![]() ![]() Also included are two pieces by Francois Menichetti (French?) and an arrangement by Konrad Wolki. The group's CD from 2000, Mandoscapes, feature 3 Italian compositions one by Calace and two by Giuseppe Manente. Paul Johnson on a CD entitled the Apollo Project (which they share with the Sydney Mandolins). The LMO has also recorded commissioned works by A. His Stephen Foster medley was played at last year's CMSA and his arrangement of Gluck's Iphegenia overture is great. Some of the listed pieces were excellent arrangements by Jim Bates. ![]() Here's a link to a page (courtesy of the Wayback Machine) that listed the LMO's repertoire from 2001. Over time we grew to love performing some of the pieces from the "golden era" but that was always just a small part of our repertoire. ![]() Most of us were coming from the worlds of bluegrass, rock, jazz and classical music and, mistakenly, thought of that music as old-fogey. When the Louisville Mandolin Orchestra was formed in the late 1980s I think there was an unspoken prejudice against the kind of turn-of-the-century mando orchestra music that the Milwaukee group plays so superbly. I think if others would add what they know on this topic it could be very informative. mando orchestras play and Bob Margo's response. In the current Italian thread, I read with interest Linda's comment about what most U.S. ![]()
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