Torrin Williams Plays Concerto for Guitar by Villa-Lobos

ByBradford Werner
2025

Torrin Williams performs Concerto for Guitar (1951) by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) via the International Guitar Competition Maurizio Biasini. Recorded live at Don Bosco Basel, Switzerland. This comes via Torrin’s YouTube channel. It’s always great to hear the Villa-Lobos concerto which is one of the best in the repertoire. Impressive performance by Williams with dramatic flourishes to expressive beautiful phrasing.

00:00 I. Allegro preciso – Poco meno
05:50 II. Andantino e Andante
10:26 Cadenza: Quasi allegro – Andante – Quasi allegro – Poco moderato
14:28 III. Allegro non troppo

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 97,000 subscribers and 14 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.