The Malcolm Arnold Society has released a video of Julian Bream performing the Serenade for Guitar and Strings by Malcolm Arnold with the Royal Academy of Music Ensemble, conducted by Jessica Cottis, at the 3rd Malcolm Arnold Festival in 2008.
ONLINE BIDDING for La Inédita – a rare guitar made in 1935 by Santos Hernández begins today Monday 19 May 2025 at Bonhams Paris at 2pm.
William Lovelady 80th birthday concert on Thursday 24 April 2025 at St Pancras New Church, London, NW1 2BA, at 7.30pm,
Ian Watt All Saints Church, Sudborough, Saturday 8 June 2024 Ian Watt epitomises the twenty-first-century classic guitarist: well-schooled, confident, assured in technique and, above all, musical. He has virtuosity in abundance but in service to the music and not as a mere technical parade. Ian Watt began his recital in the manner of the great…
Sixty years ago, on Friday 12 June 1964, Julian Bream premièred the Nocturnal after John Dowland for Guitar, Op. 70 by Benjamin Britten at the seventeenth Aldeburgh Festival in the Jubilee Hall, in the seaside town of Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coast. Benjamin Britten completed the Nocturnal after John Dowland for Guitar, Op. 70, which was dedicated…
Vicente Amigo Memoria de los Sentidos at Sadler’s Wells Theatre Wednesday 5 June 2024 Vicente Amigo’s performance in the Flamenco Festival London at Sadler’s Wells was a reminder of his consistently high level of artistry, making him the great Maestro that we continue to admire, both as a composer and as a guitarist. Amigo was completely in…
MARCIN Dragon in Harmony Featuring Tim Henson of Polyphia Today, the guitarist Marcin released his single Classical Dragon – a preview to his forthcoming debut album Dragon in Harmony, which will be released on Friday 13 September 2024 on Sony Music Masterworks. The single Classical Dragon features Tim Henson of Polyphia in duo with Marcin. The…
I, Spie A play by Clare Norburn an imagined story of JOHN DOWLAND, combining his life as a court musician and composer with his grisly dealings with the Elizabethan espionage underworld Directed by Nicholas Renton, the actors and musicians in Clare Norburn’s play I, Spie, will perform the music of John Dowland and his contemporaries,…
The 19th annual Flamenco Festival London begins at Sadler’s Wells on Tuesday 4 June 2024 with Rocío Molina presenting Al Fondo Riela (It Glimmers in the Depths) – an intimate and powerfully expressive creation by one of the leading flamenco dancers and choreographers of the younger generation, accompanied by two flamenco guitarists: Óscar Lago and Fran…
Mercury Living Presence Los Romeros Box Set – 10 CDs **** CONGRATULATIONS to the THREE WINNERS of the Los Romeros Mercury Living Presence Box Set Giveaway: Terry Curran, Pavel Ralev and Mohammed Rashed **** On 8 March 2024, Pepe Romero celebrated his 80th birthday! and he continues to tour the world performing solo, in the…
Gilbert Biberian A Memorial Concert in Celebration of his 80th Birthday Saturday 24 February 2024 St Andrew’s Church, Montpellier Street, Cheltenham GL50 1SP, 7pm The Programme features music composed or arranged by Gilbert Biberian Oración, On Harmonics, Romance, March no. 1 and no. 2, Midsummer’s Day, Arie Antiche, Pavane, Pearl, Four Waltzes November Leaves, December…
Online Concerts From 2022 Saturday 16 July 2022: Baltimore, MD: JULIAN BREAM: RECORDED LIVE CONCERT: 17 October 1967. Peabody Conservatory, first aired on ‘Music in Maryland’, WBJC classical radio, with host Jonathan Palevsky. Listen. Saturday 3 September 2022: London: THE GRIGORYAN BROTHERS: THIS IS US: A MUSICAL REFLECTION OF AUSTRALIA. Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall, 1pm.…
There are an impressive number of radio programmes throughout the world dedicated to the classical and flamenco guitar, some exclusively focusing on classical guitar, and some include the guitar. These offer an opportunity to listen not only to newly released recordings but also some very special historic recordings. They often include live interviews with the…
Writing about the classical guitar has been an important part of my working life for decades – for Classical Guitar magazine, and 30 years on, still continuing with the monthly Gendai Guitar. In this blog, I want to share my excitement at meeting up with Lance Bosman, an inspiring music writer from a pre-Internet time,…
Flamenco Festival London opened at Sadler’s Wells last week with Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras presenting her latest show Alma – bringing together her two loves: flamenco and bolero. The guitar is always a fundamental part of all flamenco and Flamenco Festival 2023 is featuring Rafael Riqueni, Niño Josele, Miguel Angel Cortés with José María Gallardo…
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