Play along with a wonderful harpsichord!

FREE SHEET MUSIC FOR MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA

and Free Sheet Music for Mandolin and Harpsichord. Scroll down to see all the Sheet Music!

1. THE MAGIC MOUNTAINS IN THE SEA

Allegro maestoso

FISHING BOATS AND DANGEROUS SEA

This music describes the sea and the storms, the danger out in the dark and high seas, and that the song gives courage.

Lars Forslund - mandolin & Angelica Selmo - harpsichord

Please, use this music as you want but you must follow international copyright laws and report to your country's music bureau

for copyright when you use this music in public, such as concerts, recordings, film, internet and streaming etc.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

2. THE SONG OF MIDNIGHT SUN

Allegro con moto

MIDNIGHT SUN RAYS HIGH IN THE SKY

This is a song without words, describes the wonderful light over the mountain peaks, the lambs, sea eagles and puffins.

Lars Forslund - mandolin & Angelica Selmo - harpsichord

Please, use this music as you want but you must follow international copyright laws and report to your country's music bureau

for copyright when you use this music in public, such as concerts, recordings, film, internet and streaming etc.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

3. AURORA BOREALIS

Andante misterioso

A DANCING LIGHTING GAME

Tango rhythms symbolizes the dancing light across the sky and the cluster chords and the tremolo the magic sky.

Lars Forslund - mandolin & Angelica Selmo - harpsichord

Please, use this music as you want but you must follow international copyright laws and report to your country's music bureau

for copyright when you use this music in public, such as concerts, recordings, film, internet and streaming etc.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

4. THE BEAUTY OF NATURE

Andante amoroso

SEA, MOUNTAINS AND FISH MARKET

The octave intervals in the mandolin, depicts the glassy surface of the sea, powerful chords

Vikings religious rock and baroque sequences dried fish loaded on the ships to Venice.

Lars Forslund - mandolin & Angelica Selmo - harpsichord

Please, use this music as you want but you must follow international copyright laws and report to your country's music bureau

for copyright when you use this music in public, such as concerts, recordings, film, internet and streaming etc.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

5. BACCALÀ - THE GREAT SUCCESS

Andante maestoso (folia, walzer, flamenco)

THE TRIP TO SPAIN, PORTUGAL & ITALY

These music describes the millennial exports of dried fish from Lofoten to southern Europe. Folia,

Waltz and Flamenco will be mixed withsad melodies at the loved ones farewell.

Lars Forslund - mandolin & Angelica Selmo - harpsichord

Please, use this music as you want but you must follow international copyright laws and report to your country's music bureau

for copyright when you use this music in public, such as concerts, recordings, film, internet and streaming etc.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

6. THE FURIOUS SEA

Allegro furioso

THE STORM AND SHIPWRECK

The dramatic music, the fast playing and sweeping arpeggios, the chords and pounding

rhythm of the instruments symbolizing ice, furious waves and the darkness of the sea.

Lars Forslund - mandolin & Angelica Selmo - harpsichord

Please, use this music as you want but you must follow international copyright laws and report to your country's music bureau

for copyright when you use this music in public, such as concerts, recordings, film, internet and streaming etc.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

A VIRTUOSO HARPSICHORD PLAYER

If you are looking for a virtuoso harpsichord player? Please contact us!

ANGELICA SELMO - HARPSICHORD

plays French Harpsichord Music

FREE SHEET MUSIC & MP3 FILES

Music for your Mandolin Orchestra - All arrangements by Lars Forslund

Klick on a button to open a MP3. file with the Musescore sound of a mandolin orchestra and a PDF. file with the sheet music of the full score

and all parts. You can download the sheet-music of your instrument part and print it or open it on your  computer, i-pad or tablet and than

conect speakers or headphones on another devise (smartphone or mp3 player) or open two windows on your computer, i-pad, tablet or smartphone. If you don't know how to do, please ask somebody who knows about modern technic.

Please, use this music as you want but you must follow international copyright laws and report to your country's music bureau

for copyright when you use this music in public, such as concerts, recordings, film, internet and streaming etc.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

Warning! The mp3 music starts after about 15 seconds so care the volym!!!

"SAKURA SUITE" - JAPANESE MUSIC & ITALIAN OPERA

Music by Lars Forslund and Giuseppe Verdi / Arrangements by Lars Forslund

Klick on a button to open a MP3. file with the Musescore sound of a mandolin orchestra and a PDF. file with the sheet music of the full score

and all parts. You can download the sheet-music of your instrument part and print it or open it on your  computer, i-pad or tablet and than

conect speakers or headphones on another devise (smartphone or mp3 player) or open two windows on your computer, i-pad, tablet or smartphone. If you don't know how to do, please ask somebody who knows about modern technic.

Please, use this music as you want but you must follow international copyright laws and report to your country's music bureau

for copyright when you use this music in public, such as concerts, recordings, film, internet and streaming etc.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

Warning! The mp3 music starts after about 15 seconds so care the volym!!!

SACRED MUSIC FOR MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA

Sheet-music for orchestra, choir, soloists, winds, harpsichord and organ

GLORIA DI LORENZO CRISTIANO

Musica sacra per soprano, mezzosoprano, mandolino solo, chitarra solo, 2 oboi,

orchestra a pizzico o orchestra d'archi, cembalo ed organo di Lars Forslund

SACRED MUSIC BY LORENZO CRISTIANO 

Lorenzo Cristiano is a pseudonym of Lars Christer Forslund, and this choral work is composed for a mixed or women's choir, four vocal soloists

(SATB or SSAA), string or mandolin orchestra, harpsichord, organ, solo mandolin and solo guitar. The music is inspired by sacred Italian

Baroque music, in particular by Vivaldi and Corelli.

Klick on a button to open a MP3. file with the Musescore sound of a mandolin orchestra and a PDF. file with the sheet music of the full score

and all parts. You can download the sheet-music of your instrument part and print it or open it on your  computer, i-pad or tablet and than

conect speakers or headphones on another devise (smartphone or mp3 player) or open two windows on your computer, i-pad, tablet or smartphone. If you don't know how to do, please ask somebody who knows about modern technic.

Please, use this music as you want but you must follow international copyright laws and report to your country's music bureau

for copyright when you use this music in public, such as concerts, recordings, film, internet and streaming etc.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

Warning! The mp3 music starts after about 15 seconds so care the volym!!!

SACRED MUSIC - SEVEN MEMORIES FROM ROME

Sacred music with inspiration from the churches of Rome

CANTATA DI ROMA

Musica sacra per soprano, mezzosoprano, 2 oboi, ocarina, mandolino,

chitarra, cembalo ed orchestra a pizzico o d'archi di Lars Forslund

Klick on a button to open a MP3. file with the Musescore sound of a mandolin orchestra and a PDF. file with the sheet music of the full score

and all parts.You can download the sheet-music of your instrument part and print it or open it on your computer, i-pad or tablet and than

conectspeakers or headphones on another devise (smartphone or mp3 player) or open two windowson your computer, i-pad, tablet or smartphone.If you don't know how to do, please ask somebody who knows about modern technic.

Please, use this music as you want but you must follow international copyright laws and report to your country's music bureau

for copyright when you use this music in public, such as concerts, recordings, film, internet and streaming etc.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

Warning! The mp3 music starts after about 15 seconds so care the volym!!!

SIX IMPRESSIONS FROM LOFOTEN OF NORWAY - THE LAND OF BACCALÀ

The history from 1432 of a Venetian Nobelman and Sea Captain

LOFOTEN SUITE

Musica per concertino di mandolino, chitarra e cembalo

ed orchestra a plettro di Lars Forslund

Klick on a button to open a MP3. file with the Musescore sound of a mandolin orchestra and a PDF. file with the sheet music of the full score

and all parts.You can download the sheet-music of your instrument part and print it or open it on your computer, i-pad or tablet and than

conectspeakers or headphones on another devise (smartphone or mp3 player) or open two windowson your computer, i-pad, tablet or smartphone.If you don't know how to do, please ask somebody who knows about modern technic.

Please, use this music as you want but you must follow international copyright laws and report to your country's music bureau

for copyright when you use this music in public, such as concerts, recordings, film, internet and streaming etc.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

Warning! The mp3 music starts after about 15 seconds so care the volym!!!

HISTORY AND LEGEND

Pietro Querini from Venice

PIETRO QUERINI AND THE REAL STORY OF THE BACCALÀ

Pietro Querini was a nobelman, navigator and captain from the Republic of Venice. He became famous after he and his crew were shipwrecked on the Røst, south of Lofoten in northern Norway, January 5, Winter 1432. When he later returned to Venice, he wrote a report about his travels to the Senate. It was published and printed in Venice. Here you can read an excerpt from Pietro Querinis own story.

In October 1431 was Captain Querini and his ship, a cog, on its way from Crete with a cargo to Bruges in Flanders, where they encountered a terrible storm off the west coast of France. The storm broke the masts of the ship and they were driven by the Gulf Stream across the North Sea. They had to jump into the lifeboat and they fought in the icy storm in many weeks. Most of the sailors drowned or died of hunger and exhaustion when they were left to their cruel fate.

Shortly after New Year 1432 became the surviving stranded on an island in the archipelago of Lofoten near Røst. Only eleven men, of a crew of 68 men was survived. They were found by local fishermen after 29 days. They became taken charge of by the fishermen and spent more than three months, together with the inhabitants of the island Røst.

This dramatic event was the origin for trade between northern Norway and Italy. After many months in Lofoten Pietro Querini realized benefits of the dried fish, possible to store a long time and it had great nutritional value, so he decided to send a couple of boxes of dried fish to Venice. This was also the origin of the success of baccalà in Italy.

PIETRO QUERINIS TRIP IN SWEDEN

On the return trip to Venice visited Pietro Querini a Venetian Count Giovanni Franco, who lived on Stegeborgs castle near Söderköping in Sweden. Querini stayed there for a time and after fourteen days following the Count them with 100-120 fine riding horses to Vadstena. The purpose of the trip across Östergötland, which took them five days, was to seek indulgences during the annual Peter Festival on August 1, 1432, and that of the crowd which inquire about possible boat trips from Lödöse.

In Vadstena their host Mathias, called Mafio and Mapheo in the stories, took after a few days the visitors to the port city Lödöse at the Göta River, where the family is said to have owned a large manor-house in the neighborhood. From Vadstena it was eight days' journey, and Pietro Querini, which during the trip had fever, praising his host's kindness to provide him with one of their best horses; it was a horse with so soft walk that he said he never experienced anything like that.

PIETRO QUERINI E LA VERA STORIA DEL BACCALÀ

Pietro Querini and the real story of the baccalà

IN PARADISO

EXCERPTS FROM IN PARADISE BY PIETRO QUERINI:

“It was a hundred and twenty souls who lived on the island, and at Easter there were seventytwo who received Holy Communion and confessed himself as pious and faithful Catholics. They have nothing but fish to sustain life with, because it is not possible to grow anything. Three months of the year, June, July and August, the sun never sets, and in the winter months it is almost always night, and they have always light from the moon.

During the year fishing the endless amounts of fish. The one who is most prevalent, indeed immeasurable quantities, called cane fish (cod), the other being flounder, but of wonderful size, each fish should I believe weighed two hundred libre. The fish dries in the Sun and wind without salt, and because there are fish with little oily liquid, it becomes hard as wood. When they want to eat it, they knock it with the back of an ax, which makes the filamentous equal tendons, then fed butter and spices to give it flavor. It is a commodity of inestimable importance in oceans.

Flounder are, since it is so large, quartered and salt. In May, they go so from the island in a pretty big boat of fifty barrels and loaded with fish sail to a place in Norway more than a thousand mil away called Berge (Bergen). There will likewise ship of three hundred to three hundred and fifty barrels, loaded with all sorts of goods into Germany, England, Scotland and Prussia, everything needed to live and dress. And those who come with fish (and there is an innumerable amount of boats), it switches the goods they need, for as mentioned they can not grow crops where they live. They neither have nor use any kind of coin, so when they have exchanged goods, they travel back. But they always make sure with the sufficient fuel for the entire year, and other necessary things.

The men in these islands is the most spotless people and has a beautiful appearance, the same applies to their women. So innocent is that they do not care about locking anything, not even women suit on. And this was easy to see, in the same room where husband and wife and children were sleeping, there lived also we, and clothed the naked when they should go to bed. Every Thursday they used to have a sauna and then overlaid those of the house with them, and went completely naked to the sauna a stone's throw away, where they mingled with the men. They are (as I have mentioned before) the most pious Christians, and on holidays they fail never go to Mass. In the church kneels always when they pray, and sometimes never at the muttering incantations, curses saints or mention the devil's name. When a relative dies, keeping the wives of men the day of funeral, a great gathering of all the neighbors, who by custom and ability dressed in magnificent and precious clothes. The deceased's wife dress in their finest and dearest finery and serve guests as she often reminds them that they must be pleased with the deceased's soul peace sake. They always meet the fast on those particular days, and all feasts that come during the year keeps those with Christian piety.

Their dwellings are round and made of wood. They have only one aperture midst of headroom. In winter it is so unbearably cold that they cover the opening with mighty fish skins, which are cooked so they let through much light. They use thick woolen clothes from London and elsewhere, leather they use little or nothing of. To accustom children to the cold and enable them to withstand the better, they take their newborns when they are four days old and lay them naked under the skylight, remove the fish skin and lets the snow fall on them. Throughout the winter, from February 5 to May 14, the time we were there, it snowed almost always. Those children who survive childhood, are so hardened and accustomed to the cold that those adults care little or nothing about it. Imagine then how the rest of us, who were badly dressed and not used to living in such areas, would carry us. But with God's help we kept out everything.

In the spring came the countless wild geese and built nest on the island, many close to the house walls. So tame they were since they had never been frightened by something, that when housewives went to the nest, traveled goose slowly and let the women quietly take the eggs they wanted and that they fried omelet for us. When they went, came the goose back to nest and lay down to incubate. We thought this was quite adventurous, like much else that it will take too long to tell. (...)

In the time we were there, treated people's friendly after their best ability, and for two months we ate enormous quantities of their food, for example, butter, fish and occasionally meat. It was as if we could never get enough, and had it not been for this food was so easily digested, we had eaten us to death. Our medicine was fresh milk, for each householder had four to six small cows subsistence of his family.

When we got to May, it was the end of the month they used to transport the fish to Bergen, and they were preparing also to take us. But a few days before had a woman married to the man who ruled over all the islands, but as it was away, we heard that we were sent there on the spot. She sent her chaplain in a boat rowed by twelve vessels, and on behalf of the woman he handed over to me, who stood above the others, sixty cane fish dried in the wind, and three large rye bread, round as with us. (...)

So we sailed between many islands, and the entire time we navigated south through straits, (...) This continued the journey in fifteen days with almost only tailwind and constantly controlled by we cairns which was set on top of the islands, and that showed us the fastest and deepest route. The people lived in many of the islands, and these took merciful against us when they learned of the monk how it was with us. They gave us what they had, for example, milk and fish, without any payment”

Venezia

Pietro Querini

LARS FORSLUND'S "MANDOLIN SCHOOL"

Music for mandolin and Harpsichord

Dear Mandolin Player!

WELCOME TO LARS FORSLUND'S "MANDOLIN SCHOOL"

Here is something for those who like to play mandolin pieces with an accompanist! Music by Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart and Beethoven among others, for mandolin and harpsichord.

I'm not a mandolin teacher, and there are a lot of great mandolin teachers out there around the world, but I have a super strong passion for live music and concerts. My passion lies in playing, collaborating with other musicians, organizing concerts and festivals and I love chamber music. I also love to inspire people to play chamber music, do marketing and arrange concerts with the mandolin involved.

SOMETHING FOR YOU, TOO

Therefore, I have developed a fantastic system to be able to play music at a high level, when my harpsichordists, pianists and chamber musicians are not available. It is also a super effective way to prepare and study the music before the first rehearsal begin with, for example, a harpsichordist. Then you already master your part of the music in detail at the first rehearsal and so you do not tire out a professional or talented accompanist with too many interruptions and retakes.

NICE ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE

Therefore, I want to share, completely free of charge, my nice arrangements for harpsichord and mandolin to you who like our website and our videos on YouTube, and to you who love to play mandolin sonatas and chamber music with an accompanist. As a soloist myself, I play more than 50 concerts annually and some of these concerts, I perform myself with my cembalino-harpsichord.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Here on the website you can read about how the software and the concept works. See more on the video about the cembalino-harpsichord project below. Because I love baroque music, I have made harpsichord parts for various mandolin sonatas. If you start an mp3-file with "play along" function, here on the website, it takes about 10-15 seconds before the harpsichord starts playing, so you have time to settle yourself down, and then the harpsichord plays a small introduction at half a bar or sometimes 1-2 beats. The harpsichord always starts first, so you have time to count the beat. In the software I have put rubaton, ritardandon and tempo changes so it becomes a living accompaniment. For example, a repeat can be a little more intense and increase the tempo a little bit, just as it often is at a live concert when the musicians get a little bit more excited.

USE YOUR MOBILE PHONE, MP3-PLAYER, TABLET OR COMPUTER

So you should connect your mobile phone, mp3-player, tablet or computer to a pair of good speakers or headphones and then just play the music directly from this website or our YouTube channel. With speakers, you can also play for your family and friends or at weddings, parties, concerts in churches, castles, museums and libraries, and more. Let your imagination run wild about how you can use the mp3-files. Of course, you can also record the music and post your own recording on YouTube. You can use and download the files for free and you don't have to pay for copyright. The files are free. However, if you use the files for commercial use, it is necessary that you or the concert organizer report the performance to STIM in Stockholm, Sweden or GEMA in Germany or equivalent in your country.

EASIER TO UNDERSTAND

I recommend you to watch my YouTube videos about "Play along", than it's easier to understand the concept. When you play along on our YouTube channel, you will find the sheet-music in the video. For the mp3-files and the sheet-music, you can print, download or use it directely here on our website. For some of the music by Beethoven and Mozart you should use your own sheet-music or download from IMSLP. You can also see below how I use the mp3-files for 7 different concert programs for my mandolin and my cembalino d'amore (harpsichord). It's also nice when I get a response in the form of a standing ovation from an enthusiastic audience, which happens quite often, even though I am playing on a virtual harpsichord. People are very impressed when modern technology meets 300 years old music from the Baroque era.

Good luck with your music making.

Best wishes!

Lars Forslund

Mandolin Academy

PLAY ALONG WITH YOUR MANDOLIN ON YOUTUBE

Music for mandolin and Harpsichord by Vivaldi - Largo from Mandolin Concerto and more

PLAY ALONG WITH YOUR MANDOLIN ON YOUTUBE

Music for mandolin and Harpsichord by Beethoven - Adagio cantabile from the "Pathetique" sonata

PLAY ALONG WITH YOUR MANDOLIN HERE ON OUR WEBSITE

Music for mandolin and Harpsichord by Bach

Klick on a button to open a MP3. file with the harpsichord accompainment and a PDF. file with the sheet music of the mandolin.

Be careful! The introduction of the harpsichord part always play an empty bar before the mandolin starts. Sometimes the 

number of the bars is wrong or it is just a half bar. You have to listen and try before you get it right. 

You can download the sheet-music and print it or open it on your  computer, tablet and than conect

speakers or headphones on another devise (smartphone or mp3 player) or open two windows

on your computer, tablet or smartphone. Ask somebody who knows about modern technic.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

Warning! The mp3 music starts after about 15 seconds so care the volym!!!

Here you have the harpsichord part of Beethoven and Mozart on mp3-files. Please, use your own sheet-music or download from IMSLP.

BAROQUE AND PRESENT

A fantastic and authentic Baroque sound

OLD MEETS NEW

The concept of sound & design, is based on the Baroque sound, and design ideal, in the encounter with the absolute latest, of our time, in digital technology. A happy meeting. It is fascinating when two eras meet, and the result is exceptionally good.

DESIGN FROM THE 1720S AND TECHNOLOGY FROM 2020

Here, 300 years have passed between the innovations, and today these ideals fit like a glove.

THE NEW FANTASTIC TECHNOLOGY IN THE SERVICE OF THE BAROQUE MUSIC ERA

The new mini amplifier Yamaha THR 5 A for acoustic plucked string instruments, together with the software programs: MuseScore, Reaper, Kontakt and the sampling program Berlin-Harpsichord, and the wireless microphone plugs from Boss, means that new and old can be combined at the absolute highest level with a sound result beyond the ordinary. The baroque music sounds fantastic and varied with exuberant resonant sounds from the 18th century.

LISTEN TO THE SOUND OF THE ORGANETTO

Here you have the continuo part from a sonata by Vivaldi

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

Warning! The mp3 music starts after about 15 seconds so care the volym!!!

THE CEMBALINO & ORGANETTO PROJECT, IDEA & CONCEPT

The construction process of the instruments by Lars Forslund

GLORIA DI LORENZO CRISTIANO

Musica sacra per soprano, mezzosoprano, flauto dolce, mandolino,

cembalino ed organetto di Lars Forslund

SACRED MUSIC BY LORENZO CRISTIANO 

Lorenzo Cristiano is a pseudonym of Lars Christer Forslund, and this version of this choral work is composed for a women's choir, or vocal soloists, solo recorder, solo mandolin, harpsichord (cembalino) and organ (organetto). The music is inspired by sacred Italian Baroque music, in particular by Vivaldi and Corelli.

Klick on a button to open a MP3. file with the Musescore sound of a mandolin orchestra and a PDF. file with the sheet music of the full score

and all parts. You can download the sheet-music of your instrument part and print it or open it on your  computer, i-pad or tablet and than

conect speakers or headphones on another devise (smartphone or mp3 player) or open two windows on your computer, i-pad, tablet or smartphone. If you don't know how to do, please ask somebody who knows about modern technic.

Please, use this music as you want but you must follow international copyright laws and report to your country's music bureau

for copyright when you use this music in public, such as concerts, recordings, film, internet and streaming etc.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

Warning! The mp3 music starts after about 15 seconds so care the volym!!!

LISTEN TO THE ORGANETTO & CEMBALINO

Here you have the Recorder part PDF and the sound of the Organetto and the Cembalino MP3

Klick on a button to open a MP3. file with the Musescore sound of a mandolin orchestra and a PDF. file with the sheet music of the full score

and all parts. You can download the sheet-music of your instrument part and print it or open it on your  computer, i-pad or tablet and than

conect speakers or headphones on another devise (smartphone or mp3 player) or open two windows on your computer, i-pad, tablet or smartphone. If you don't know how to do, please ask somebody who knows about modern technic.

Please, use this music as you want but you must follow international copyright laws and report to your country's music bureau

for copyright when you use this music in public, such as concerts, recordings, film, internet and streaming etc.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

Warning! The mp3 music starts after about 15 seconds so care the volym!!!

LARS FORSLUND PLAYS THE "PATHETIQUE" BY BEETHOVEN

on mandolin & cembalino

CAMERATA MANDOLINO CLASSICO PLAYS MUSIC BY HANDEL

for flauto dolce, mandolino & cembalino

MANDOLIN & HARPSICHORD

Neapolitan Mandolins

WATCH OUR VIDEOS

Beautiful 3D films about The Carnival of Venice in the 18th century. Or play along to our soundtracks.

Music by Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart,

Beethoven and others