Month March 2017

Isaac Bustos plays Prelude No. 2 by Villa-Lobos

Isaac Bustos performs Prelude No. 2 in E Major by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959). This comes via his great YouTube Channel. Audio and Video by Mark Bueno. 2013 Martin Blackwell Spruce doubletop guitar. Great performance by Bustos, filled with rubato and…

Lesson: Brouwer Etude No. 5 (Estudios Sencillos)

Lesson of the Week for Classical Guitar Leo Brouwer’s Etude No. 5 from Estudios Sencillos via my YouTube Channel.Sheet Music (complete etudes in one book) via amazon: Leo Brouwer Guitar Works Cuban composer Leo Brouwer’s Etude No. 5 from Estudios Sencillos. I play the…

Hanna Link plays Serenade by Gubaidulina

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…

Instruments of Happiness – Tim Brady in Victoria

Instruments of HappinessArtists: Jonathan Barriault, Simon Duchesne, Marc-Olivier Lamontagne, Tim BradyLocation: Open Space – Victoria BCDate: Saturday, April 1, 2017, 8:00 pm More info and tickets: Open Space Electric guitarists Tim Brady, Jonathan Barriault, Simon Duchesne, and Marc-Olivier Lamontagne will present a concert that promises “to…

Henderson-Kolk Duo Play Marcello / Bach

Canadian guitarists Drew Henderson and Michael Kolk as the Henderson Kolk Guitar Duo play Henderson’s arrangement of Concerto for Oboe and Strings in D minor with the movements Andante e spiccato, Adagio, and Presto by Alessandro Marcello (1673-1747) with the arrangement based on J.S.…

Ejercicio No.9 by José Ferrer (Lesson, Free PDF)

Ejercicio No.9 From Coleccion 12a de Ejercicios by José Ferrer (1835-1916). PDF Sheet Music or Tab for Classical Guitar. Easy to Early-Intermediate, Grade 3. Notation-Only Edition or TAB Edition. Video Lesson Link. Free Sheet Music Edition (PDF):  Ejercicio No.9 for…

Due immagini animate for Guitar and Harp

Sanel Redžić (guitar) and Christiane Richter (harp) play Due immagini animate by Russian guitarist/composer Konstantin Vassiliev. This comes via Redzic’s great YouTube Channel. Beautiful sound recording with mastering by Joachim Müller. Recorded in Musikgymnasium Belvedere in Weimar, February 2017. Great blending of…

Alexandra Whittingham Plays Saudade No.3 by Dyens

19 year old British guitarist Alexandra Whittingham plays Saudade No.3 by Roland Dyens (1955–2016). A very exciting piece when it gets going with varied styles mixed together. A student at the Royal Academy of Music in London, Whittingham pulls this off with…

Lesson: Brouwer Etude No.4 (Estudios Sencillos)

Lesson of the Week for Classical Guitar Leo Brouwer’s Etude No. 4 from Estudios Sencillos via my YouTube Channel.Sheet Music (complete etudes in one book) via amazon: Leo Brouwer Guitar Works Cuban composer Leo Brouwer’s Etude No. 4 from Estudios Sencillos. I play the…

Tremolo Lesson by Jorge Caballero

The amazing Jorge Caballero gives two lessons on tremolo technique for classical guitar. This comes via his great YouTube Channel. It’s particularly good how he first describes different musical contexts for tremolo and then proceeds to discuss alignment and technique.…

Drew Henderson Plays Rondo Op.2, No. 2 by Aguado

Canadian guitarist Drew Henderson performs Introduction and Rondo no. 2 Op. 2 by Dionisio Aguado (1784 – 1849). This comes via his fantastic YouTube channel. As Henderson mentions on his YouTube “The theme of this Rondo bears a striking resemblance to Beethoven’s famous…

Lesson: Brouwer Etude No. 2 & 3 (Estudios Sencillos)

Lesson of the Week for Classical Guitar Leo Brouwer’s Etude No. 2 & 3 from Estudios Sencillos via my YouTube Channel.Sheet Music (complete etudes in one book) via amazon: Leo Brouwer Guitar Works Cuban composer Leo Brouwer’s Etude No. 2 & 3 from…