Tuesday 7 August 2007

£10 BET-TER OFF

Not a betting person, I just couldn't let this one go by ...

Aboard a Very Big Yacht chatting to MVBY (Man with Very Big Yacht) the conversation turned to things Norwegian. "Yes" says MVBY "Greig was a wonderful composer with many pieces, e.g. Anitra's Dance, Morning and, also, Farewell to Ashokan." Ouch! Edvard Greig wrote many fine works, but NOT Ashokan Farewell. "A-hem ... excuse me but ... er, Greig did not write Ashokan Farewell". "Yes, he did." "No, he didn't." "Did." "Didnay." "Betcha £10 he did!" Being on extremely firm ground here - The Handshake.

Guess who won?

It is here as a video with Jay Ungar, the American composer, speaking about how he came to write it.



Click below to hear an American blue grass band playing it. (More coming, i.e. Amy on the fiddle, when the technology learning curve levels off a bit!)

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