Flippen (The Flip)/Soon or Never - Punch Brothers. Aquarelle Guitar Quartet

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The coming together of the two pieces
‘Flippen’ (the Flip) and ‘Soon or Never’
happened almost by accident. We have been
huge fans of the American virtuoso mandolin
player Chris Thile for many years, and
especially of his progressive bluegrass band,
Punch Brothers. Listening to the band’s CD
Who’s Feeling Young Now?, we were struck by
the dynamic performance of the fantastically
energetic piece ‘Flippen’. On discovering that
it had actually been written by the Swedish
violinist Mikael Marin (b. 1965) for his three-
piece folk band, Väsen, Mike (Baker) wanted to make
an arrangement for us, which would bring
together the interpretations of Väsen and
Punch Brothers and he therefore set out to
find a middle section that would unite the
work of the two bands. The Punch Brothers’
song ‘Soon or Never’, found on the same CD,
lent itself perfectly to the task. it is beautifully
lyrical and a stark contrast to the high-octane
‘Flippen’ which is heard in the outer sections
of this arrangement (in the opening section
based on the Punch Brothers’ version and in
the closing one on that of Väsen).

This track is taken from our CD 'Aspects' on Chandos Records.
Buy/Download here:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/aspects/1170278644

The Aquarelle Guitar Quartet use Hannabach Strings

For bookings or general enquiries, please contact Jayne Rollason at Classic Management:
www.classicmgt.org.uk

www.aquarellegq.com