Marko Topchii Classical Guitar Concert

ByBradford Werner
2022

Ukrainian classical guitarist Marko Topchii performs a live concert at St. Marks Lutheran Church in San Francisco, CA with repertoire by Bach, Silvestrov, Brouwer, Tansman, Gilardino, Dumond, Rodrigo, and Barrios. This comes via the Omni Foundation online series and their Youtube channel. Also check out Topchii’s YouTube channel. Great performance and repertoire. Topchii enters at 2:48 but consider watching the intro and supporting these amazing Omni concerts.

Programme

Lute Suite in E Minor, BWV 996 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
- 4:11 Präludium, Presto
- 6:56 Allemande
- 10:16 Courante
- 13:15 Sarabande
- 17:14 Bourrée
- 18:39 Gigue
21:49 Marko’s introduction to Kitsch-Music n. 1
22:45 Kitsch-Music n. 1 by Valentin Silvestrov (1937 – ), Arr. Marko Topchii
27:32 La Gran Sarabanda by Leo Brouwer (1939 – )
34:54 Passacaille by Alexandre Tansman (1897 – 1986)
41:26 Etude n. 19 (Jondo) by Angelo Gilardino (1941 – 2022)
46:36 Comme un Hommage a Ravel by Arnaud Dumond (1950 – )
51:37 Toccata by Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 – 1999)
59:25 Un Sueño en la Floresta by Agustín Barrios Mangore (1885-1944)

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.