Simon Mayor’s Mandolinquents: Czardas

Simon Mayor & the Mandolinquents at their Christmas Special at New Greenham Arts play Czardas by Vittorio Monti. The Mandolinquents play everything from hot swing and ragtime instrumentals from the mandolin orchestras of the 1930s: Irving Berlin, Mozart, Ravel and Tchaikovsky to lively reels and beautiful traditional Irish airs to Chinese and Brazilian folk tunes. All this played with infectious fun, off-beat humour and stunning virtuosity on mandolin, mandola, mandocello, mandobass and classical guitar, with the occasional burst of song or fiddle. Mandolinquents’ website: Simon Mayor’s website: Hilary James’ website: Gerald Garcia’s website: Label - Acoustics Records