Polka (Tommy Reck)
Posted in Polkas on Jun 18th, 2011 No Comments »
This nice old polka is another from Tommy Reck's 'Stone in the Field' LP.
It's one of the very few recorded examples of polkas played on pipes from that era; polkas didn't seem to be a big fixture in the piping repertory.
Reck's playing of it, again, is the picture of taste and restraint. He gets a solid rhythm and the little tightnesses he inserts between notes makes for lovely dynamic tension in contrast to the jaunty rhythm and vented held notes. Great music.
You can buy the tracks, or listen to samples of 'em all, HERE.
This polka is the first tune on the 'Two Polkas' track.
Regards,
Harry.
