Gabriel Bianco Plays Francesco Da Milano

ByBradford Werner
2015

French Guitarist Gabriel Bianco performing the music of Italian composer Francesco Da Milano (1497–1543) during the 2014 Classical Guitar Retreat on the Island of Cumbrae, Scotland. The three pieces performed are ‘Fantaisia, De Mon Triste and La Compagna. This all comes from Matthew McAllister’s Youtube, Matthew is an excellent guitarist himself and director of the retreat. Francesco Da Milano is one of the great Renaissance composers that we are so lucky to have, his music has a clean and sweet texture with counterpoint and imitation that one might see in Josquin des Prez et al who he was heavily influenced by. FYI, his contemporaries also called him Il divino for his performances and improvisational skill.

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.