Message for Skarpi; Iceland Early music

Subject: Message for Skarpi; Iceland Early music
From: sapper82
Date: 18 Nov 07 - 07:07 AM

If anyone see Skarpi on line and for anyone else interested, BBC R3's "Early Music Show" on in ½h from writing this, 12:00GMT Sunday, is about Icelandic Early Music.
Lucie Skeaping talking to Arni Ingolfsson and playing examples.
Click here for programme webpage

Subject: RE: Message for Skarpi; Iceland Early music
From: Emma B
Date: 18 Nov 07 - 07:20 AM

you might also enjoy this CD

Subject: RE: Message for Skarpi; Iceland Early music
From: Jim Lad
Date: 18 Nov 07 - 01:04 PM

I listened to Skarpi do some Icelandic, traditional songs in Invershin.
Absolutely Haunting & very Celtic.

Subject: RE: Message for Skarpi; Iceland Early music
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 18 Nov 07 - 02:26 PM

Early Music Show was BRILLIANT - catch it on Listen Again if you can. Also, don't they repeat the previous week's show (or one of them) at some ungodly hour on Sunday nights? So perhaps next weekend it will air again. Loved Ingolfsson's ensemble too. They're a don't-miss if they're ever performing in your area -

Subject: RE: Message for Skarpi; Iceland Early music
From: skarpi
Date: 18 Nov 07 - 04:59 PM

Hi Sapper, I will listen when I can I booked marked the page
, but my computer has been giving me a hard time now .

Thanks for this .

All the best Skarpi Iceland

Subject: RE: Message for Skarpi; Iceland Early music
From: open mike
Date: 19 Nov 07 - 12:07 AM

a local celtic music programmer showed me a recent icelandic c.d.
the cover had pictures of swans with their necks entwined in a knot
(not unlike a celtic knot)

Subject: RE: Message for Skarpi; Iceland Early music
From: The Borchester Echo
Date: 19 Nov 07 - 07:59 AM

Celtic? No. Icelandic is a Germanic language, derived from Old Norse,

Subject: RE: Message for Skarpi; Iceland Early music
From: GUEST,PMB
Date: 19 Nov 07 - 10:25 AM

Poor Old Norse? Actually the Irish lived in Iceland before the Norse... but they were anchorites ... monks trying to get away from the mad rush of early mediaeval Ireland. I think the early settlers were a bit scared of them and stayed out of their way until they died off.

The Saxons inherited their twiny art from Irish monks, and I'd be surprised if the Norse didn't borrow it too.

Subject: RE: Message for Skarpi; Iceland Early music
From: GUEST,from work
Date: 19 Nov 07 - 12:42 PM

some of us are from Norway :>)) , but most of the Icelandic´s
are irish :>)) , mine came from Norway , from my mothers arm but
fathers Irish .

All the best Skarpi

Subject: RE: Message for Skarpi; Iceland Early music
From: The Borchester Echo
Date: 19 Nov 07 - 02:07 PM

I was speaking linguistically, not of provenance.
Islenska is a Nordic/Germanic language. It is not Celtic.

Subject: RE: Message for Skarpi; Iceland Early music
From: skarpi
Date: 19 Nov 07 - 02:35 PM

Diane , thats true its Nordic/German

Subject: RE: Message for Skarpi; Iceland Early music
From: OLDNIC
Date: 20 Nov 07 - 11:38 AM

If you want to hear the incredible "singing in fifths " there can be no finer sound than that of the Icelandic group "Embla" I heard them at a Baring Gould Festival and was totally blown away by the amazing sound of Didi,Kris,Bowra and another woman singerThis has ,for me been an enduring memory.
If Ive put this to the wrong post Sorry!
The prog was pretty good

Subject: RE: Message for Skarpi; Iceland Early music
From: GUEST,from work
Date: 20 Nov 07 - 12:02 PM

Oldnic , me and my band sings fifths songs and its very
great to hear the voices together .

Embla is a great singin group.

We sang fifts in Portaferry 2005 N-Ireland .

All the best Skarpi

Subject: RE: Message for Skarpi; Iceland Early music
From: GUEST,pattyClink
Date: 21 Nov 07 - 10:12 AM

Any sound samples of this "5ths" stuff out there? Got a link?

Subject: RE: Message for Skarpi; Iceland Early music
From: The Borchester Echo
Date: 21 Nov 07 - 10:46 AM

Funi (Bára Grímsdóttir & Chris Foster) certainly do singing in parallel fifths:

Funi MySpace

Subject: RE: Message for Skarpi; Iceland Early music
From: Brendy
Date: 21 Nov 07 - 11:10 AM

"Islenska is a Nordic/Germanic language. It is not Celtic."

It is part of the Germanic Branch of the Indo-European family of languages, of which all the Celtic languages form a part.

B.

Subject: RE: Message for Skarpi; Iceland Early music
From: GUEST,Sapper on MENTOR at Wilmsolw Stn
Date: 21 Nov 07 - 12:39 PM

Coo! Didn't expect this response to me initial post!!

Subject: RE: Message for Skarpi; Iceland Early music
From: skarpi
Date: 21 Nov 07 - 01:38 PM

hi Diane , chris foster is my teacher on my guitar
so I know them both very well

All the best Skarpi

Subject: RE: Message for Skarpi; Iceland Early music
From: wysiwyg
Date: 21 Nov 07 - 06:36 PM

Thank goodness for Total Recorder, which I left hard at work while "Listen Again" ran-- I was called out on an errand. Looking forward to several listens in the car.

~S~