Soundfiles

  "...The concertina is now an instrument so universally known;
 and its capabilities are so fully appreciated, that a 
description of  the instrument itself, is not necessary..."  
                                                                   George Case, 1857

This section offers an oversight of the sound samples in this website. Every sound sample is also part of a different section. If you just want to listen, click on MP3. Follow the other links if you want additional information

Concertina solo

• Hexameron no.1 (openings measures) by Giulio Regondi 
  MP3 (230kb)      Playing skills section      See the instrument
   

• "You don't know what love is" by G. de Paul, arr. W. Wakker. played on a (single action) bass concertina. Also arranged for tenor-treble concertina
  MP3 (420kb)      Playing skills section      See the instrument
   

• Morceaux no.1  (fragment) by Richard Blagrove
  MP3 (490kb)  played on the Geuns concertina For the score: Music editions section
   

• Preludio (openings measures) from Partita no.3 (BWV1006) by J.S. Bach.
  MP3 (350kb)           See the instrument
   

• Thou art gone from my Gaze (1872)  (openings measures) for solo baritone concertina by Giulio Regondi, MP3 (390kb)    See the instrument
   
• Serenade op.8 (1859)  (openings measures) for solo concertina by George Case, played on a George Case from the 1850s MP3 (780kb)    See the instrument
  Order the score: Music editions

• Remembrance (1872) for solo baritone concertina by Giulio Regondi
  played on the Geuns-Wakker Baritone. ( MP3 1mb)   Remembrance (score)   
  See the instrument 
   

• Asturias, by Isaac Albeniz (MP3 610kb)  Arranged and played by Wim Wakker. See the instrument
    

• My Romance, by Richard Rodgers. (MP3 780kb) Arranged and played by Wim Wakker See the instrument
   

• Sound files played on the Jackie model from the Tutor: 
  Lilliburlero" (MP3 70kb)   "Kelsterne Gardens" (MP3 62kb)  Parting Lovers (MP3 61kb)
   

• Sound files played on the Jack baritone model
  "Jack's Health"  (MP3 325kb)   "My shining hour" (MP3 550kb)

  
                                                                               

Concertina Duet

• Duetto no.1, short section of the first movement: Allegro, by  J. Janza, arr. G. Case. Played by my daughter Jackie (11) and me.
  Jackie plays the Wheatstone-Boyd and I play on an  Amboyna Wheatstone. 
  MP3 (513kb)
   

Concertina Quartet

• Rondendans (for treble 1, treble 2,  baritone and bass concertina) arranged by Wim Wakker from the book " Easy Concertina Quartets".  MP3 (300kb)
   

• Anna Maria (dance) (for treble 1, treble 2,  baritone and bass concertina) by Hans Christoph Haiden (1572-1617) arranged by Wim Wakker from the book " Easy Concertina Quartets". 
  MP3 (300kb)

Concertina and Piano

These sound files are from  a live concert in Michaelstein (Germany).The instruments you hear are a Graff Forte Piano from 1838 anda Wheatstone Amboyna 56 key Concertina from 1877.

Additional information on the performers

• 1st  Movement of the Sonata op.57 (1857) by Bernhard Molique
  MP3 (500kb)

• 2nd Movement of the Sonata op.57 (1857) by Bernhard Molique
  MP3 (330kb)

• 3rd Movement of the Sonata op.57 (1857) by Bernhard Molique 
  MP3 (1mb)

• Andantino for Concertina and Forte Piano (1858) by Julius Benedict
  MP3 (350kb) 

• Romance for Concertina and Forte Piano (1856) by G. Macfarren 
  MP3 (650kb)

• Barcarole for Concertina and Forte Piano (1859) by G. Macfarren 
  MP3 (380kb)

• 1st Movement of  Sonata op.2 (1861) by James Harcourt            
  MP3 (460kb)

• Cat on the prowl (from Jazz Menagerie) by Stephen Jackman played on the
  MP3 (330kb)   Geuns concertina. For the score see the Music editions section.

Concertina and Strings

• Concerto for Concertina and Strings Op.44 (1966) by James Cohn
  Capriccio     
  Romanza    
  Rondo         
  click here more information on this CD

Foot Bass

• A section of the waltz from the opera "the merry Widows" by Carl
  Maria von Weber.
  MP3 (860)    See the instrument
   

• guitar with foot bass playing a ragtime.
  MP3 (900)     See the instrumen
   

• You're listening to a waltz played  by a small combo including a foot bass
  MP3 (780kb)    See the instrument