I can't believe this is the same Jay Ungar when we were friends at the High School of Music and Art in 1963 in NYC. We both lived in the Bronx. It's been decades since the last time I saw him. He was a terrific violinist when he was just 17.
@vickiegann2776 Жыл бұрын
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@hunterdowdle52045 ай бұрын
Midnight on the Water sounds so haunting, the way it echoes in the performance hall. Almost like a lament.
@BusterKitten4 жыл бұрын
I love it whenever we get a history of the music being played, helps to appreciate it even more.
@ericolmeda91504 жыл бұрын
The melody is how I hope 2020 finishes out.
@benjaminjenkins7323 жыл бұрын
oh dear, lol
@joannehack75882 жыл бұрын
Sorry
@GuyCabliaro7 ай бұрын
What moves me about Jay Unger is, although he has tremendous command, his playing isn't about virtuosity--look at how good I am. His playing is about depth. Where does this song reside? He conveys where the song is coming from and introduces the listeners to that place within themselves. Excuse me for being sappy, but the beauty in the music is undeniable.
@bethkolle16 күн бұрын
I love how they emphasize beats two and four, like the Irish. That really makes the music alive and making me want to dance! Fabulous musicianship all around!
@mikepierce68832 жыл бұрын
I remember being a young boy listening to my music teacher talk about how instrumental music tells a story. At the time that made no sense to me. 30 years later i totally understand. This song bring me to tears everytime i listen to it.
@richardbunting10315 жыл бұрын
Lovely piece. This demonstrates perfectly Ms Mason's sensitivity in the way she augments the soloist without being showy.
@davidkyle50174 жыл бұрын
Goes straight to my heart, I love this music!
@EarlRausch10 жыл бұрын
I love to watch Molly read there faces, even her small single notes add wonderment. To all of you who play, what a wonderful thing it must be.
@danielstolte34926 жыл бұрын
It truly is a wonderful thing. This still is the most beautiful and haunting rendering of this tune that I know of. My wife and I recently had a little guy, so I'm learning this tune on my guitar right now, to play to him as a lullaby. I just spent an hour rewinding the video to watch Molly's playing, and where exactly she puts her little walks and chord changes.
@MichaelHarvill985 жыл бұрын
It's a curse to be a musician.
@sheev115 жыл бұрын
@@MichaelHarvill98 So very, very true. I am 72 years old and have been studying violin/fiddle now for three years. Learn an instrument, it is easy. Yeah, right.
@johnraymonda89604 жыл бұрын
@@MichaelHarvill98 Ah! So that's the solution--I find me a witch to put a curse on me so I can be a musician instead of just a wannabe. Wish me luck.
@karenroberts2736 Жыл бұрын
totally agree 🙂
@davewilson40585 жыл бұрын
So much beautiful music in the World and I have only scratched the surface. These two pieces, especially Midnight on the Water, are particularly fine and I've just heard them for the first time . I only knew of Bonaparte's Retreat from another Country Song which mentioned it, but I'd never heard it 'til now. Superb rendition by the Player's. THANK YOU.
@georgemalcolm9052Ай бұрын
Just enchanting
@matthewfulk41243 жыл бұрын
One of my new favorite videos! Thanks for the context at the beginning! "stimulus funding"!
@halvey1235 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this beautiful music. Should be mandatory for students of music and dance.
@steamhick5 жыл бұрын
The gift of music! to play and to listen. A language we all understand. Wonderful.
@c_farther52084 жыл бұрын
This violinist is the best ever. He is one with his instrument and knows how to make it perform.
@patrickbukowski96673 жыл бұрын
he's a fiddler, just to correct you
@sylvestermergatroid13347 жыл бұрын
Seeing jay perform this brought me back to when I took fiddle lessons from him, 40yrs ago or so. I still have his breakdown of midnight on the water and bonepartes retreat on cassette tape. He helped me get my 1st decent bow. I probably could have been a better student but his prowess with the fiddle was mighty intimidating to a 15yr old!!!
@nonamesplease62884 жыл бұрын
This is the best performance I've heard of these old standards. Top notch!
@Ravenscaller4 жыл бұрын
They don't just fiddle around do they? Midnight is hauntingly beautiful
@barbarashort87949 жыл бұрын
Molly, you're a STAR. Beautifully and sensitively executed. xx
@andrealarson89804 жыл бұрын
Three thoroughbred musicians, champions all. Wonderful arrangement and performance.
@petercallaghan98515 жыл бұрын
Then Jay took it to Transatlantic Sessions and - thank God - the world got to hear this wonderful piece of music.
@matthewfulk41243 жыл бұрын
Masters! This is so beautiful! I would have had a hard time not dancing had i been there! Amazing!!!
@tubemagpie4 жыл бұрын
Some music/tunes bring tears unbidden to my eyes. Such a tune is Midnight on the Water as was the effect ,at aged 13, of hearing Sibelius 2nd Symphony whilst standing in my Grandmother's kitchen. Tishimingo Blues too.
@AikiFuz Жыл бұрын
The guitar harmonics for the first part of Bonaparte’s Retreat feel like some sort of masterclass in accompaniment.
@dyerstraite4 жыл бұрын
How in the world could ANYONE give this a thumbs down? Are you out of your mind?
@johnraymonda89604 жыл бұрын
I can't figure it out either.
@allenhanford4 жыл бұрын
Some people are never happy
@caiocfcs4 жыл бұрын
Amazing! So soothing and peaceful.. well done guys!
@kurtiserikson73345 жыл бұрын
This caresses my ears and makes me want to flip flap jacks in the morning for someone I love.
@fmcnally3 жыл бұрын
What?
@theambitiousduck3 жыл бұрын
@@fmcnally 😆
@stephenabelsr4 жыл бұрын
Simplistic and beautiful. What music should be.
@greenshp2 жыл бұрын
Huh. I would never call that "simplistic" - those are accomplished musicians! I might call it "simple".
@Walking-the-coast4 жыл бұрын
Stunning, real music.
@tribulationcoming3 жыл бұрын
The acoustics ad great sonic ambience. This is the sound of old, before amplification and excellent musicians makes it all more beautiful.
@Vocela9 ай бұрын
Absolutely awesome.
@bradslepicka97628 жыл бұрын
Wonderful music played by outstanding musicians!
@marjoriecoxfabian50542 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful!
@loralynstaples548310 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Molly! I LOVE your walking bass....it adds SO much to the tune!
@lindapickering41289 жыл бұрын
Super! Love those guys. We always try and get to their concerts when they come to the Portland area.
@taskforceonnationalandhome70239 ай бұрын
God Bless these musicians who play right straight into my heart!
@Vocela9 ай бұрын
Mine too. It's exactly what I was thinking.
@pjones70128 ай бұрын
this is exceptional. thank you for sharing. i always enjoy listening to you play.
@xrekcor5 жыл бұрын
Wow just wow! And Molly what a solid cool calm groove player that guitar just kept ticking over
@violinverena12349 жыл бұрын
Such fantastic musicians! Lovely to listen to all day :-)
@cynthiamadrid14304 жыл бұрын
Copeland's Rodeo came out In 1946... Commissioned By Agnes DeMille... This piece they are playing is Part of Rodeo. My Father Was a Rodeo rider in 1946. I think of him when I hear it.
@sophiaeloisea2 жыл бұрын
I’m from East Tennessee and live in Colorado. This transported me straight back home to the Appalachian mountains. Thank you, so very very beautiful.
@kirbycat4 жыл бұрын
Subtle and mighty beautiful version.
@robertandrews37093 жыл бұрын
My daughter is learning this song and she loves it! She plays the violin.
@dulcimama2 ай бұрын
This is such a great version of “Midnight on the Water” and such a cool treatment of “Bonaparte’s Retreat”. Thank you!
@ericnewman33522 жыл бұрын
been attending Fiddle and Dance Camp for many years , andlove everything Jay and Molly do ! The Judson Mem. Church has special meaning because I belong to N.Y.C. Friends of Clearwater , and we meet there.
@brendawighton75484 жыл бұрын
Fantastic playing 2 great tunes. 👍🎻
@ashishsikarwar75782 жыл бұрын
Truly remarkable and beautiful 🎶
@flowersofthefield3404 ай бұрын
A Beautifull Melody 🎶 ❤ 🍺🍺🍺
@traumamama20076 жыл бұрын
Mesmerizing, especially the last half of Midnight on the Water.
@garykaufman81288 жыл бұрын
Excellent, great to listen to such musicians...great talent!
@PhyllisBillings-t1k11 ай бұрын
Love your music
@carlwilson43758 жыл бұрын
I just saw Jay & Molly tonight in Morristown NJ. The talking and story telling is part of the show. I had a great time. Great show.
@inglesconalan53604 жыл бұрын
Great music and playing. Thanks for sharing the video.
@rockdrumr27728 жыл бұрын
Aaron Copland's Hoedown (on his work, Rodeo), was based on a field recording he heard from the Library of Congress, mistakenly listed on KZbin as William H. Stepp's Bonaparte's Retreat, which was really called Napoleon's Bony Part. Notice on Stepp's recording found on KZbin ("Bonaparte's Retreat" ~ William H. Stepp, 1937), at 00:22, where he says, while playing, "Now this [undecipherable], the 'bony' part. That's the 'bony' part." (The undecipherable word may be "next" or "makes".) You can hear, on KZbin, Audrey Williams - Bonaparte's Retreat, Hank Williams Bonaparte's Retreat, and others that show how different Bonaparte's Retreat is to Hoedown, and what Jay Ungar and Molly Mason are playing above, which sounds great, by the way! But, it is Napoleon's Bony Part (or, Bonypart), not Napoleon's Retreat, as others have thought.
@chriscarre39248 жыл бұрын
+Rock Drumr blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2013/11/bill-stepp-aaron-copland-and-bonapartes-retreat/ Looks the Library of Congress folklorist has already corrected you on this: blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2013/11/bill-stepp-aaron-copland-and-bonapartes-retreat/#comment-286990 I'd recommend citing your source on your dubious claim, please.
@RubyCrockettsolitude5 жыл бұрын
Perfection at its finest..
@Paul.Sellers8 жыл бұрын
I love that Molly never takes her eyes off Jay's as they work through this.
@MrIbgrant8 жыл бұрын
+Paul Sellers Yes, I like that too. Still in love and communicating beautifully after all those years.
@TexExpatriate18 жыл бұрын
There is a lot more to it than that. Two musicians working together communicate through eye contact in ways most people do not comprehend.
@davidwollman75816 жыл бұрын
Paul Sellers johnny cash give my love. To rose
@sammyblackchow95416 жыл бұрын
It's more than eye contact. I think it's more like soul contact :-)
@dalepage55116 жыл бұрын
Never?
@Famdoc10002 жыл бұрын
Flawless performance.
@susansmeltzer30016 жыл бұрын
I love being introduced to new music and new artists (to me) on youtube. :D
@kaystewart6009 Жыл бұрын
I love Coplands Rodeo!
@fiddlemusik10 жыл бұрын
Interesting tidbits shared, TY! Both beautiful renditions of favorite American classics.
@josephstanski51805 жыл бұрын
Wow! Such beauty. Well done.
@Pteromandias8 жыл бұрын
Here's another thing. I can listen to folk music from 12th century England. Music that has persisted throughout the ages. One of my favorite most cryptic songs of that time is one called The Cutty Wren. Survived 800 years without a dime of stimulus.
@arasley6 жыл бұрын
You know, most musicians and creative types back then had patrons-- often royal or nobles. That was the feudal version of "stimulus." Not to mention many, many of the traditional American folk songs were collected in the depression by people working in the WPA- FDR's employment stimulus project. Even now, the Smithsonian-- a government institution, not to mention many public universities and state museums-- assemble recordings and songbooks of traditional music. Stimulus rocks. :)
@deirdreconley10006 жыл бұрын
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@woolyimage5 жыл бұрын
No dimes just pounds, shillings and pence. A nations culture is invaluable.
@procarpenter17884 жыл бұрын
@@arasley stimulus is great! But folk tunes definitely did not have royalty as patron.
@Pteromandias Жыл бұрын
@@arasley Difference is that was their own money.
@marthacain14685 жыл бұрын
My first dance on my PAPA'S SHOES~
@margarethester47375 жыл бұрын
My first Dums by Martha Kane Martha Kay playing my first dance cancel
@gjothesen8 жыл бұрын
My favorite video on the younterwebtubes.
@EMDEEism4 жыл бұрын
Music that is timeless
@John-wr6yo Жыл бұрын
Paul has been to my town many,many times to perform. I love it when he plays the Hardanger fiddle.
@callum113111 жыл бұрын
This is literally the most amazing thing i've ever heard!
@paulpoulin12005 жыл бұрын
Ahhhhhhh! .............Thank you!!!
@mothmagic15 жыл бұрын
And that melody comes from an old Scottish Bagpipe tune which is actually a march
@martiemutsch74617 жыл бұрын
I love that they credit earlier collectors for this music. Wonder if Copeland did?
@greenshp5 жыл бұрын
No, he didn't. However, it was considered public domain and no copyright, since it was so old and the origin untraceable (no one knows who first played it). So legally he didn't have to... but I'm with you, it would have been nice to do from an ethical standpoint.
@Esus44 жыл бұрын
It started as a slow sad Irish tune from the 19th century. So it was definitely in the public domain. In the 1950s it became a hit country tune.
@stepno3 жыл бұрын
Jay, Paul & Molly ought to tour as the Stimulus Trio! :-)
@Gayle3395 жыл бұрын
Beautiful! Nice to see Molly's initial apprehension turn to a smile. Just love that old Gibson!
@MarkKislich9 жыл бұрын
Eerily Beautiful...
@GibsonTB116 жыл бұрын
Love those bass runs on guitar
@juddeemaxwell75904 жыл бұрын
So lovely! ❤️
@alexquiroz99455 жыл бұрын
Beautifully played!
@carolkittenheart55137 жыл бұрын
Just love it!
@danielciurro47424 жыл бұрын
Perfect, Absolutely perfect!
@daigo195210 жыл бұрын
Jay has got some really neat hats! (I'm a hat person, as well as someone who loves this music.)
@billstokes67407 жыл бұрын
looks like a Stetson
@maytons2 жыл бұрын
This reminded me of an old commercial. "Beef... It's what's for dinner."
@309west10 жыл бұрын
Dale Paul Woodiel, Jr. is the other fiddle Player
@markengleman68415 жыл бұрын
thanks for filling in that blank
@patmurphy38911 жыл бұрын
ty so much for posting this, excellent job!!enjoyed it!
@rebelrider95102 жыл бұрын
Es una composición hermosa 💚🎧🎩🌹🌹🌹🌞🌹🌞🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
@212729h10 жыл бұрын
How good is that . Fantastic stuff .
@mikedo610 жыл бұрын
I just love that Cajun 'drone'...been listening to this all day! Amazing....despite what SOME numbnuts below say. :)
@ericgansauer7084 жыл бұрын
My daughters wedding processional at her outdoor June wedding was Asoken Farewell and Moonlight was to be our father daughter dance. The ensemble played it but I chickened out on the dance, I have 2 left feet when it comes to that.
@markbrown26408 ай бұрын
"You can hear it on the KZbin"!😄😄😄
@AliceInChains2433 жыл бұрын
Who else is here in 2020 because of Tyler Childers?
@tracyyucikas71795 жыл бұрын
I *seriously* liked this performance
@dalepippin3345 Жыл бұрын
Amazing! I'm a huge fan of those playing, and those it is dedicated to! Tip of the hat to Benny Thomasson!
@dannyinaus5 жыл бұрын
wow, this sounds like it is straight out of Ireland
@ctb28147 жыл бұрын
wow! That's some nice artistry.
@leitfie35796 ай бұрын
Marvellous🎻
@jeanvaljeanist5 жыл бұрын
i don't know how i got here but i'm sure glad i came....not familiar with any of these folks before tonight but that is fine playing. second song i recognized as lifted by Emerson Lake and Palmer in their song 'Hoedown'....
@veefriend42015 жыл бұрын
Artists extraordinaire!
@dancingqueen2011058 жыл бұрын
WOW!!!! Wonderful!!!
@jedmarum9 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!!!
@McMollyAnn18 жыл бұрын
Wow. Your music is beautiful! I love it...sometimes I find it haunting or sad....nevertheless, it always stirs up feelings and emotion for this music appreciatior!
@Bob1Mack5 жыл бұрын
"That's popular music. It was popular before anybody could make money off it." Vic Mullen used to have a show on CBC radio which gave him a free hand to choose the music. He came out with that assessment just as an A.P. Carter record ended.