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…
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