why am i finding this slightly annoying??????????????????

So great

whatbis names of tunes?

It’s a sick display of brilliance and ability and a joy to listen to. It’s like breathing and looks effortless but you have to believe they have combined for 6 figures of hours of playing and practice to get to this point.

Somewhere between $300,000 and $500,000 of instruments on stage.

Could some folks correct me/help fill this in for us all? 00:30 Shoulda Seen It Coming 6:15 Harvest Time 10:48 Carpathian Mountain Breakdown 18:22 "A Chris Thile love song" 22:04 Desvairada - Garoto 28:02 Two of Bach's Goldberg variations 31:37 [something] 38:10 What A Blast! 44:30 Bach: gigue from partita #2 in d minor (with Bass "continuo" - no! entire 2nd part! - by Marshall) 50:58 [something] 56:05 Byron's 59:10 end of that 1:02:00 Sedi Donka (in 25/16 time) 1:04:46 end of that 1:05:55 Fisher's Hornpipe

Who's better? The answer is the one that plays the mandocello in the background! Oh, they both do? Ok the one that plays the mandobass, seldom seen in public but beautiful to hear.

Outstanding range of abilities. Thank you so mch for the inspiration you provide to budding 5th tuned instrument players :)

Thank you for these shows!!

Me gusta esta música clásica y su técnica te transporta a otra época maravillosa

Me gusta esa música. Grandiosa

Mi edad 60 years

It must be amazing to be that precise. Or never allow someone to know if you weren't precise. Flabbergasted is a great word for me after watching.

Bravo!!!

Awesome!

I am an on line student of Mike Marshall. This is one of the reasons why. Just WOW!

I think those insturments would really SHINE behind a Heil PR30 mic.

World class musicians. Love it 🧡

Whoa at 25:45 it's just like the rain cleared. Magic stuff. I've watched this 5 times, maybe more.

Does anyone know the name of the first song?

Wow!!!

22:40 Desvairada - Garoto

Kinda reminds me of "Mandolin Abstractions" by David Grisman & Andy Statman.

Watching this today for the 1st time has been one of the great joys of my life.

No words. Just music. Utterly brilliant. Inspirational.

Man, if I had a time machine to see one concert, it would be this

Wow, just wow!

I am surprised that this channel doesn't have more subscribers - You are such a great guy and you have made my life a bit better - just by being in it - in a small way. I was your online student (Peter from China) about 6 or 7 years ago. Playing the mandolin and everything I learned from you has allowed me to spend hundreds of hours learning to play - setting up my own guitar octave mando - experimenting with tunings and different styles of music. I have also shared this with my friends, family and students. I am not a musician - but I still benefit so much from all of this. Thanks! Also, no commenting is possible on the Bach video - not sure why - Amazing job on that. Really enjoy - and it's funny that I should stumble on that just as I am working hard to learn this whole suite.

I enjoyed looking back on this superb performance by you and Chris Thile. The variety of pieces selected was uniquely interesting.

Buff Bacon

That is the first time I have ever heard the Goldberg Variations performed on mandolins. Just STUNNINGLY good

Thile is a genius. Which sucks, because many used to think I was a genius when I was young and don't know there are people like Thile around.

37:08 is so nasty!!!

Wonderful music. Great skill. No question about that. I just feel very very bad that mandolinists always have have difficulty holding the mandolin. They have to slouch forward and bend their knees in some weird way. Particularly if they happen to be a tall person. I mean can't someone give them a support frame for holding the Mandolin like the ones sometimes can be seen for classical guitars? its basically a frame one side of which is shaped to sit on your knee, then raises the mandolin to the height you want. I mean, music is enjoyable but I don't think the musicians have to suffer back pain and or develop a hunchback just for music . Can someone get to it before we start calling some kind of Mandolin musicians rights professional union? Its a joke, but come on.

8 years later, May 18, 2021 I wonder where they are now? I heard that Chris took a M.C, job with a radio company, maybe - maybe not - Mike not a word for several years. I truly enjoy both of them, together or apart. I'm hoping both are happy campers wherever they are and whatever they are doing. Talent like this is hard to put into a box and leave behind. The spotlight beckons even if the dollars are not needed anymore. Wish they would have come to New Mexico, I understand that we only have 1 1/2 venues here, Albuquerque is one and Santa Fe or las Cruces are the halves (?) but we do love music, the Indios, the Hispanics and the Anglos plus a few from other nationalities. We are a fine mix of music lovers, one and all!

Complementary Masters! What a joy to listen to them play together.

There's nothing that sounds more beautiful than a mandolin -- except obscenely talented mandotwins.

Besser geht es nicht!!!!!!!!!Ausgeschlossen!!!!!!!!!

Super performance bravo

Mike Marshall was in David Grisman’s group at Seventeen. The thing that’s sweet about the mandolin world is that all the elite players are pals who are so happy to get the opportunity to perform with each other.

What an amazing show. Don't forget you can join Mike Marshall's ArtistWorks school of mandolin. He's a great teacher and will really help you progress as a player. What a combination these two make - just brilliant.

From a time when "Giant Mandolins" roamed the Earth...

MAAAAN... The communication you two have...inherently, musically...is very very rare. THANK YOU.

Genius, joy, artistic and certainly there was a lot of practice involved for both of these wonderful artists!

AWESOME!

You two are amazing... my fav duo on mandolin by far.

the midnight mando madness that night was also amaze balls.

Bravini sti ragazzi!

👍❤😀👏

Had to play that Bach Gigue for Grade 7 violin back in the seventies. It always sounded lonely - and now it just fell in love.