Pascal Valois and Jacques-André Houle Play Lhoyer

ByBradford Werner
2019

Canadian guitarist Pascal Valois and Jacques-André Houle (violin) play Agitato from Sonate pour guitare avec accompagnement de violon, Op. 17, No. 1 by Antoine de Lhoyer (1768-1852). Romantic Guitar by Cabasse-Bernard, Mirecourt (ca. 1820). This comes via Valois’ YouTube Channel.

Great playing here with excellent ensemble work. I love hte plucky nature of the 19th century guitar that provides more of a clear rhythmic background compared to the modern guitar that can come off as boomy and mushy. Antoine de Lhoyer (L’Hoyer) was a French guitarist and composed numerous chamber music works featuring the classical guitar. He has a number of excellent guitar duets that are worth checking out.

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.