Hanna Link plays Serenade by Gubaidulina

ByBradford Werner
2017

Hanna Link plays Serenade by Sofia Gubaidulina (b.1931). This comes via Siccas Guitars and their great YouTube Channel and played on a Francois Regis Leonard guitar. Great piece, and well played by this young artist. You can also see her perform in quartet with Karmen Stendler, Stephanie Jones, Hanna Link, and Jakob Schmidt. I also discussed this piece earlier in the year for my review of Guitar Ladies by Heike Matthiesen. “The Serenade is a beautifully spacious piece with excellent explorations of colour and range on the instrument…The notes drift and fade but not without a sense of direction. It’s an interesting piece that really draws you into the sound of the guitar.” I believe the sheet music is in Orphee’s Russian Collection Vol. 5

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.