Classical guitarist Kasia Smolarek performs Caprice No.24 from 24 Caprices for solo violin, Op.1 by Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840). This comes via Smolarek’s YouTube channel (go subscribe). You can also check out her album on BandCamp. Great performance by Smolarek with very consistent articulation and some intense surprises and risks.…
Bluvenduo with Zhanxiang Shi (Shanghai) and Sebastian Robles (Edmonton) perform a programme of Romantic era works by César Franck (1822-1890) and Franz Schubert (1797–1828). This comes via Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel (go subscribe). Formed in San Francisco and now based in Geneva, Bluvenduo won the…
Classical guitarist Antigoni Goni performs Vidalita by Agustin Barrios Mangore (1885-1944). This comes via Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel (go subscribe). Great to see Goni perform this work after hearing her recording of it way back in 2001. Here’s a bit more info on the work…
Nicole Payie is a close friend and colleague of mine who is kind, friendly, encouraging, and professional. She has a masters degree in music and teaches privately and at the Victoria Conservatory. These classes are a great opportunity to either…
Classical guitarist Alexander-Sergei Ramírez and Sheila Arnold (fortepiano) perform the overture to Eduardo e Christina by Gioachino Antonio Rossini (1792-1868), arranged by Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841) from his Choix de 12 Ouvertures for Guitar and Piano. This comes via Deutsche Grammophon and their YouTube…
Question: How do I not mute adjacent strings with the left hand when playing chords and arpeggios on classical guitar? More specifically, when practicing Giuliani Arpeggios, the 4th string D gets partially muted by my left hand 2nd finger that…
Carlo Fierens plays Andante et allegro by Napoléon Coste (1805-1883) performed on a rare 1855 René-François Lacôte seven-string guitar (Coste’s own model), generously lent by Adopt a Musician (Accornero Collection). This comes via Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel (go subscribe). Amazing to hear these works,…
Question: How do I play through a simple mistake in music? For example, I have a habit of when I play a wrong note, I go back and correct it. It may not be a difficult passage, just a simple…
Dowland’s Foundry with Sami Brown on lute perform It was a time when silly bees could speak, No. 18 from the Third Book of Songs by John Dowland (1563-1626). This comes via The Lute Society on their YouTube in preparation…
Canadian classical guitarist Marc-Etienne Leclerc performs Grand Caprice, Op.60 by Luigi Legnani (1790-1877). This comes via his YouTube channel (go subscribe). Wonderful performance by Leclerc of this large rhapsodic work that includes…well, everything really. Leclerc released a number of great…
Classical guitarist Lorenzo Micheli performs his arrangement Geppetto by Fiorenzo Carpi (1918-1997). The work is a celebrated theme from the soundtrack for the 1972 tv show Le avventure di Pinocchio. This comes via Partita Studio in Seoul, Korea on their YouTube channel (go subscribe). Beautiful playing and…
Voyager from Le Support – I was very excited to try out the new Voyager model guitar support from Le Support. You might have seen my past review of the Le Support Professional model which I absolutely loved. I’ve been…