Andrew Violette: Sonata for GuitarPlayed by Dan LippelNew Focus RecordingsRelease Date: July 8, 2014Listen to Sample or Buy at Amazonor Listen at New Focus Recoridngs Artist Website:danlippel.comandrewviolette.com This album presents one piece: an hour long Sonata for Guitar by Andrew…
There’s a great video of my friend and trio partner Adrian Verdejo playing the beautiful piece “In a Room” by Vancouver composer Rodney Sharman. Vancouver Review Media disabled the embed codes so I can’t post it here but you can…
Over at Stephen Aron Guitar Studio he talks about eliminating the hard parts and editing the score for performance. I think the main point behind this discussion is the question: what is best for the music? Now, we can’t go too…
John Williams talks about and plays Suite in F by German Baroque lutenist and composer Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750) back in 1978. The video quality isn’t great but I love seeing these rare videos where he plays repertoire I didn’t…
Scott Morris gives a lesson on Barring Technique (the Barre). This comes via the excellent GSI (Guitar Salon International), thanks! Their blurb: “In this lesson Scott addresses the topic of barring – when and how to bar, and also when…
9 opinions on performance and career by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, via The Strad. I thought the last point on performance was particularly good. Here’s a little excerpt: On performance‘Leon Fleischer put it well when he suggested that a performing musician…
Victoria Guitar Trio with Adrian Verdejo, Michael Dias and Bradford Werner perform Temporal Waves by Vancouver composer Jordan Nobles. As I prepare for a trio concert in Vancouver this weekend I thought I’d share one of the pieces we are playing…
Soliloquies and Dreams (For Janice)Artist website: Alan RinehartAlbum Programme Notes and samplesNovaScribe Editions / Alan Rinehart, 2014. Buy the Album via Amazon: Soliloquies and Dreams I’ve had the plesure of meeting Canadian guitarist Alan Rinehart on a number of occasions but…
A rare find of Cuban composer Leo Brouwer (1939) playing sometime in the late 60s or early 70s. Nice camera angles, up and close! Plus, he really goes for it!
The Katona Twins will be playing at this year’s Wimbledon International Music Festival in a programme featuring “The Guitar and the Spanish Civil War” with Narrator. I was lucky enough to squeeze an interview out of them despite their busy schedule!…
Marcin Dylla plays Variations sur “Folia de España” et Fugue by Mexican composer Manuel María Ponce (1882–1948). This is one of the major works in the guitar repertoire partly for its quality but also for sheer scope. This clocks in at 25mins…
The Techniques of Guitar PlayingBy Seth F. Josel and Ming TsaoPublisher: Baerenreiter (2014)Language: EnglishPages/Format: 233 S.-29x21cmBook & CD Buy it via the publisher or Amazon.com: The Techniques of Guitar Playing One of my favourite things about running this site and working…