Yearly Archives: 2019

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

24. December 2019 Posted by Wilfried Welti under Common, New Videos, Ukulele
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Merry Christmas! This early Christmas Carol was originally written in Latin and was called “Veni Emmanuel”.

Coventry Carol

10. December 2019 Posted by Wilfried Welti under Common, New Videos, Ukulele
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A 16th century English Christmas Carol. Somehow adapting the old-world harmonization to the ukulele was quite an interesting challenge. Played on my good old Brüko No.6, which turns out to be a great fit for early music!

Tedesca dita l’Austria

25. November 2019 Posted by Wilfried Welti under Common, New Videos, Ukulele
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A wonderful harpsichord piece of the Renaissance composer Marco Facoli. Amazing how nicely it plays with the ukulele.

Chaconne in A minor (Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer)

14. November 2019 Posted by Wilfried Welti under Common, Links , New Videos
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It took a while, but finally I managed to make a new recording. The challenge to make an ukulele arrangement for this piece had an overwhelming appeal to me! This is the Chaconne in A minor by Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer — originally a piece for piano or harpsichord. I played it with the excellent…