Archive for October, 2019

November Meeting

October 21st, 2019

These pieces were played at the November 24 meeting in Bridgewater:

The Hopewell GuitarEnsemble (Rick Florio, Valerie Nelson, Jeff Griesemer, Parvathi Kumar, & Robert Ey)

  • Courante and Spagnoletta — Michael Praetorius
  • Ankylosaur Walking on the Hog Backs — Jim Bosse

Valerie Nelson & Rick Florio

  • Two Part Invention BWV 775 No. 4 — J.S. Bach
  • Lesson for Two Lutes — Anon. (1610)

Gad Berger

  • Prelude No 5 — Bryan Johanson
  • Asturias — Isaac Albeniz

Rick Florio

  • Estudios Sencillos, 1—5 — Leo Brouwer

Parvathi Kumar

  • Un Dia de Noviembre — Leo Brouwer

Helen Shi—Yuen

  • Etude in E Minor Francisco Tárrega
  • Sueno (Mazurka) — “”

Jeff Griesemer

  • Georgia On My Mind — Hoagie Carmichael arr: Richard Dreuding/Jeff Griesemer
  • Girl With The Flaxen Hair — Claude Debussy, arr: Jeff Griesemer

Kevin Lutke

  • Suite In E Minor pt. 3 — K. Lutke
  • Hymn — “”
  • Allemande — J. Dowland

Ben Larkey

  • Paul’s Song — Pierce Pettis
  • Original Pieces — Ben Larkey

Ming Chao

  • Sonata, K. 32 — Domenico Scarlatti (Arr. Jan—Olof Eriksson)
  • Barcarole — Alexandre Tansman
  • Danza Pomposa — Alexandre Tansman

Gary Lee

  • 3rd Movement. from Violin Sonata No. 3 — J.S. Bach, arr. M. Barrueco
  • Etude No. 8 — Giulio Regondi

Jeffrey Wilt

  • Bolero — Julian Arcas
  • Perpetuum Mobile — Per—Olov Kindgren
  • Habanera Oriental — Per—Olov Kindgren

Ray Butler

  • Three preludes — Henrique Annes
  • Canto del LLadre — Miguel Llobet
  • El testamente de Amelia — “”
  • Maria — Francisco Tarrega
November Meeting
Upcoming Concerts
2020 Guitar Society Summit Announcement
Web Site Update
October Meeting Recap

Francisco Roldán, Solo Recital

October 12th, 2019
Sunday, October 13, 2019, 4 pm

Locktown Stone Church
198 Locktown Flemington Road
Stockton, NJ

 (www.franciscoroldan.com, “Absolutely poetic and mesmerizing playing.  A truly wonderful evening.” Claudia Dumschat, Organist and Choirmaster, Church of the Transfiguration, NYC

Program

Seis Milonga                                                             Ernesto Cordero (b. 1946)

                                                                                    Puerto Rico

 

Ciaccona from BWV 1004 for solo violin           J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

                                                                                    Germany

 

Rosto Colado                                                           Paulo Bellinati (b. 1950)

                                                                                    Brazil

 

Gymnopedie 1                                                        Erik Satie (1866-1925) France

Gnossienne 1                                                          E. Satie

La Fille aux Chevaux de Lin                                  Claude Debussy (1862-1918) France

 

Petro                                                                          Frank Casseus (1915-1993) Haiti

Yanvalloux

Dance of the Hounsies

 

El Decamerón Negro                                             Leo Brouwer  (b. 1939)

    El Arpa del Guerrero                                         Cuba

    La Huida de los Amantes por el Valle de los Ecos

    Balada de la Doncella Enamorada

October Concerts

October 2nd, 2019

Aaron Larget-Caplan at 1867 Sanctuary

Saturday, October 5 at 8:00 p.m.
101 Scotch Road, Ewing, NJ 08628
General Admission tickets are $20, $15 for members and $5 for school and college students

Noted for his “astounding technical proficiency and artistic delicacy” by the Boston Musical Intelligencer, Larget-Caplan is an international touring and recording artist. He has performed solo and chamber music in Europe, Russia, Taiwan, and across the United States. A gifted performer and speaker, he is sought for his deft programming of new and standard repertoire, while connecting with audiences with a Bernstein-esque ease. Larget-Caplan is the founder of the New Lullaby Project, a 21st century commissioning and recording endeavor that asks composers to write classical miniatures in the genre of a lullaby for guitar solo.

More information: http://1867sanctuary.org/event/aaron-larget-caplan-classical-guitar/

 

Coming up on the NYC Classical Guitar Society Salon Series: Laura Snowden

Friday, October 4, at 7:30 PM
Tenri Cultural Institute
43A West 13th Street, bet. 5th & 6th Ave.

Tickets : $20 – $25 
Program:

SOR Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 9
VILLA-LOBOS Five Preludes
SNOWDEN Anpao
BARRIOS MANGORÉ Vals, Op. 8, No. 4
SNOWDEN L’étoile et la Rose
BERKELEY Sonatina, Op. 52, No. 1
REGONDI Introduction et Caprice, Op. 23

Hailed a “string sensation” by BBC Music Magazine, British-French guitarist and composer Laura Snowden is acclaimed for her “poise and intensity” (Guardian) and playing of “extraordinary depth” (Strings, Classical Music Magazine). The first guitarist to graduate from the Yehudi Menuhin School, made possible by the Rolling Stones, she was invited by guitarist Julian Bream to premiere his latest commissions at Wigmore Hall in 2015 and 2017. Laura’s international appearances have since built rapidly, with festival debuts across Europe as well as concerto debuts with Norrköping Symphony Orchestra and Münchener Kammerorchester, and a recording of Lisa Streich’s guitar concerto Augenlider with the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester.

More information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/laura-snowden-guitar-tickets-66416813477

 

Classical Guitar from Argentina with Carlos Pavan

Sunday, October 6 at 2:00 p.m.
MacCulloch Hall Historical Museum
45 MacCulloch Ave, Morristown, NJ 07960
Admission: FREE with museum admission and for members.

Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month with New York-based guitarist and composer Carlos Pavan, who skillfully blends Argentine rhythms with classical and jazz concepts. Argentine born Carlos Pavan arrived to New York in 2000 to pursue musical studies with maestros Jorge Morel, Dave Smey, and Pablo Ziegler. Since then, he’s performed at well-renowned venues such as Lincoln Center, New York City Center, and New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall in Boston. At the present he is the composer/guitarist/artistic director of the Park Slope Chamber Players.

More information: https://artsandculturecollaborative.org/2018/11/17/classical-guitar-from-argentina-with-carlos-pavan/

 

Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society Presents Andrew Zohn

Settlement Music School, 416 Queen Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147

Sunday, October 6 at 3:00 p.m.

General Admission: $30.00

American guitarist Andrew Zohn is recognized internationally for his work as a performer, instructor, and composer. Performing on five continents as a soloist and chamber musician, a recent critic has said: “Zohn…easily  demonstrated how he is one of the most sought after performers on the classical guitar as his fingers deftly plucked some of the most subtle of tones on the instrument.” – “The Star,_ Kuala Lumpur.

More information: http://phillyguitar.org/event-3506350

 

Daniel Keene, Guitar and Erin Heisel, Soprano at the 1867 Sanctuary

Saturday, October 19 at 2:00 PM

101 Scotch Road, Ewing, NJ 08628

General Admission tickets are $20, $15 for members and $5 for school and college students

Please check web site for updates.

More information: http://1867sanctuary.org/event/daniel-keene-classical-guitar/

 

Berta Rojas

92ND STREET Y

1395 LEXINGTON AVENUE

NEW YORK, NY 10128

SATURDAY, October 26 at 8:00 P.M.

ADMISSION: TICKETS FROM $53:00

Homages to Segovia, Bream and fellow Paraguayan Agustín Barrios comprise this electrifying 92Y debut by guitarist Berta Rojas, a “guitarist without peer” (JazzTimes), who is the “definitive interpreter of Barrios” (Classical Guitar Magazine).

More information:  https://www.92y.org/event/berta-rojas-guitar

 

Eliot Fisk – Fundraising Concert for the Bill Viola Memorial Fund

Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral 23 S 38th St, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Saturday, October 26 at 7:30 p.m.

General Admission: $50.00

Bill Viola was a prominent classical guitar guitar instructor in Philadelphia in the 1960s and was among the founding members of the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society, serving on the board and as treasurer for many years. The Bill Viola Memorial Fund has been established to inspire under-served individuals in our community through musical experiences, music instruction and music education. The fund’s Inaugural Concert features Elliot Fisk, his most prominent student.

Guitarist Eliot Fisk is known worldwide as a charismatic performer famed for his adventurous and virtuosic repertoire. He is also celebrated for his willingness to take art music into unusual venues (schools, senior centers, and even logging camps and prisons!). After nearly 50 years before the public he remains as his mentor Andres Segovia once wrote, “at the top line of our artistic world.”

More information: https://pcgs.wildapricot.org/event-3506385