I was doing some practicing earlier today and decided to hit record on my video camera. I am running through songs I haven’t played through in awhile. Songs include:
Scarborough Fair (0:51), A Lighter Shade of Blue (3:34), House of the Rising Sun (5:00), A Joyful Noise (9:34) and Lagrima (14:03)
Enjoy the good, bad, and ugly!!
-Rob
Abana alathi fi ssama/Abana in Heaven is a beautiful piece of music by Laila Constantine. In this recording I am playing with my friend, Tsun-Hui Hung. She recorded her part in Hawaii and I recorded my part in Michigan and then combined the two performances. Here are the lyrics…
Abana in heaven
Hallowed be Your holy name
Your kingdom come
Your will be done
In all the earth as in heaven
Your kingdom come
Your will be done
In all the earth as in heaven
And give to us give us this day
Our daily bread
O Lord we pray
Forgive our sins as we forgive those
Who have sinned against us
And save us in time of trial
Deliver us from evil
Yours is the kingdom Yours the power
Yours is the glory now and forever
Abana in heaven Amen
Today is Sunday and many churches are closed because of the Corona virus so we thought we would record this. I hope you enjoy it!
I am collaborating with a friend from grad school. I have been stuck at home for the last week because of the corona outbreak and it has been fun collaborating with her. Such a beautiful piece and I think she plays so beautifully.
This is the world premiere performance by the En Masse Orchestra led by Jim Bates at the Classical Mandolin Society’s national convention. The performance took place at the Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois on October 12, 2019.
I had a ton of fun at this conference. I enjoyed meeting people, doing workshops and working with the orchestra. The score/parts is available at my website http://robertlunn.com
The piece was inspired by a trip I made to the Smoky Mountains last June (2019). One day my son and I drove up into the mountains and it was amazing to me see how the landscape changed. At times, when the fog was heavy, it was very mysterious. At other times, when the sun was shinning it was very magnificent. I tried to covey those feelings in this piece. The instrumentation is: mandolin 1, mandolin 2, mandola, mandocello, classical guitar, and double bass.
Here are a few pics from the conference:
I just released a new album!! This is a collection of arrangements I’ve made of some of my favorite songs:
Available (click the picture) at:
I’ve been a huge fan of Jimi Hendrix since I was in middle school and Purple Haze is one of my favorite songs of his. I decided to finally arrange it for guitar and it wasn’t easy, especially the solo. How do you arrange the solo and still have fingers available to play harmony parts???
Score/tab is available at Sheet Music Plus (Click on the picture below)
