My dear late Anne O,Brien ( Fiddle and Concertina ) had played with Andy Cutting with Chris woods at our home many years ago at some of our garden parties, " thank you Andy for being there "
I was at a friends Wedding anniversary do, in a Schloß in Germany, with a medieval theme. They had a harpist playing traditional medieval type stuff. On his short break, I asked him if he new any Andy Cutting, to which he replied "Ja, Fletvurled." 😂🤣(say it in a German accent in your head😂). At which point he proceeded to play a most lilting and haunting rendition of Flatworld. It was beautiful. I used to play in a band, where this was played on the hammer dulcimer, which was simply awesome.
I first learned 'Flatworld' ages ago, I was told at the time it was a traditional French musette waltz and believed it - I played it for years before I found out it was actually written by an Englishman, the incomparable Andy Cutting!
This must be the definitive recording of this one. Mr Cutting is a real maestro. Warm regards and sincere thanks for all your wonderful posts, Mattias.
Thanks so much for your posts of this gig. I went to Andy Cutting's gig at the Elsted Inn in Hants and it's lovely to be able to hear more of his wonderful playing.
der anfang von in Continental mood ist so unfassbar genial. eigentlich geschieht nicht viel. aber das was geschieht ist besonders. das stück begleitet mich immer wieder und immer wieder hol ich es hervor um es mir anzuhören. wunderbar
