Tag Manuel María Ponce

Thomas Viloteau Plays Ponce’s Folia Variations & Fugue

French guitarist Thomas Viloteau plays Variations and Fugue on ‘Folia de España’ (1929) by Mexican composer Manuel María Ponce (1882–1948). This is one of a handful of monumental works for the guitar. This fantastic set of variations ends with a…

Review: Ponce Guitar Music, Vol. 4 by Judicaël Perroy

Ponce: Guitar Music, Vol. 4Artist: Judicaël PerroyLabel: Naxos 2016 Buy or listen to samples via Amazon: Ponce Vol 4 by Judicaël Perroy The Naxos Promotional Paragraph: Considered by many to be the founding father of 20th-century Mexican music, Manuel Ponce dedicated himself…

Xavier Jara’s Program at Boston GuitarFest 2014

Here is Xavier Jara’s performance at the Boston GuitarFest IX (2014) final round in which he won first prize. It’s been fun watching this young player since seeing videos of him from years ago at GFA. Program: A Fancy, P5…

Alex Park plays Gigue by Ponce

Alex Park playing the Gigue from Manuel Ponce’s Suite in A Minor. This comes via the great Guitar Salon International and their YouTube Channel. I love how clean and rhythmic this performance is. At first I though his might be a…

Marcin Dylla plays Folia Variations by Ponce

Marcin Dylla plays Variations sur “Folia de España” et Fugue by Mexican composer Manuel María Ponce (1882–1948). This is one of the major works in the guitar repertoire partly for its quality but also for sheer scope. This clocks in at 25mins…

Omán Kaminsky plays Thème varié et Finale Ponce

Omán Kaminsky plays Thème varié et Finale by Manuel M. Ponce. Originally from Mexico City, Kaminsky later studied in Holland with Zoran Dukic. Kaminsky sounds great here as he plays this classic work. I like watching him play as his…

50 Minute Concert Video by Gohar Vardanyan

The spectacular Gohar Vardanyan plays LIVE from Baldwin Wallace Int’l Guitar Festival. A full 50min video of some great classics. Note the Canadian guitar luthier too: 2012 Jean Rompré. PROGRAMSuite in A Minor by Manuel Maria PonceUn Sueño en la Floresta…

Sanel Redzic plays Sonata Romantica by Ponce

The complete Sonata Romantica by Manuel Maria Ponce. Played wonderfully by Bosnia and Herzegovina guitarist Sanel Redzic, Live in Hakuju Hall Tokyo on 14.12.2013. Guitar by Masaki Sakurai 1999. This work is one of my favourites in the repertoire, very Schubertian! Check out this quote…

Gohar Vardanyan Plays Suite in A minor by Ponce

Gohar Vardanyan Suite in A minor by Manuel Maria Ponce (1882-1948). This is one of those imitation Baroque works Ponce wrote for Segovia. If you know the gossip, there is even a prelude by Ponce that was passed off as…

Review: Fluidity by Benjamin Beirs

Artist Website: benjaminbeirs.comHelp support this album via: Indiegogo Album Title: Fluidity: Classical Guitar in the 21st Century Repertoire:  Laments, Dances and Lullabies by Miroslav Tadic (b. 1959) Sonata III by Manuel M. Ponce (1882-1948) Fluidity by Benjamin Beirs (b. 1984) Lutoslawski: In…

Thomas Viloteau plays Fuga by M. Ponce

Great performance of this wonderful work by Mexican composer Manuel María Ponce (1882–1948). French Guitarist Thomas Viloteau plays Fuga on la Folia @ Gitaarsalon Enkhuizen Manuel María Ponce 8 december 1882 — 24 april 1948) was a Mexican composer .Voici…