In a moment of weakness I once bought a CD entitled “The Ultimate Classical Album”.As well as the usual classics like Rachmaninoff’s Concerto, a smattering of Satie Gymnopédies and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons (well, one season actually), I was surprised to find that 3 out of the 4 CDs contained music by Max Steiner, Thomas Newman, John Barry, James Horner and other names not that familiar to classical listeners – in other words film music. Continue reading
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Guitar playing priests
Does anyone remember a song about a man who offered to sell himself into slavery and then founded an order to combat the Albigensian heresy, which stated that Jesus was not the son of God, but an angel in a phantom body that did not suffer the crucifixion?
Man in the Moon
I was pleased to have met Randall Avers at the recent GFA. He and his duo partner Benoit Albert played a stunning concert – they are known as “Les frères méduses” (the Jellyfish Brothers!).
What would you like to ask one of the world’s finest classical guitarists?
When Xufei Yang started the guitar, it was a known as a ‘hooligan instrument’ in China.
Pensieri su Klizemer
I have known David Solomons, self-styled “singer, one-man choir, guitarist and composer” since university days and was always in awe at his ability to play an orchestral score on the piano, or the guitar, or anything that came to hand or voice.
He embodies the idea of a musician who happens to play the guitar, and I am happy to say that he is flourishing as a guitarist and composer.
Many of his pieces have unusual titles, such as “Alcohol“, “Arthropod Duet“, “Hair of the Doggerel” , “Ode to a Nose“etc – Continue reading
Microtones with Tolgahan Cogulu
Spectral Dreams : Concerto
First Performance at GFA Louisville Kentucky on Sunday!
Tantalus quartet and Gerald Garcia with the GFA orchestra
Official GFA blog+
Biberian’s Sonata 2 finally recorded!
Now here’s a thing. This is a piece I have loved for 28 years. I played it when Gilbert Biberian first wrote it. It has had a chequered history Continue reading
Whoa!!! Viv and Scarlatti
Alexi and Roope do their thing with ease and concentration. Bet the Katonas wish they played electric guitars! Compare and contrast the (hair)styles of these bad boy duos!