Month December 2014

Canadian Guitar Quartet Play Comme un Tango by Roux

The fantastic Canadian Guitar Quartet play Comme un Tango by Patrick Roux. The quartet has had many members over the years but they are currently concertizing with Julien Bisaillon, Renaud Côté-Giguère, Bruno Roussel, and Louis Trépanier. You can check out some of their…

Altius Guitar Duo Play Tedesco

Altius Duo (Adam Batstone & Chad Yacobucci) play Prelude and Fugue no. XV in A major by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 – 1968). Audio and Video Produced by Drew Henderson. Guitars by Bruno Boutin and Greg Byers. Tedesco was an Italian…

Michael Partington and Stephen Stubbs Play Diabelli

Michael Partington and Stephen Stubbs performing Anton Diabelli’s Op. 57, on two period guitars. Brechemin Auditorium, University of Washington School of Music, Seattle. January 12, 2014. This is such a coincidence because I recently saw Stubbs perform in Victoria twice…

Michael Partington Plays Johanson

Michael Partington performing Open Up Your Ears by Bryan Johanson (b. 1951), UW Milwaukee, April 4, 2014 on a Martin Blackwell guitar. Partington is a fantastic player based in the Seattle area. I’ve seen him play on a number of…

Xingye Li plays Allegro BWV 1003 by Bach

Xingye Li plays Allegro BWV 1003 by J.S. Bach (1685-1750) on a 2014 Roy Fankhänel guitar. This is from Bach’s Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003. This video is via the excellent Siccas Guitars and their YouTube…

Carulli Duetto No. 1, Op. 4 for Guitar & Violin

Carulli Duetto No. 1, Op. 4 for Guitar & ViolinMovements: Largetto & RondoFree Sheet Music (PDF)by Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841) Free Sheet Music Edition: Duetto No. 1, Op. 4 for Guitar & Violin [PDF – Click Here] Ferdinando Carulli was an…

Emma Rush plays Phantasia in A major by David Kellner

Canadian guitarist Emma Rush plays Phantasia in A major by David Kellner (1670–1748). Kellner was a German lutenist and composer of the baroque era as well as a significant music theorist. Rush plays with a great clarity and nice unfolding…

Tariq Harb and Brent Crawford with U of T Guitar Ensemble

Tariq Harb and Brent Crawford with the University of Toronto Guitar Ensemble directed by Jeffrey McFadden perform Jan Bartlema‘s ‘Concertino’ at Walter Hall. Excellent playing by Harb & Crawford and some nice ensemble work overall with McFadden keeping the group…

Dublin Guitar Quartet Play Philip Glass

Fantastic playing regardless of what you think of Glass on guitar. They have really worked out these arrangements. Dublin Guitar Quartet with Brian Bolger, Pat Brunnock, Tomas O’Durcain, and Michael O’Toole play Philip Glass String Quartet No. 2 via NPR Music…

How to pack a guitar for shipping

Let there be a video for every topic! Here the excellent Siccas Guitars via their YouTube channel show us how to properly pack a guitar for shipping or selling it.

10-String Christmas with Bruno Jacques Pelletier

Just a quick link to Bruno Jacques Pelletier‘s new album “Noël” featuring an array of well known holiday tunes. I don’t know about you folks but I dreaming of a ten-string Christmas, maybe Santa will deliver! Listen to samples or…

Tension & Relaxation for Classical Guitarists

Here’s a little video lesson regarding tension and relaxation for classical guitar or musicians in general. It’s more of a discussion than anything else but I hope you find it useful. One of the books I mention is an interesting section…