Mandolin sonatas with harpsichord & organ

SEMINAR FOR MANDOLIN & BASSO CONTINUO

in Vadstena, one of Sweden's most beautiful towns, by Lake Vättern 11 - 17 August 2025

(If you are curious about this seminar, please scroll down and read all the information).

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LISTEN TO THE ORGANETTO & THE CEMBALINO D'AMORE

They will be our beautiful basso continuo instruments in the seminar

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

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

Please scroll down for the sheet-music / mp3-files with mandolin and cembalino d'amore / organetto & Gloria di Lorenzo Cristiano

A CREATIVE SEMINAR FOR MANDOLIN PLAYERS

The seminar highlights mandolin sonatas & triosonatas for flute and mandolin with basso continuo

A CREATIVE SEMINAR FOR MANDOLIN PLAYERS 11 - 17 AUGUST 2025 IN VADSTENA, SWEDEN

The seminar will be held in Vadstena, one of Sweden's most beautiful towns by Lake Vättern 11 - 17 August 2025. The course is an inspiration course. It leads to being able to perform better at your concerts where you play solo or chamber music.

COURSE FEE - ACCOMMODATION, CULTURE AND TOURISM

Course fee € 250 euros. Students half price € 125 euros. Food and accommodation are not included. You will find great hotels, hostels, apartments, camping sites, monasteries, cathedrals and other interesting cultural buildings as well as swimming beaches in and around Vadstena.

PURPOSE OF THE COURSE

The course is aimed at those who play / sing, or want to play / sing in concerts as a soloist or in a chamber music ensemble. We prioritize solo playing and chamber music from Baroque and Classicism.

DARE TO PLAY SOLO

The course is especially good for those who play well but don't really dare to play solo at a concert. We address questions about solo playing, stage presence, stage fright and teach important methods to better cope with a performance. We bring out your best talents, stimulate your artistry and musicality in positive terms.

WE DON'T INTERRUPT YOUR PLAYING - WE LISTEN

We never interrupt your playing. We listen until you have finished playing or singing your piece of music and give good advice and tips afterwards. We don't use styluses and we don't find fault, but take advantage of and encourage everything you're good at. We dare to promise / guarantee that you will be a happier concert artist after this course.

WE BELIEVE IN YOUR ABILITY

We think you have a good technique and enjoy your own playing / singing. We don't poke at your technique. We work with your self-confidence and develop your stage presence, your musicality and your artistry.

WE WANT YOU TO FEEL CONFIDENT IN YOUR PERFORMANCE

The course is aimed at talented amateurs, students and professional musicians who want to play solo pieces, sonatas, ensemble music and solo concerts with a smaller ensemble. We welcome the following instruments and vocals: Mandolin, mandola, lute, guitar, recorder, oboe, viola da gamba, cello, bassoon, soprano, mezzo-soprano and alto. If you are interested in the course but play another instrument or sing in a different voice mode, you are welcome to contact us first, before submit your application.

WE GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY IN THE VIVALDI FESTIVAL

We can accommodate a maximum of 8 mandolinists, 2 mandola players, 2 guitarists or lutenists and 4 flute players. For other instrumentalists a few persons per instrument / song. You will have the opportunity to perform your pieces at our concerts in churches and castles during the Vivaldi Festival of Sweden, after completing the course.

HOW TO BUILD A CEMBALINO D'AMORE OR AN ORGANETTO

After completing the course, you will receive drawings and information on how to build a cembalino d'amore and an organetto. Maybe your grandfather or best friend can build you an instrument. Those who want will also receive building instructions, tips on how to write a basso continuo part in MuseScore, as well as tips on building materials and decorations that can be ordered online.

FUN WITH SMALL "ROBOTS"

Camerata Mandolino Classico has performed 100s of concerts with cembalino d'amore / organetto between 2022-2024 and has made a great success with these instruments among audiences and professional musicians and singers. We usually use real harpsichords / organs when they are available in churches and castles. Otherwise, these little instruments are perfect for transporting in the car, bus or train, not to mention how much fun it is to play at home at parties and birthdays etc. These instruments are also perfect practice instruments and you can easily practice a new repertoire before your concerts with these small "robots".

MIMMIE GRENNÄS & LARS FORSLUND

will be the instructors and coaches in the seminar

IN THIS COURSE THERE WILL BE A LOT OF MUSIC & PLAYING

Below you can read more about the cembalino d'amore and the organetto and how to play, practice, prepare, play a long and print out the sheet music, etc. It is good if you practice a lot on the repertoire below before coming to the course. It will be so much easier for you to get more out of the course. Please choose your favorit music from the suggested repertoire:

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO FIND THE MUSIC ON THE BLACK OR WHITE BUTTONS

Below you will find the sheet-music on PDF-files and the cembalino d'amore and organetto part on MP3-files on the black or white buttons. Please choose the music that you want to play at the seminar, and if you wish, some chamber music that you want to perform at any concert in the Vivaldi Festival 2025. The entire repertoire can be found here below. Please scroll down.

WE WANT TO REMIND YOU AGAIN - PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO FIND THE MUSIC ON THE BLACK OR WHITE BUTTONS

Below you will find the sheet-music on PDF-files and the cembalino d'amore and organetto part on MP3-files on the black or white buttons. Please choose the music that you want to play at the seminar, and if you wish, some chamber music that you want to perform at any concert in the Vivaldi Festival 2025. The entire repertoire can be found here below.

INFORMATION - HOW TO PLAY WITH AN "ACCOMPANIST"

Music for mandolin / flute and cembalino d'amore or organetto

Dear Mandolin and Flute Players!

HOW TO PLAY WITH AN "ACCOMPANIST" ON MP3-FILES?

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

We have a super strong passion for live music and concerts. Our passion lies in playing, collaborating with other musicians, organizing concerts and festivals and we love chamber music. We also love to inspire people to play chamber music, do marketing and arrange concerts with the mandolin, flute involved.

SOMETHING FOR YOU, TOO

Therefore, Lars Forslund have developed a fantastic system to be able to play music at a high level, when our 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, we want to share, completely free of charge, our nice arrangements for harpsichord and mandolin / flute to you who like our website and our videos on YouTube, and to you who love to play sonatas and chamber music with an accompanist. As soloists, we play more than 50 concerts annually and some of these concerts, we perform with the cembalino d'amore (harpsichord) or the organetto, or both instruments.

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 & organetto project below. Because we love baroque music, we have made harpsichord and organ parts for various mandolin sonatas and trio sonatas for flute, mandolin and basso continuo. If you start an mp3-file with "play along" function, here on the website, it takes about 10-15 seconds before the harpsichord or organ starts playing, so you have time to settle yourself down, and then the harpsichord or organ plays a small introduction at half a bar or sometimes 1-2 beats. The harpsichord or organ always starts first, so you have time to count the beat. In the software we 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

We recommend you to watch the 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 we use the mp3-files for 9 different concert programs for mandolin and cembalino d'amore (harpsichord). It's also nice when we get a response in the form of a standing ovation from an enthusiastic audience, which happens quite often, even though we are 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 & Mimmie Grennäs

Mandolin Academy

PLAY ALONG WITH YOUR MANDOLIN ON YOUTUBE

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

MUSIC FOR MANDOLIN / FLUTE AND CEMBALINO D'AMORE

Below you will find all the Mp 3-files of the basso continuo & the PDF-files of the sheet-music for mandolin / flute

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE MP3 AND PDF-FILES

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 empty bars are longer 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!!!

IL PRETE ROSSO - THE RED PRIEST

Music for mandolino and cembalino d'amore  by Antonio Vivaldi (Please read the score first, before you start)

FROM VIVALDI TO BEETHOVEN

Music for mandolino and cembalino d'amore by Vivaldi, Mozart & Beethoven (Please read the score first, before you start)

A MUSICAL JOURNEY IN 18TH CENTURY EUROPE

Music for flauto dolce, mandolino and cembalino d'amore by Vivaldi, Bach and others (Please read the score first, before you start) 

MUSIC FOR THE SOUL & SLOW AND BEAUTIFUL

Music for mandolino and cembalino d'amore by Johann Sebastian Bach (Please read the score first, before you start)

FROM VERSAILLES TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Music for flauto dolce / mandolino and cembalino d'amore by Lully, Couperin, Rameau and Edelmann (Please read the score first, before you start)

MASTERPIECIS FROM THE 18 CENTURY VIENNA

Optional program: Music for mandolino and cembalino d'amore (Please read the score first, before you start)

HEAVENLY BEAUTIFUL OPERA-ARIAS BY VIVALDI

Music for mezzo-soprano, mandolino and cembalino d'amore by Antonio Vivaldi (Please read the score first, before you start)

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

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

Please scroll down for the sheet-music with mandolin and organ & Gloria di Lorenzo Cristiano

MUSIC FOR MANDOLIN / FLUTE AND ORGANETTO

Below you will find all the Mp 3-files of the basso continuo & the PDF-files of the sheet-music for mandolin / flute

LOVELY SOUNDS FROM THE BAROQUE ERA

Music for flauto dolce / mandolino and organetto by Vivaldi, Bach, Telemann and others (Please read the score first, before you start)

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

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

GLORIA DI LORENZO CRISTIANO

Musica sacra per soprano, mezzosoprano, flauto dolce, mandolino, cembalino d'amore ed organetto

di Lorenzo Cristiano, Vivaldi, Corelli and 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. (Please read the score first, before you start)

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!!!

GLORIA DI LORENZO CRISTIANO 

Music for soprano, mezzo-soprano, flauto dolce, mandolino, cembalino d'amore, and organetto by Lorenzo Cristiano,

Vivaldi, Corelli and Lars Forslund (Please read the score above first, before you start)

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!!!

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.

THE CEMBALINO & ORGANETTO PROJECT, IDEA & CONCEPT

The construction process of the instruments by Lars Forslund

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

SEMINAR FOR MANDOLIN & BASSO CONTINUO

The seminar will be held in Vadstena, one of Sweden's most beautiful towns,

by Lake Vättern 11 - 17 August 2025

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CONTACT US ABOUT THE SEMINAR

You are welcome in our Seminars, Concerts & Festivals in Sweden 2025

INFORMATION

Feel free to contact us with questions about the seminar 2025!

Please contact us for any questions!

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