Berta Rojas is interviewed by Matt Warnock at Modern Guitarist, you can read the interview here. The interview is on the subject of Rojas DVD recital on the music of Agustin Barrios, which I reviewed on a previous post. Interestingly, Matt asks Berta about her preperation for the DVD, as compared to a concert preperation, something I myself have pondered..DVD recordings are becoming deservedly more popular these days, I hope to see more available. Well done Matt, with this interview.
Berta is performing in concert at Southampton Guitar Society, 14th November.
Other concerts of interest in November;
5th Xuefei Yang, Lighthouse, Poole.
15th John Williams recital, Wirral International Guitar Festival.
28th Carlos Bonell, St. Mary’s Church, East Lothian, Scotland.
Stafford Guitar Centre are offering two weekend study courses, the second of which is in November. at Wedgwood Memorial College.
Volume 2 of Ten Popular Songs for guitar, arranged by Chris Dummigan, is now available at Guitar Notes. I myself have volume 1, I’m always looking for good arrangements of songs for classical guitar.
ABC Classics have released this promotion video of Karin Schaupp. Her latest CD is the great guitar concerto’s, including Bacarisses little-known Concertino, Romancero Gitano, and the much played Rodrigo Arranjuez.
In the video she said she’d thought of Castelnuovo Tedesco concerto, partly because it is rarely recorded. What a pity she did not include this often overlooked gem, in my opinion (I can feel another post coming on) ….Anyway, from this video, the recording sounds great
This piece was one of the first ever recorded by Agustin Barrios circa 1910, making it one of the first ever guitar recordings. It is a tango called Don Perez Freire, dedicated to Perez Friere in Uraguay, played here by Nut Chiangthong. It’s a catchy little piece, one that stays in your head for ages
Here is a lovely piece I found on youtube…A theme from computer game of Final Fantasy IV :Theme of Love, composed by Uematsu Nobuo, played by Watercolour of youtube.
Some computer games have great theme music, good enough to stand alone in their own right. One day, I must work on Metal Gear Solid theme. I think it would suit guitar very well, if I can get the right arrangement.
