The Spring Newsletter has a lovely selection of links to YouTube videos by Simon Mayor and Hilary James. You might find it easier to access them here, rather than by typing in the addresses yourself.
MANDOLIN FAMILY
Zapateardo (Sarasate arr Mayor & James)
mandolin / guitar duet. adaptation of violin piece by Pablo de Sarasate.
Taxi Horn Rag (Simon Mayor)
mandolin / guitar duet
The Buttermere Waltz (Simon Mayor)
mandolin / guitar duet
What a Little Moonlight Can Do (Harry M Woods)
mandolin / vocal duet
Melancholy Blues (Bloom / Melrose)
mandola / vocal duet
Hunt The Squirrel / Long Odds (trad arr Mayor & James)
mandolin / guitar duet
Nocturne in Blue & Gold (Simon Mayor)
mandolin / guitar duet
El Zarapito (Simon Mayor)
mandolin / guitar duet
The Bold Fisherman (trad arr Mayor & James)
mandocello / vocal duet
Past Three O’Clock/Christmas Candle (trad arr Mayor)
Our Christmas e-card for 2020. Hilary’s time lapse animation with album tracks from ‘Winter With Mandolins’
The Kissing Gate/The Strawberry Tree (Simon Mayor)
mandolin / mandobass duet
The Dream (Hilary James)
From 2005, onstage with Fairport Convention. Hilary sings, Simon on electric mandolin.
Simon Mayor teaches ‘The Butterfly’
Extract from ‘New Celtic Mandolin’ tuition DVD (1997)
The Girl With The Flaxen Hair (Debussy arr Mayor)
Hilary’s time lapse animation with album track from ’The Art Of Mandolin’
Fantasia On The Yorkshire Anthem (trad arr Mayor)
Hilary’s time lapse animation with album track from ’The Art Of Mandolin’
Rosebud In June/Rogue & Rose (trad arr Mayor / Mayor)
Hilary’s time lapse animation with album track from ‘Music From A Small Island’
Baby It Must Be Love (Blind Willie McTell)
Live at Cropredy Festival 2005. Guitar / Mandobass / Vocal
SIMON SOLO VIOLIN
Lord Mayo (trad arr Mayor)
Simon – solo violin
SIMON’S POETRY
The Stick (Simon Mayor)
Poetry reading by Simon from his book ‘Of Death and a Banana Skin’ to photo sequence
The Further Adventures Of The Stick (Simon Mayor)
Sequel to above.
Poetry reading by Simon from his book ‘Of Death and a Banana Skin’ to photo sequence
Sheffield Steel Works 1959 (Simon Mayor)
Poetry reading by Simon from his book ‘Of Death and a Banana Skin’ to photo sequence
NOT A MANDOLIN IN SIGHT (OR EARSHOT)
L’Auberge Au Crépuscule (Alstone/Syam /Viaud)
The Two Sisters – Hilary James & Janet Giraudo with Simon on violin. Live at The Progress Theatre, Reading. (2014)
Down By The Salley Gardens (trad arr Mayor/James)
Live at Cropredy Festival 2005. Guitar / Vocal
SIMON PLAYS CAROLAN ON GUITAR
Mrs Sterling (Carolan arr Mayor)
Guitar solo by Simon
Katherine O’More (Carolan arr Mayor)
Guitar solo by Simon
Dolly McDonough (Carolan arr Mayor)
Guitar solo by Simon
Carolan’s Dream (Carolan arr Mayor)
Guitar solo by Simon
Si Bheagh Si Mhor (Carolan arr Mayor)
Guitar solo by Simon
Carolan’s Frolics (Carolan arr Mayor)
Guitar solo by Simon
FOR CHILDREN
Up In A Big Balloon (Simon Mayor & Hilary James)
song / animation / drawing – for children. 23 minute programme.
Up In A Big Balloon (Simon Mayor & Hilary James)
song / animation – for children. As above but without the drawing lesson