Benjamin Britten: Nocturnal 60th Anniversary of Première by Julian Bream

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…

Flamenco Festival London 2024 @Sadlers_Wells Vicente Amigo Review

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 Releases Album Lead Single: Classical Dragon

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…

John Dowland: Lutenist and the Spy who Loved…

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,…

Flamenco Festival London 2024 @Sadlers_Wells

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…

Los Romeros Mercury Living Presence Box Set Giveaway

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: 80th Birthday Memorial Concert

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…

Listen Again: Online Concerts before 2023

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.…

Listen Again: Guitar on Radio

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…

The Guitar Legacy of Lance Bosman: ‘Crossing Boundaries’

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,…