGwHyjtg5AYjgwUwTCsdqZnL2OepLRdIXN5s16QEbrBZR2n0OwMAFRP1h-D0RvsNaW4ugaz8reWQyDmAc/s1600/PH+at+the+Beacon+%2528Chris+Wood%2529-7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="1600" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijgkZC0InQpVEs4hrtt9B77MP4CmWFKO_Mc6TJ2T6JHUUos0iP5KPZrUtaVGOGwHyjtg5AYjgwUwTCsdqZnL2OepLRdIXN5s16QEbrBZR2n0OwMAFRP1h-D0RvsNaW4ugaz8reWQyDmAc/w664-h307/PH+at+the+Beacon+%2528Chris+Wood%2529-7.jpg" width="664" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">You can see lots more photos of the event <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/allybeag/albums/72157719951477577" target="_blank">here.</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWca8CZ4Pp0oNSyf6CapFEYVdZF_7K-NfGGx04Lhmy5VRl9CttL4EGtzZ3fXAVyGQ4V-_FZLfh195IFWJNMECJwoIWtkVTQhS_LlAecbrR4Qu2beRMfCcFq9Ymwz5bC8JTTq2FsqLFW8/s2048/PH+at+the+Beacon+%2528Mike+McKenzie%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWca8CZ4Pp0oNSyf6CapFEYVdZF_7K-NfGGx04Lhmy5VRl9CttL4EGtzZ3fXAVyGQ4V-_FZLfh195IFWJNMECJwoIWtkVTQhS_LlAecbrR4Qu2beRMfCcFq9Ymwz5bC8JTTq2FsqLFW8/w640-h426/PH+at+the+Beacon+%2528Mike+McKenzie%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>ally mcgurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861474778194969923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583659099656552992.post-42734050958914993002021-08-20T12:19:00.001+01:002021-08-20T12:19:34.034+01:00Music is coming back to life at last!<p>During the various lockdowns, musicians have had to survive without playing together, but things are gradually coming back to normal, and Piping Hot have managed several practices. It's so lovely to be making music again, even if we're all a little rusty! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44Wt3V3LiqkiG9S_5mniwGhNsh6ckt5dN8Vtmo_XIyD1OpnWvalJeZ2U0iD21JywjIFYe2UH1ztMJ3VJzx41kSYfO8gh6vdXyySov0yynFm6ueBcHua4H5SmS6nVHQZ-Xgv2u1_gMGT4/s2048/ph+lockdown+practice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="2048" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44Wt3V3LiqkiG9S_5mniwGhNsh6ckt5dN8Vtmo_XIyD1OpnWvalJeZ2U0iD21JywjIFYe2UH1ztMJ3VJzx41kSYfO8gh6vdXyySov0yynFm6ueBcHua4H5SmS6nVHQZ-Xgv2u1_gMGT4/w558-h330/ph+lockdown+practice.jpg" width="558" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Here are some of us practising in the garden last summer, when a bit of socially distanced playing was first allowed. </i></div></span><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirENBo1-gPhvwP8GXou36CgXgeg9eQ1k65RZ2TCKxSYE6b9jB8JWMoUVgo4EaE9jcEJeocjr1y6_B6_bqsvWzPXxWBzJ2rqjNcHYFjCcYaSViUzSC75a_AWDAM-uhTU7Kkp_P8arD_Jnk/s2296/PH+blindcrake+village+hall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="2296" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirENBo1-gPhvwP8GXou36CgXgeg9eQ1k65RZ2TCKxSYE6b9jB8JWMoUVgo4EaE9jcEJeocjr1y6_B6_bqsvWzPXxWBzJ2rqjNcHYFjCcYaSViUzSC75a_AWDAM-uhTU7Kkp_P8arD_Jnk/w638-h219/PH+blindcrake+village+hall.jpg" width="638" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And here are some of us more recently in the village hall.</i></div></span><div><br /><p><br /></p></div>ally mcgurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861474778194969923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583659099656552992.post-86740472447396042352020-01-05T22:41:00.000+00:002020-01-05T22:41:33.917+00:00Time to update the website!Our fans must think we've stopped playing, as we've not uploaded anything here for ages. My apologies! We're still playing away, though with a slightly altered personnel.<br />
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Our dearly loved Bridget sadly passed away in summer 2018, and we're still feeling her loss keenly. But she'd have wanted us to go on playing, so here we are.<br />
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We have a couple of new members, but no photos of them yet, so watch this space!<br />
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In the meantime I've added a link to our Soundcloud page where you can hear a few of the tracks we've recorded over the years.ally mcgurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861474778194969923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583659099656552992.post-73012289494449412872014-02-27T10:26:00.001+00:002014-02-27T10:26:29.255+00:00A visit to Derwent Vale Primary School<br />We had a last-minute booking recently, to help a school which was doing a whole week of music-related activities. It seemed like exactly the right thing for us to do, to help promote live music.<br /><br />
Only four out of the six of us were able to be involved, so arranging some of the music for a quartet was required. We knew that this was going to be a half-hour-long gig, and that the audience would include children from age 4 or 5 up to 11 years old, so it was going to have to be a varied programme full of short pieces, to allow for possible limited attention span in the younger members of the audience.<br /><br />We played a sort of 'potted history' of music, starting with a 13th century Ductia, followed by 14th century Trotto, and so on, with each century represented by one or two piece of music. Here's the programme:<br /><br />Ductia <i> (anon) </i> 1200s<br />Trotto <i> (anon) </i> 1300s<br />Scaramella <i>(Josquin des Pres)</i> 1400s<br />Tallis's Canon <i> (Tallis)</i> 1500s<br />Spagnoletta <i>(Praetorius) </i> 1600s<br />Ha Ha <i>(Rathgeber)</i> 1700s <br />Rondo <i>(from 2nd Terzetto by James Hook) </i> early 1800s<br />The Blue Danube Waltz <i>(Strauss ... just a little bit of it!) </i> late 1800s<br />The Golliwog's Cakewalk <i> (Debussy … just a little bit of it!)</i> 1900s<br />Hedwig's Theme from Harry Potter films<i> (John Williams) </i>2000s<br /><br />The children in our audience were wonderful! They were very well-behaved, sat still and listened with all their ears, and joined in where we needed them. The piece by Rathgeber has places in the music where one has to shout ''Ha Ha'', or whistle twice, or stamp feet twice, and they obliged very enthusiastically, being directed as to which was required, and when, by Liz, who held up signs for them.<br /><br />I think it's fair to say that we would welcome the chance to do this sort of thing again, for other schools, not necessarily as part of a special week of music. Please contact Ally at <a href="mailto:ally@pipinghot.org.uk" target="_blank">ally@pipinghot.org.uk</a> if you would like us to visit your school!ally mcgurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861474778194969923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583659099656552992.post-51550575369816336962013-08-21T10:24:00.001+01:002013-08-21T10:25:06.305+01:00A few forthcoming gigsThese will be posted on our diary page as well, but please look out for us at:<br />
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<li>The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth on Friday 8th November, when we'll be playing at the Glittering Ball for the Cockermouth Georgian Fair.</li>
<li>This one's just for Women's Institute People, I suppose, but we'll be playing for Plumbland WI on December 4th.</li>
<li>Friday 20th December we'll be at St Kentigern's, Aspatria, and I believe there'll be a serpent-player involved in proceedings too! Watch this space for further news.</li>
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ally mcgurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861474778194969923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583659099656552992.post-81180930104194681562013-06-10T00:04:00.001+01:002013-06-10T00:16:30.706+01:00Concert for Isel Church Bells June 8th 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Piping Hot played some music to help raise some money for the new bells at the church of St Michael and All Angels, Isel, which dates, in parts, from about 1130 AD.<br />
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It's the most beautiful, atmospheric little church I know of, close by the River Derwent (and therefore in danger of flooding, as the parishioners know to their cost). The graveyard, lit on a summer's evening by a low sun through what is really a wildflower meadow with gravestones, looks like the perfect place to spend eternity.<br />
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Last night we were joined by two of the next generation of recorder virtuosi - Frances and Alannah, who played with members of the group on <i>Feed the Birds</i> and <i>Oom Pah Pah.</i> As well as our large family of recorders, we also played flutes, clarinet, accordion and guitar at various points during the evening. We are nothing if not versatile!<br />
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The audience was delightful. They can come back any time!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPd9apmXCmUzys5h5FkBiGB8YpgVbcKPx63G_xWPFvKa18vd0kb3QB0-MZBwNZ9mprtnNR5UMPeoMU5cBc3af_TNGT3kjshdhxdXISYe0NxLynJh12kkdoeCWkL2n5WZsPDCP_nALIG2Y/s1600/Isel_Church_352.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPd9apmXCmUzys5h5FkBiGB8YpgVbcKPx63G_xWPFvKa18vd0kb3QB0-MZBwNZ9mprtnNR5UMPeoMU5cBc3af_TNGT3kjshdhxdXISYe0NxLynJh12kkdoeCWkL2n5WZsPDCP_nALIG2Y/s400/Isel_Church_352.jpg" width="400" /></a>We started with a couple of little surprises, which might be more commonly heard at Christmas time. Of course, our previous attempt to entertain the Isel community was last December, when the electricity supply failed and we gamely played on by candlelight in the freezing cold, while a few very brave audience members sat stoically and listened. Most people failed even to arrive at the church, however, because of the fearsomely icy roads. <br />
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So that concert was curtailed halfway through. The next tune would have been one perfectly suited to a concert in aid of bells, so we thought we'd carry on last night where we left off in December.<br />
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(You can see more photos of the beautiful churchyard, and the famous bells by clicking on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/allybeag/sets/72157634033029342/" target="_blank">this link</a> . The bells will be dedicated by the Bishop of Carlisle on Tuesday, June 11th.)<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>PROGRAMME</b></span><br />
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Ding Dong - <i>traditional, arr. Val Hetherington</i><br />
Hush, Hush, Hush - <i>traditional Austrian Christmas song</i><br />
Volte 11 and Volte 12 - <i>Michael Preaetorius (1571-1621) </i><br />
Pase el Agoa - <i>Villancicos (Cancionero de Palacio)</i><br />
Galliard: 1000 Ducats in the bag; Pavane: Tausend Dukaten - Tielman <i>Susato (1500-61)</i><br />
Galliard: Muy Linda - <i>Anthony Holborne (1545-1602)</i><br />
Divertimento - <i>J.B.Vanhal (1739-1813) arr Klaus Bjerre 2003</i><br />
Serenata - <i>Brian Bonsor (1926-2011)</i><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Second half</b></span><br />
PIPING HOT WITH FRANCES & ALANNAH<b> </b><i> </i><br />
Feed the Birds -<i> from Mary Poppins</i><br />
Oom Pah Pah - <i>from Oliver</i><br />
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Oranges and Lemons - <i>trad. arr. Rachel McConkey</i><br />
Scots Songs Medley -<i> arr Ally McGurk. Mostly trad apart from "Keep Right On" by Sir Harry Lauder.</i><br />
North Country Medley - <i>trad. arr. Rachel Hecht McConkey</i> <br />
Paper Doll - <i>Johnny S.Black arr. D. Bloodworth</i><br />
By the Light of the Silvery Moon - <i>Gus Edwards (1879-1945)</i><br />
Circus Medley - <i>various composers, arr. Rachel Hecht McConkey</i><br />
La Java Bleue - <i>Vincent Scotto (1874-1952)</i><br />
<br />ally mcgurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861474778194969923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583659099656552992.post-7167135795679877292013-06-08T09:12:00.001+01:002013-06-08T11:08:12.985+01:00Looking forward to tonight at Isel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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We're looking forward to revisiting Isel Church this evening, after our previous attempt to entertain you was frozen out last Christmas. It's a lovely venue, and on a summer evening, with the late sunshine streaming through the windows, it'll be a real treat.<br />
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The River Derwent flows past the church (rather too close, for those who remember the floods of November 2009), enhancing the beauty of the location. It's a great river - I had a swim in it just yesterday, and the water's lovely! (Why not turn up early and bring your cossie?)<br />
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So please come along - the concert starts at 7:30 so you should aim to be there a bit before that. We look forward to seeing you.<br />
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If you don't know where it is, try clicking on this link to a map:<br />
<a href="http://goo.gl/maps/3Qa8o">Isel Church</a>ally mcgurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861474778194969923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583659099656552992.post-30272071090990980912013-04-20T10:23:00.000+01:002013-04-20T10:48:02.159+01:00Crosthwaite Church, Keswick Thursday April 18th 2013<br />
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This gig was part of a series, organised by [and here I quote from the programme notes] "a small committee entitled Music at Crosthwaite which came into existence in 1998 with the aim of providing good quality classical music for the benefit of residents and visitors within the historic centre for Christian worship at Crosthwaite Church, Keswick."<br />
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It was a horribly wet night, which probably put some people off coming out at all, so the audience was somewhat smaller than the one at Cockermouth the previous week, but I'd like to think that those who did brave the storm felt their trip was worth it. We thoroughly enjoyed playing anyway, in such a lovely old church.<br />
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<u><b>PROGRAMME</b></u><br />
<i>1550-1600</i> <br />
2 Volte Praetorius<br />
Pase el Agoa Portuguese villancico<br />
Tausend Dukaten - Galliard & Pavane Susato<br />
<i>1650-1750</i><br />
2 Little Fugues JS Bach<br />
Sarabanda A Corelli (arr B Hilton)<br />
Pavane et deux airs en suitte <br />
pour les hautbois, fait au<br />
sacre du Roi 17 october 1610 Collected by A Philidor 1684<br />
<i>1750-1850</i><br />
Divertimento JB van Hal (arr Klaus Bjerre)<br />
Pizzicato Polka J Strauss (arr J van Goethem/ R McConkey)<br />
<i>20th century</i><br />
A PIPING HOT COLLECTION OF FOLKSONGS<br />
Welsh medley arr R McConkey<br />
Irish collection arr V Hetherington<br />
Scots medley arr AV McGurk<br />
North Country Tunes arr R McConkey<br />
Basin Street Blues S Williams (arr N McConkey)<br />
Paper Doll JS Black (arr D Bloodworth)<br />
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<i>1550-1600</i><br />
Bergamascas S Scheidt (arr B Hilton)<br />
Paradiso & Muy Linda<br />
Pavane & Galliard A Holborne<br />
<i>1650-1750</i><br />
2 Fugues GP Telemann<br />
Blasersinfonie No.3, 1st movement JC Bach (arr U Herrmann)<br />
<i>1750-1800</i><br />
Trio Op.133/II<br />
Allegretto-Andantino-Allegretto J Hook<br />
<i>20th Century</i><br />
By the Light of the Silvery Moon G Edwards<br />
Celebration Rag L Hilling<br />
Serenata B Bonsor<br />
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<br />ally mcgurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861474778194969923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583659099656552992.post-69843903094024356972013-04-20T00:42:00.000+01:002013-04-20T00:42:45.403+01:00Concert in Aid of the Macular Society, 13th April 2013Piping Hot shared the bill with other musical friends. (See below) We had a good audience, and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. We certainly did!<br />
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<b>PERSONNEL</b><br />
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<u><b>Piping Hot</b></u><br />
Ally McGurk, Bridget, Hilton, Caroline Ullyat, Jane Bebbington, Liz Baker, Rachel McConkey: recorders of many sizes, flutes, guitar, clarinet & accordion.<br />
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<u><b>FRIENDS</b></u><br />
Peter Warren (guitar)<br />
Helen Hetherington (piano)<br />
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<u><b>U3A RENAISSANCE BAND</b></u><br />
Louise Shaw, Wendy Watson, Pauline Banks, Mary Gallagher, Alan Alexander, Coral Price, Jean Hann, Aline Elliot, Lindy Wilson, Margery Brunskill, Margaret Green, Brenda Bryden, Ann Jefferson, Joan Clouston, Sue Hellier, Andrena Hattersley, Trevor Green, Enid Ferguson, Audrey Evans Bridget Hilton, David Hilton: recorders of many sizes, cornamusen of many sizes, soprano crumhorn, violin, 'cello, trombone & percussion.<br />
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<u><b>PROGRAMME</b></u><br />
<span style="color: red;"><u><b>Piping Hot</b></u></span><br />
Two Fugues<b> </b> JS Bach (1685-1750)<br />
Sarabanda A Corelli (1653-1713) arr B Hilton<br />
Pizzicato Polka J Strauss (1804-1849)<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><u><b>Peter Warren, Jane Bebbington, Rachel McConkey</b></u></span><br />
Trio in G major for 2 flutes & guitar: 1st movement: Moderato F Carulli (1771-1841)<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><u><b>Helen Hetherington, Jane Bebbington, Rachel McConkey</b></u></span><br />
Sicilienne for flute & piano Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><u><b>Peter Warren</b></u></span><br />
Serenata Española<b> </b>J Malats (1872-1912)<br />
Se Ela Perguntar D Reis (1916-1977)<br />
Canço del Llandre Catalan folksong arr M Llobet (early 20th C)<br />
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North Country Tunes arr R McConkey<br />
Basin Street Blues S Williams, arr N McConkey<br />
Paper Doll JS Black (1891-1936) arr D Bloodworth<br />
Celebration Rag L Hilling<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><u><b>U3A Renaissance Band</b></u></span><br />
3 Pieces from Susato's <i>Danserye 1551</i><b> </b>T Susato (1510-1570)<br />
Mohrentanz<br />
Dutsche Tanze - Allemand und Nachtanz<br />
Pass et Medio - Nachtanz der Stross<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><u><b>Peter Warren</b></u></span><br />
Cavatina S Myers (1930-1993)<br />
Prelude No.4 H Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)<br />
Recuerdos de la Alhambra F Tarrega (1852-1909)<br />
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La Java Bleue V Scotto (1874-1952) arr B Hilton<br />
Bonny at Morn<b> </b> trad Northumbrian, arr S Phillips with descant by P Hill<br />
Just a Little Fond Affection/Keira Box, Cox & Ilda/ P. Gardner, arr A McGurk<br />
Circus Tunes Medley arr R McConkey<br />
Serenata B Bonsor (1926-2011) ally mcgurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861474778194969923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583659099656552992.post-84658180614564284572013-03-15T16:18:00.003+00:002013-03-15T16:19:50.377+00:00Two upcoming gigsWe'll be playing two different concerts in April - one on Saturday 13th and the next on Thursday 18th. Please see our Diary page for more details.<br />
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Busy practising hard just now!ally mcgurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861474778194969923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583659099656552992.post-27128878377585950152012-07-24T11:09:00.000+01:002012-07-24T11:10:04.961+01:00One page down, several more to goWell, that's the "WHO ARE WE?" page more or less done, though I'm still waiting for various members of the group to return from holiday and send me a mini-biography.
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What next? Our repertoire? On the old website, when it was new (and Piping Hot were quite new, too) I just listed more or less everything we'd played up to then. I now have two ENORMOUS folders full of stuff we've played since we started in 1999, so I don't think anyone would want a list of all that. A few examples will have to suffice.ally mcgurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861474778194969923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583659099656552992.post-50564685833927021332012-07-20T12:09:00.000+01:002012-07-24T11:12:19.064+01:00Hello WorldPiping Hot have had a website since last century, and it was beginning to look as old as that! Although some of the music we play is very old, and certainly much older than the internet itself, we are modern people living in the 21st century and the old website was becoming something of an embarrassment.
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So I'm very bravely <i>not </i>writing the html from scratch this time, but instead creating our new website on the Blogger platform so that everyone can pop in and say something - and that includes you, gentle reader - rather than leaving it all to me.
So, welcome to our new home.ally mcgurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861474778194969923noreply@blogger.com0