Archive for April, 2018

Romantic and Contemporary Guitar: Stanley Alexandrowicz at 1867 Sanctuary

April 24th, 2018

Sunday April 29, @ 7:30 PM, 2018
1867 Sanctuary
101 Scotch Road, Ewing, NJ 08628
Tel: 609-392-6409 or E-mail: 1867sanctuary@preservationnj.org

Virtuoso Romantic Showpieces & Contemporary Masterpieces!

Classical Guitarist Stanley Alexandrowicz returns to the 1867 Sanctuary on Sunday April 29, @ 7:30 PM, 2018 for a program of Virtuoso Romantic Showpieces by Napoleon Coste and Ivan Padovec, and Contemporary Masterpieces by Vácav Kučera, Prof. Kendall Kennison, and Maestro Robert W. Butts! As a special tribute, we will pay homage to the late Czech composer (and friend of tonight’s Artist) Maestro Vácav Kučera (1929-2017), with works by composer colleagues and friends! Featured will be Professor Kendall Kennison’s Guitar Sonata and Backanally, the NJ Premiere of Maestro Robert W. Butts’ Tombeau—In Memoriam Vácav Kučera, and we will conclude with our “centerpiece work” the profoundly moving Diario—Omaggio a Che Guevara by Vaclav Kucera himself! Also, back by popular demand, will be the world famous “Early Morning Suite” (for solo guitar) by Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey composer and conductor Maestro Robert W. Butts! (dedicated to tonight’s Artist).

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William Patterson University Guitarfest 2018

April 19th, 2018

Saturday, April 28, 2018
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CONCERT: William Paterson University Guitarists featuring faculty
members Gabriel Handy and Seth Himmelhoch and students of the WP guitar program
2:00-3:00 p.m. CONCERT: Riverside Guitar Duo (Matt Pidi and Matt Kaplan)
4:00-6:00 p.m. MASTER CLASS: Virginia Luque
8:00-9:30 p.m. CONCERT: Virginia Luque

William Paterson U. Guitarfest 2018
For information, contact the William
Paterson Music Department at
973.720.2315 or William
Paterson guitar faculty:
Professor Gabriel Handy,
646.382.1190 or Professor Seth
Himmelhoch, 201.928.1641
www.wpunj.edu/guitarfest

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May Meeting

April 16th, 2018

These pieces were played at our May 20 meeting in Warren:

David Starbuck

  • Four Studies — Fernando Sor

Kevin Lutke

  • Diminished Returns — Kevin Lutke
  • Etude — “”
  • A New Day — “”

Anthony Campanella

  • Paris (dedicated to Mr. Delcamp) — Giorgio Signorelli
  • Market Square
  • Walking with Marcel

Gary Lee

  • Sonata No. 37 (Prelude, Allemande & Courante) — S. L. Weiss

Ray Butler

  • Ashokan Farewell — Jay Ungar, arr. Ray Butler

Jeffrey Wilt

  • Evocacion— Jose Luis Merlin
  • Habanera Oriental — Per-Olov Kindgren
  • La Paloma — Sebastian Yradier

Jeff Griesemer

  • Here, There, and Everywhere — Lennon/McCartney., arr. Jeff Griesemer
  • When I’m Sixty-Four — “”

Ming Chao

  • Minuet — Antonio Jose

Robert Ey

  • Hasapikos Horos — Trad. Greek, arr. Allan Alexander
  • Ajde Jano — Trad. Macedonian, arr. Allan Alexander

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Stanley Alexandrowicz on WPRB

April 5th, 2018

Join International Classical Guitar Virtuoso Stanley Alexandrowicz and Composer-Conductor Maestro Robert W. Butts of the BONJ when they join Princeton’s Premiere Classical Music Radio Host Marvin Rosen this Wednesday 11 April @ 10:00 AM on “Classical Discoveries” at WPRB 103.3 FM! They will discuss Stanley’s upcoming recital at the magnificent 1867 Sanctuary in Ewing NJ (29 April @ 7:30 PM) wherein he will perform Romantic Period Virtuoso Guitar Works, Maestro Butts’ world-famous “Early Morning Suite” and moreover will pay homage to the late Czech composer Maestro Vácav Kučera (1929-2017). They will speak about the NJ Premiere of Maestro Robert W. Butts’ Tombeau—In Memoriam Vácav Kučera, the concert’s “centerpiece work” the profoundly moving Diario—Omaggio a Che Guevara by Vácav Kučera, and the “working relationship” between today’s living composers and concert performers! Numerous sound clips of compositions by Vácav Kučera, Maestro Butts, Baltimore composer Prof. Kendall Kennison will be featured!

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Benjamin Verdery, guitar with the St. Lawrence String Quartet at 92Y

April 3rd, 2018

Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 7:30 PM
92Y – Kaufmann Concert Hall
More Information and Tickets: https://www.92y.org/event/benjamin-verdery

Hear 92Y Art of the Guitar series artistic director, Benjamin Verdery, in a fascinating program ranging from audience favorites by Bach and Boccherini to brand new works.

The dynamic, high-energy St. Lawrence String Quartet joins Verdery for a world premiere by Bryce Dessner (known to many as a guitarist with The National), whose music NPR praised as “gorgeous and full -hearted.” Also on the program: Villa-Lobos’s hauntingly beautiful Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, and NYC premieres of works by Verdery himself and Seymour Bernstein – recently the subject of Ethan Hawke’s loving documentary film, “Seymour: An Introduction.”

 

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