Wednesday, 23 October 2013 – 7:30pm / Hall One, Kings Place and it’s
Tetra Guitar Quartet celebrate their 25th anniversary with the launch of their eighth studio album,Nocturne in Blue and Silver (BGS Records). The programme includes world premieres of two pieces commissioned for this anniversary as well as Elgar, Mahler and Beethoven.
Doors open 7.30pm, starts 8pm.
A grand show in an intimate space!
Enter the lustrous interior of an ancient Spanish house and meet the characters that live there. Hear this achingly beautiful story of love told in words, stunning music, and improvised percussion. Feel the heat of an Andalucian night!
Come to Casa Margarita!
“Ravishing music and exciting rhythms this is an engaging concert with a great story” Oxford Times
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Segovia and his guitars 92Y concerts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
An American tribute to Andres Segovia
Date: Sat, Oct 26, 2013, 8 pm
Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd St
Venue: Kaufmann Concert Hall
This is a free app to go with the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition, Guitar Heroes – Legendary Craftsmen from Italy to New York.
Through collaborations with musicians and experts, the app brings to life the guitar makers’ creative process and celebrates the enduring relevance of these instruments.
It features museum-commissioned musical performances expressly designed for this exhibition, artist interviews, and rarely seen archival video footage.
Plus pictures of guitars!
Well worth a punt, and a visit, if you are in the vicinity.
Here is a curiosity, which is a pity, as players of early music instruments do happen to live in the 21st century and can have some input into the contemporary scene. It is not restricted to Sting playing Dowland, and this marvellous collection by Peter Söderberg and Sven Åberg includes an arrangement of Stockhausen’s Tierkreis (Zodiac) from 1977, Ingvar Karkoff’s 4 duets (originally for 2 lutes), John Cage’s Dream and Steve Reich’s Piano Phase. Interestingly, most of the repertoire dates from the 1960s and 70s – what has happened to music in our century?
Don’t miss the only performance in the U.S. for 12 year old guitar prodigy Junhong Kuang on October 17th. The D’Addario Performance
The series will also feature the incredible Celil Refik Kaya winner of multiple international competitions.
Tickets are only $20 at www.carnegiehall.org
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A landmark recording celebrating the most famous guitarist and guitar-maker in the world (well, 100 years ago anyway!).
This is a wonderful recording which also shows just how good a player the overly modest John Mills is.
Just a nod in the direction of the German philosopher, cultural critic, poet and composer, Friedrich Nietzsche, whom many remember for his declaration “God is dead”.
It’s his 113th birthday today (Nietzsche’s) and is celebrated by the Google Doodle.
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Adrian Utley is an established guitarist thanks to his longstanding and impressive (yet still rather slim) catalogue of work with Bristol based band Portishead.
This month he brings together an orchestra of electric guitar players to interpret Terry Riley’s ‘In C’ on a new CD released by Invada.
Written in 1964,‘In C’ is one of the most influential pieces of music from the 20th Century, it established minimalism as a music genre. In C’s simple musical rules – 53 musical phrases in C and no duration – allow for infinite variations.
Utley’s impressive Guitar Orchestra is augmented by organs and a clarinet making for a mesmeric sound experience. The Guitar Orchestra consists of 24 musicians from Bristol: 19 guitarists including John Parish (PJ Harvey), Thought Forms, and Jim Barr (Portishead live band); 4 organs and a bass clarinet.
