Duo Piccole E’Grande

‘Duo Piccole E Grande’ will be appearing at The Drill Hall on 25 January between 12pm and 2pm. We wanted to get to know the duo better so in true Alt-Linc style we interviewed them before they hit the stage.

What are your names?
Stewart McCoy
Enzo Puzzovio

What does ‘Duo Piccole E Grande’ mean?
Grande means large and Piccole means little in Italian. We chose this name as it describes the instruments we play and also honours Enzo’s Italian background.

What genre of music do you play?
Baroque

How long have you been together?
A year and a half

Where did you meet?
We’ve known each other for over 30 years, but didn’t play together until Enzo bought his mandolin about 2 years ago. He wanted an accompaniment and knew Stewart played the theorbo so emailed him and they just started to play some songs together

How do you choose the songs for your performances?
We also choose songs which we hope our audience won’t have heard before, some of them have never been recorded!

Which instrument did you learn to play first?
Guitar

Which instruments do you use in your set?
Mandolin & Hurdy-Gurdy
Theorbo & Lute

Which is your favourite instrument to play?
Hurdi-Gurdi

What do you think, will you be heading to The Drill Hall or playing a little more baroque? Let us know in the comments or tweet @alternativelincoln