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| Tape | NPS-JFC-B-033 | Batch | 1 | Length m | Date Rec’d | |||
| Title | NPS 1977 Concert 1977 Bill Slater | Contents | Live recording | |||||
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| Notes | Appears identical to B-003 from batch 2 Identical to B-033 reel2 down to length. (MD) From Chris Ormston: “I also played at this concert, which took place at the King’s Hall, Newcastle University. I’d won the Junior class at the NPS competitions earlier that year, and Forster always liked to have a young piper in the line-up. Forster’s recording of my performance turned up during an earlier attempt to digitise his archive – I hope it’s still there somewhere! I remember Forster being excited that he’d found Bill Slater and was able to persuade him to perform; it was rare to come across a player of that quality who predated the folk revival of the mid 20th century.“ | |||||||
| Help | May be PRS/Copyright questions depending on what was agreed at the time? | |||||||
| Start-End | Performer | Tunes/Titles | Instruments | Notes | by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0:14.50 | Bill Slater Unidentified accompanist | Concertina Piano | JFC’s legacy included music and some concertina-related documentation which had belonged to Bill Slater – they were, I think friends. It was arranged that Bill Slater’s documents would be most usefully donated to the library of the library/archive of the Internatonal Concertina Association, of which Bill Slater was a founder member. He played English concertina (possibly others types, too?) I cannot say for certain, but it seems likely that the “Keel Row Variations” were composed by Bill Slater. The second piece, Church Bells in Autumn, has phrases redolent of “Caller Herrin'” in the earlier section, and the piece terminates with the tune of the hymn “Abide with Me”(“Eventide” by W.H Mone, 1823-89). First part of Church Bells sounds like Caller Herrin with Variations | RH MD | |
| 00-0:45 | Intro | RH | |||
| 00:46-3:16 | Bill Slater | Unidentified tune | English Concertina, or possibly a Duet Concertina of some sort, with piano accompaniment Piano | RH | |
| 3:17-7:20 | Bill Slater | Keel Row Variations | English Concertina, or possibly a Duet Concertina of some sort, with piano accompaniment Piano | Not the Shields variations | RH MD |
| 7:20-14:58 | Bill Slater | Church Bells in Autumn | English Concertina, or possibly a Duet Concertina of some sort, with piano accompaniment Piano | RH | |
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