My Flamenco Diary was established on Posterous on 8 July 2009 after an inspirational concert and interview of Pepe Habichuela at the Barbican in London. Posterous closed down on 30 April 2013 and so I moved My Flamenco Diary to WordPress. Before I had to say farewell to Posterous, I decided to have a look at the statistics from My…
The legendary guitar quartet of Los Romeros will be touring the USA throughout November 2015 with the Munich Symphony, conducted by Philippe Entremont, performing three guitar concertos: Concierto andaluz and Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo and Concierto de Málaga by Celedonio Romero. Known as ‘The Royal Family of the Guitar’, the quartet of Los Romeros was founded by Celedonio Romero…
INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FOUNDATION (IGF) continues its long-standing project of commissioning and performing new works for guitar solo and in chamber ensemble, with the première of Spook by Anna Meredith (b. 1978) and Six Songs for Solo Guitar by Howard Skempton (b. 1947), played by Tom Kerstens and the G Plus Ensemble: the guitarist Adam Brown, the percussionist Karen Hutt…
EL CUCHI BIEN TEMPERADO – THE WELL-TEMPERED CUCHI is a recording of music by Gustavo Leguizamón, arranged and performed by Pablo Márquez for ECM, produced by Manfred Eicher. A quick glance through the titles of the 17 tracks shows that the Argentinian composer, Gustavo ‘Cuchi’ Leguizamón (1917–2000) has written each of the pieces in familiar rhythms: zambas, chacareras, cuecas…
SCHUBERT (RE)INVENTIONS by the Ensemble Paladino is a double-CD which surprisingly contains some première recordings of Lieder for soprano and guitar by Franz Schubert (1797–1828) from Franz von Schlecta’s manuscript, published recently in a facsimile edition by Stefan Hackl and Erik Pierre Hofmann. The first CD features arrangements of Schubert’s chamber music, although the Notturno in D major for guitar, flute, viola…
MORGAN BUCKLEY began commissioning works for the classical guitar as part of his research project on the collaborative relationship between composers and performers during the process of composition.** At this Purcell Room recital on Wednesday 15 July 2015, we will hear the premières of some of these works: Gary Ryan has been working with Edwin Roxburgh on his…
On Friday 12 June 2015, the guitarist Craig Ogden and the violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen premièred William Lovelady’s South American Suite, for Guitar and Violin and string orchestra with the Orchestra of the Swan, conducted by David Curtis at the Stratford Arts House in Stratford-upon-Avon. The three-movement double concerto, South American Suite, was commissioned by the Orchestra of the Swan…
The Uruguayan guitarist, OLGA PIERRI, who celebrated her 101st birthday on Wednesday 3 June 2015!
A quick glance at the cover tells you everything about the contents of Enrique Robichaud’s Guitar’s Top 100 – A Guide to Classical Guitar’s Most Recorded Music: it presents the 100 most recorded classical guitar pieces, selected from Enrique Robichaud’s own database of over 10,000 guitar recordings. Each piece has an accompanying programme note, often quoting from…
It is with great sadness that I write about the Spanish classical guitarist MANUEL BABILONI, who died unexpectedly on Monday 11 May 2015, while at home, playing his guitar. Manuel Babiloni was born in Castellón, Spain, into a musical family in 1959. He was initially taught the guitar by his father, Manuel Babiloni Alicart, and…
